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| System Name | PC |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 @4,35 GHz |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE |
| Cooling | Cooler Master Hyper 212X |
| Memory | 2x8 GB Kingston HyperX Fury Black DDR4 3200 CL16 |
| Video Card(s) | Gainward GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB |
| Storage | Seagate Barracuda 2 TB, ADATA SU800 128GB |
| Display(s) | ASUS VC279 |
| Case | Fractal Design Focus G |
| Audio Device(s) | Realtek HD Audio |
| Power Supply | Corsair CX550M |
| Mouse | A4tech Bloody B2418 |
| Keyboard | MSI Interceptor DS B1 |
| Software | Windows 10 Home |
Hey guys,
today I was just browsing the internet for some GPUs and then I saw something really strange. Guy was selling his 2060 Super on legit Czech bidding site and described it as this (my translation from Czech):
"Card is working/not working - the problem is that while installing the drivers, the screen turns off. Without drivers the PC runs fine and smooth, but 5 minutes after the installation of the drivers, the screen turns off. However, there are days when the card runs for 24 hours without any problem. I tested it in a cryptocurrency rig and it ran at 43 MH/s without any problems. So I would recommend it to a miner or someone that can fix it by himself. System doesn't report any errors and recognizes the card as it should."
And then I took a look at some photos. At first I didn't pay that much attention but then my friend noticed something strange. Take a look at the GPU-Z screenshots.
First one is his report. I marked some areas. Black rectangles are informations that are right. Purple rectangles are values that don't make much sense - they are either halved compared to the regular 2060 Super (this comparison is also in the attachments) or are just smaller. I compared those values with my 1060 6GB (attachment) and my 1060 was better. But now, the most intersting rectangles by far - the red ones. Things like Ray Tracing and CUDA disabled? What? And probably the wierdest of them all - look at the memory. GDDR5 on RTX series card. How?
I thought it may have something to do with the Bus Interface (marked in red), since it's only x4. And if you take a look at attachments, you can see it in the second PCI Express slot and, strangely, without any external power (although I'm not sure whether he has it like that all the time). But that doesn't justify or physically explain, how is it possible, that there is GDDR5 memory.
I was thinking of buying it because that guy might be stupid. He might be doing something wrong and the card is actually OK.
But what do you guys think?
today I was just browsing the internet for some GPUs and then I saw something really strange. Guy was selling his 2060 Super on legit Czech bidding site and described it as this (my translation from Czech):
"Card is working/not working - the problem is that while installing the drivers, the screen turns off. Without drivers the PC runs fine and smooth, but 5 minutes after the installation of the drivers, the screen turns off. However, there are days when the card runs for 24 hours without any problem. I tested it in a cryptocurrency rig and it ran at 43 MH/s without any problems. So I would recommend it to a miner or someone that can fix it by himself. System doesn't report any errors and recognizes the card as it should."
And then I took a look at some photos. At first I didn't pay that much attention but then my friend noticed something strange. Take a look at the GPU-Z screenshots.
First one is his report. I marked some areas. Black rectangles are informations that are right. Purple rectangles are values that don't make much sense - they are either halved compared to the regular 2060 Super (this comparison is also in the attachments) or are just smaller. I compared those values with my 1060 6GB (attachment) and my 1060 was better. But now, the most intersting rectangles by far - the red ones. Things like Ray Tracing and CUDA disabled? What? And probably the wierdest of them all - look at the memory. GDDR5 on RTX series card. How?
I thought it may have something to do with the Bus Interface (marked in red), since it's only x4. And if you take a look at attachments, you can see it in the second PCI Express slot and, strangely, without any external power (although I'm not sure whether he has it like that all the time). But that doesn't justify or physically explain, how is it possible, that there is GDDR5 memory.
I was thinking of buying it because that guy might be stupid. He might be doing something wrong and the card is actually OK.
But what do you guys think?
Attachments
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GPU-Z.png -
His 2060 Super vs. Regular 2060 Super.png -
His 2060 vs. my 1060.png -
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