Is this a fake Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 TI?

john_ · May 16, 2016

eBay is fine for little bits like adapters and stuff and probably cpus that are really difficult to burn or something. That unlocked Athlon II 640 E0 in my signature was bought on eBay. But with graphics cards, or motherboards, it is like searching for troubles. Graphics cards can be made to look as something different and on motherboards there are so many things that can be faulty.

Now the best case scenario for the OP is to take his money back and also keep the card. In that case and assuming a reflashing of the card with the correct BIOS is something that can be done, he will end up with a free GTS 450.

thebluebumblebee · May 17, 2016

Sadly, this could be a non existent problem if Nvidia (don't know about AMD) REQUIRED the manufacturers to imprint the model (like GM204) in the motherboard, where it would always be visible.

rtwjunkie · May 17, 2016

R-T-B said:
Sadly I agree with you.

I only sell there now, and some days it seems like I'm probably the only honest duck on there so it gives me the creeps everytime I do it even in sales. That's why most of my sales lately have been here, on TPU.

I mostly only sell there too, and thus you can rest well knowing there is another honest seller there! :laugh:

Seriously, I guess have had major good luck buying on e-bay. My current motherboard is a replacement I bought 3 years ago. Still working perfectly. The refurbed GTX 660 in my HTPC was bought 2 years ago on e-bay, and it still works perfectly. I had a string of GPU's, motherboards, hard drives and CPU's bought there, and all have been completely as advertised. I think it all depends on researching the item, the seller and asking specific questions.

Deleted member 67555 · May 17, 2016

I buy stuff on eBay purposely from Chinese shops...knowing what they are selling is a ripped off version of something else...
Gotta admit some of these guys are dam good at it....others not so much..

That said if never buy a gfx from them...
But I have bought a $8 apu lol and some audio stuff...
But the fake stuff I bought was listed as such...

Fouquin · May 17, 2016

Ah another victim of the "Vamery" brand name. I hear their headquarters is in a Chinese basement somewhere.

Interesting to see they've stepped up from using 9800 GTs with a modded vBIOS, now it's the GTS 450. This racket has been running on eBay for years now, and it's not showing any signs of stopping. Send the card back with a few chipped off capacitors so they lose the card and the money, then go buy a real 750 Ti from a company you can verify with a google search.

silentbogo · May 17, 2016

Lol.
I was just browsing for a used GTX960 and look what I found!

Not suspicious at all :nutkick:

john_ · May 18, 2016

Fouquin said:
then go buy a real 750 Ti

I think a 950 would be a better idea. Just saying...

rootuser123 · May 18, 2016

silentbogo said:
Lol.
I was just browsing for a used GTX960 and look what I found!
View attachment 74685 View attachment 74686

Not suspicious at all

LOL a GTX 560 SE in disguise. Vamery has stepped up their game since they know that Nvidia no longer supports DX 10 cards on the latest drivers so they just snag any Nvidia DX11 card and hope their scam still works.

brian111 · May 18, 2016

What I don't understand is why Ebay allows these to be listed in the first place. I could understand if it were a case of them popping up sporadically, but there are a lot of sellers with large quantities and it's been that way for a while.

jboydgolfer · May 18, 2016

rtwjunkie said:
I mostly only sell there too, and thus you can rest well knowing there is another honest seller there!

Seriously, I guess have had major good luck buying on e-bay. My current motherboard is a replacement I bought 3 years ago. Still working perfectly. The refurbed GTX 660 in my HTPC was bought 2 years ago on e-bay, and it still works perfectly. I had a string of GPU's, motherboards, hard drives and CPU's bought there, and all have been completely as advertised. I think it all depends on researching the item, the seller and asking specific questions.

Same here. Although ive only bought 2 or 3 items off ebay recently,and 2 of them are still fine.

I always check out the seller,as well as the item.and i never bid on "REALLY low priced items".

Keullo-e · May 18, 2016

So it was a GTS450, niice.. Those stickers on the cooler look like something.... words can't even describe how fake they look, the Nvidia text etc.. :laugh:

Caring1 · May 18, 2016

brian111 said:
What I don't understand is why Ebay allows these to be listed in the first place. I could understand if it were a case of them popping up sporadically, but there are a lot of sellers with large quantities and it's been that way for a while.

If people actually took the time to report them, eBay takes action against them by banning them, problem is they start up under one of their other names.

jboydgolfer · May 18, 2016

Caring1 said:
If people actually took the time to report them, eBay takes action against them by banning them, problem is they start up under one of their other names.

Correct, one would possibly get beter results adding nvidia to the list of companies you might report this to, they would certainly have the most reason to persue a counterfiter like this,and would definitely be the entity that would allocate the most funds and resources to see it stop.sadly, the crossing of borders by the fake card makes litigous action difficult,not impossible,but difficult.

Fouquin · May 20, 2016

john_ said:
I think a 950 would be a better idea. Just saying...

Depends on what their budget is. I'm not here to recommend a card, just stating that if they want a 750 Ti they should look at the company, cross-reference, and buy a real 750 Ti.

Deleted member 67555 · May 20, 2016

Newegg is selling an MSI 950 for $120-$140 depending on if you catch their every other couple of days sale in it.

GhostRyder · May 20, 2016

silentbogo said:
Lol.
I was just browsing for a used GTX960 and look what I found!
View attachment 74685 View attachment 74686

Not suspicious at all

That looks just like my GTX 460 SE cooler. Based on the specs alone that is most likely a GTX 560 SE from Asus lol... Specs are not really even close to matching up to a GTX 960...

eBay itself has been getting a bit problematic for me as well. So many scammers, people who buy things and either refuse to pay for it or just don't do anything after auction ends, etc. I have to relist items because of this as recently as today...

silentbogo · May 20, 2016

GhostRyder said:
That looks just like my GTX 460 SE cooler. Based on the specs alone that is most likely a GTX 560 SE from Asus lol... Specs are not really even close to matching up to a GTX 960...

eBay itself has been getting a bit problematic for me as well. So many scammers, people who buy things and either refuse to pay for it or just don't do anything after auction ends, etc. I have to relist items because of this as recently as today...

Same with most other places. My local sellers are taking advantage of free shipping from china and took a business opportunity of re-selling fake VGAs to unaware users.
Last year a dude tried to burn me with a fake GTX770 (unsuccessfully), so now I check every piece of hardware I buy. Also dealt with fake/tampered RAM (chinese sticks with modified JEDEC profiles and well-known brand heatsinks), laptops with mismatched specs (bait-and-switch), fake smartphones/tablets etc.

I love people, but sometimes I wish I had a spiked baseball bat. :nutkick:

concerned-trophy · Oct 23, 2017

Its a fake. And in accordance with ebay I destroyed it, because being a counterfeid item it cannot be returned.
The seller had like 98+ of feedback and like 100.000+ sold items, but after being faced with the fact they re selling counterfeid graphics cards.. they started ignoring me.

lagginswag · Oct 23, 2017

That in disguise 550ti though, i probably would have said i destroyed it and got the money back/ kept it for a backup lol.

eidairaman1 · Oct 27, 2017

lagginswag said:
That in disguise 550ti though, i probably would have said i destroyed it and got the money back/ kept it for a backup lol.

No integrity, smh,

Good he destroyed it though.

FreedomEclipse · Oct 27, 2017

concerned-trophy said:
Its a fake. And in accordance with ebay I destroyed it, because being a counterfeid item it cannot be returned.
The seller had like 98+ of feedback and like 100.000+ sold items, but after being faced with the fact they re selling counterfeid graphics cards.. they started ignoring me.

Hopefully eBay refunded the money from your purchase

concerned-trophy · Oct 29, 2017

I was refunded for the most part, however i still lost some money. Damn them..

jboydgolfer · Oct 29, 2017

Search the FS threads here on tpu. Sometime in the near future I'm going to have a 750TI low profile for sale, once I get a new video card or upgrade my nephews OptiPlex PC to get them out of that damn small form factor case.

But if you're in the USA you wont have a problem finding extremely reliable sellers here on techpowerup.... not to say that sellers from other countries are less trustworthy, I just personally haven't done business with them because I only purchase in country items. There's a lot of people who have their finger on the pulse of the for sale section, and sketchy sellers don't make it much more than a couple days here before they are routed out, so it's just not worth it for them

concerned-trophy · Dec 9, 2017

ON ebay there are a sh1tload of these fake gtx750. I ve also taken my time and I alerted ebay on like 20 selling items that they are fake, but still no action taken. Ebay somehow doesnt remove these counterfeit items neither makes sanctions for the sellers.
Interestingly, if you buy one of these and even if you get a refund... you then won't be able to leave negative feedback! I really think ebay somehow protects those sellers because they ve been doing bu siness with them for long time and the more items people buy/sell the more ebay earns..

Vayra86 · Dec 10, 2017

jboydgolfer said:
oh yeah. the hybrid leviathan NviAMD.

It'll take any driver, what's not to like?

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