Untested 780 Ti

Tommy_Here · 16 Mar 2018 at 19:27

Just bought a palit 780 Ti for £20 Untested I'd love for it to work! I've got my slight doubts but for £20 it was worth the risk! ETA Tuesday will update here on the day

Boomstick777 · 16 Mar 2018 at 23:05

Make a nice paper weight either way.

Rannoch · 16 Mar 2018 at 23:06

Boomstick777 said:
Make a nice paper weight either way.

I agree, a nice ornament.

AiiR · 17 Mar 2018 at 01:40

Untested usually means it has been tested and is completely dead.

smsmasters · 17 Mar 2018 at 01:53

I hope it works good luck mate.

MissChief · 17 Mar 2018 at 03:34

Could always remove the cooler and check the board carefully. Could be a cap blown or leaking or a VRM that could potentially be replaced for cheap. Or if it looks good, try baking it.

Akagi · 17 Mar 2018 at 04:06

AiiR said:
Untested usually means it has been tested and is completely dead.

Came here to say just this.

Tommy_Here · 17 Mar 2018 at 09:33

I'll give it a go you never know might just need a bake

willhub · 17 Mar 2018 at 09:46

I bought an X1900XT ages ago off here, untested, didn't work, gutted, never tried baking it, should have probably would have fixed it!

Terrorfirmer · 17 Mar 2018 at 10:35

AiiR said:
Untested usually means it has been tested and is completely dead.

This. I see it all the time. "Don't have time to test".

Anyone who thought they could make an extra £100 by a 5 minute test would do it.

The only GPU's I actually believe people when they say that are ones that are only worth 10-20 to begin with and that's fair enough. But definitely not a GTX780Ti.

I even see it sometimes with consoles which is even worse, the utter balls on people. "Sold as untested as I don't have time". You don't have time to take 30 seconds to plug it into the wall or what?!

DarrenM343 · 17 Mar 2018 at 12:01

Something being untested should not be a reason for not accepting a return, it should be more a case of buy it, give it a go and if it doesn't work I'l give you your money back. Agree with above too - people should spend a bit of time to test it, simple......or accept a return if they don't.
I suspect as others have said, there's a big chance untested stuff has been tested and doesn't work and just trying to get some money back for nothing

willhub · 17 Mar 2018 at 12:06

DarrenM343 said:
Something being untested should not be a reason for not accepting a return, it should be more a case of buy it, give it a go and if it doesn't work I'l give you your money back. Agree with above too - people should spend a bit of time to test it, simple......or accept a return if they don't.
I suspect as others have said, there's a big chance untested stuff has been tested and doesn't work and just trying to get some money back for nothing

if its untested but expected not dead youd not sell it for rock bottom price. It's more, untested, might be dead I dunno, selling super cheap price, not accepted a return.

DarrenM343 · 17 Mar 2018 at 12:19

willhub said:
if its untested but expected not dead youd not sell it for rock bottom price. It's more, untested, might be dead I dunno, selling super cheap price, not accepted a return.

Complete honesty is good though, right? If someone has not tested it and think it might not work then it's really not a sellable item unless they declare it as "probably non-working". If they just say "untested", a return should be accepted IMO, no excuse for selling potentialyl duff stuff to others.
Some really do want to just let others put stuff to use (me included) so a rock bottom price cannot really be used as an indicator as to whether something will work or not, not everyone has to sell for market value. I'd probably not value any 780 Ti over £50 now, whatever its condition. I owned one years ago, good card of the day, but they'd all be quite old now and rubbish at decent resolutions and graphic settings.

Blackjack Davy · 17 Mar 2018 at 12:29

"Untested" usually means they're trying to wriggle out of declaring it'll be DOA on arrival. You turn round and complain and they reply "well it we did say it was untested. Tough luck mate". Being upfront about it being DOA means a lower price as people will gamble on it actually working.

I'd love to be wrong but you really have to be absolutely clear about what you're buying in situations like this. Wiggle room means a loophole for someone to slip through and in this case the dealer holds all the cards.

Terrorfirmer · 17 Mar 2018 at 12:49

DarrenM343 said:
Complete honesty is good though, right? If someone has not tested it and think it might not work then it's really not a sellable item unless they declare it as "probably non-working". If they just say "untested", a return should be accepted IMO, no excuse for selling potentialyl duff stuff to others.
Some really do want to just let others put stuff to use (me included) so a rock bottom price cannot really be used as an indicator as to whether something will work or not, not everyone has to sell for market value. I'd probably not value any 780 Ti over £50 now, whatever it's condition. I owned one years ago, good card of the day, but they'd all be quite old now and rubbish at decent resolutions and graphic settings.

They sell for way more than that and they're still pretty good cards. I'd say they're about on-par with a GTX1060 3GB roughly and still good for the latest games at 1080p high settings 60fps.

I don't think Members Market is a good reflection of the actual broad market prices, people offer great and really fair deals there. Here in Ireland a GTX780Ti would still fetch about €150-180 depending, and they actually go for even more on Ebay UK.

humbug · 17 Mar 2018 at 12:59

Have you tested it yet? don't keep us hanging....

Steveocee · 17 Mar 2018 at 13:23

OP can’t respond as card arrived and when turned on erupted into ball of flames destroying the house and dragging OP down to hell with it.
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He hasn’t tested it yet.

Tommy_Here · 17 Mar 2018 at 13:25

haven't tested yet guys it'll be here Tuesday. They do accept returns also so it's win win -_- like I say I'll try it, no luck I'l bake it (y)

Terrorfirmer · 18 Mar 2018 at 13:17

Just saw an ad in my area for a Z68 board and the ad actually says "Works fine but I didn't try a graphics card in it just onboard video so don't know if that works".

What a bizarrely specific thing to say.....clearly KNOWS the pci-e lane doesn't work.

Reminded me of this thread!

~>Dg<~ · 18 Mar 2018 at 15:10

AiiR said:
Untested usually means it has been tested and is completely dead.

as soon as i see untested and they sell nothing but electrical items you know its completley dead.some one has tried what you going to do already

. just look at the feedback or history of the person selling.if its not the usual item they sell ie computer or electrical its worth a gamble.