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Question

Chinese GPU'S

Mar 14, 2018 7:08AM PDT

Hey guys. I would like to hear professionals opinion about these gpu's, I just found on Ebay. Im pretty sure they are not originaly made by NVIDIA, but the advert looks tempting. Maybe you guys can give me some options on cheap graphics cards under 50-60$ . It could be used. Im planing to upgrade my bad rig, that is running on intel i5 4th generation, 3ghz, 8gb ddr3 ram, 500w psu, Intel HD graphics Grin.

Here is the link for those cheap chinese gpu's https://www.ebay.com/itm/GTX1050-750Ti-970-960-1-2-4GB-GDDR5-192Bit-HDMI-Graphics-Card-For-NVIDIA-GeForce/302661027296?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D50526%26meid%3D6bb2e68fbead43aba54add2408e3807d%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D401256798851%26itm%3D302661027296&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851#shpCntId

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Rolling the dice
Mar 14, 2018 9:02AM PDT

When you get $200/250 saved then go shopping for a video card.

If this is about gaming there is nothing in the $50/60 area.

If it's not about gaming what's wrong with what you have?

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This area has prior discussions.
Mar 14, 2018 11:16AM PDT

I will not link or repeat prior findings except as I choose.

The upside is the cost.
Downsides? A few.

1. Returns are expensive. You pay shipping back to China.
2. These are usually noisy units. You have to be OK with that!
3. The tests I found were on open cases or just a motherboard on the bench. Not sure if the thermal system can stand up to a closed hotter case.

Your money, roll the dice?