A gamer discovered a completely dirty RTX 3090 at a retailer that only cost around 200 euros. A friend fears that he is buying trash for a lot of money there. But he is mistaken.
Our title image is a symbolic image and shows an RTX 3080 Ti, which ranks below the RTX 3090.
Buying a fast graphics card for very little money is probably a dream for many gamers. But sometimes behind very cheap offers on Amazon are nasty scammers who just want your money.
In other cases, miners sell thousands of graphics cards at very low prices, but here too, one can be unlucky and buy a graphics card that has been severely damaged by mining.
A gamer has now had great luck. Because he bought an RTX 3090 for under 200 euros. And the GPU actually works without any problems.
Community fears fraud behind cheap graphics card
The user reports on reddit that a friend of his purchased a completely dirty RTX 3090 in a store. Even at the price, he would have been warned, because around 200 euros is far too little for an RTX 3090. After all, the RTX 3090 is still one of the fastest graphics cards you can buy for your gaming PC.
Another user also explains that behind such cheap offers often hide scams or simply broken graphics cards, and only in the fine print does it indicate that the GPU may not work properly:
Often, these eBay sales of high-end graphics processors come with a lot of fine print, such as “untested, does not boot, fans spin but no power, causes BSOD on PC” and much more.
If you clean the device and it works, then you’ve hit the eBay jackpot; if not, your friend’s $207 gamble has turned into a $0 payout.
RTX 3090 works after thorough cleaning
Does the graphics card work? He himself explained in another post that the friend thoroughly cleaned the graphics card and applied new thermal paste. And surprisingly, the GPU runs smoothly:
“It works. A friend used a bunch of baby wipes and applied new thermal paste. Temperatures are in the middle 70° range.” Another gamer ruined his graphics card because he left his gaming PC alone for 30 minutes.
How do I find out if my GPU is defective? In principle, there are a number of indicators you can use to find out whether your graphics card is defective or damaged. These include frequent crashes of your system or strange noises that the graphics card makes.
In any case, you should not panic and first check your gaming PC. In many cases, it is sufficient to install new graphics card software or simply clean your PC thoroughly. Not every blue screen or crash means that a graphics card is defective.
From the graphics card to the job: Another gamer was also very lucky. Because the player wanted to buy a new graphics card for his gaming PC. Instead, the seller offered him a job. You can read the whole story directly on MeinMMO:
Gamer wants to buy RTX 4090, the fastest graphics card from Nvidia – instead, he gets a job
