An investigation from YouTuber Iskandar Souza and computer technician Paulo Gomes has shown that graphics card sellers on Chinese retail platforms are not truthful about selling ‘new’ graphics cards.
Post-mining graphics cards sold as brand-new products is not a new topic at all. However, as stories like this are made, miners seek new ideas on how to sell the cards they no longer need.
Paulo shares his first-hand experience of how to spot a used graphics card. Missing stickers and screws that have been touched by a screwdriver are good starting points. However, even though some cards may appear new (they have warranty stickers, no dust or scratches), they might have only been made to look this way.
By far the easiest thing to notice is the yellow tint on the memory and the GPU. Apparently, a new method to trick customers was created to paint the memory chips to make them look newer than they should be.
