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$999 RTX 5090 GPU scam claims 42 victims — fanny-pack bait-and-switch tactic employed by top-rated Amazon seller

The GeForce RTX 5090 launched at a staggering $1,999, but the ongoing global NAND shortage has sent prices for this Blackwell ...
TweakTown

Scammers are now laser-engraving GA102 GPUs onto fake RTX 4090 cards, sold for $1400 each

TL;DR: A Japanese technician exposed a scam involving fake GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards, where RTX 3090 and 3080 GPUs were laser-engraved with counterfeit AD102 labels. These modded cards were ...
TechSpot

Repair technician finds three of four RTX 4090s were fakes packing RTX 3000-series GPUs

Why it matters: The surprisingly common practice of replacing a high-end graphics card's GPU with a different one from a cheaper card, borking it in the process, isn't going away. A Chinese repair ...
ExtremeTech

Fake RTX 4090s Keep Showing Up in Repair Shops With Entirely Different GPU chips

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