GPU-Z Can Now Detect Fake NVIDIA Graphics Cards (bleepingcomputer.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Sellers have been modifying lower end NVIDIA graphics cards and selling them more powerful cards online. In a recent version of the GPU-Z graphics card information utility, TechPowerUp has added the ability to now detect these fake NVIDIA cards. This new feature allows buyers of cards to detect if the card is actually a relabled NVIDIA G84, G86, G92, G94, G96, GT215, GT216, GT218, GF108, GF106, GF114, GF116, GF119, or GK106 GPU by displaying an exclamation point where the NVIDIA logo would normally appear and also prepends the string "[FAKE]" before the card's name.

Comments

I think the trouble is 1070s

[rsilvergun]

being sold on eBay as 1080s. Or 1050 TIs as 1060s (which is easy enough since a 1050 TI has 4 gigs of ram while there's 3gb 1060s out there). 570/580 is another popular scam since there are 4 and 8 gb variants of both.

The goal is to be close enough that by the time you realize you've been had you're past a regular return window.