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Crypto miners paint GDDR memory chips to hide wear & make them look better
Cryptocurrency miners are turning to creative solutions to sell their remaining inventory of GPUs as the business of crypto mining becomes less profitable....
Fraudulent crypto miners use paint to sell used GPUs as new | igor´sLAB
Youtubers Iskandar Souza and Paulo Gomes recently unveiled an investigation into third-party GPU vendors and resellers painting over certain areas of graphics cards to make them appear newer.
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Youtubers Iskandar Souza and Paulo Gomes recently unveiled an investigation into third-party GPU vendors and resellers painting over certain areas of graphics cards to make them appear newer. The two accuse crypto miners of finding increasingly inventive ways to resell overused graphics cards for profit.
Paint was discovered on GPUs sold by crypto miners, which had enticed the new owners to buy outdated graphics cards. Also, Paulo explains how to find out if a graphics card is new. A few warning signs he mentions in the video are screws that appear to be tampered with and missing labels or stickers. Apart from that, when looking at the appearance of the graphics card, users should be able to notice a slight yellow tint on the memory chips and GPU.
Be very careful, if you are buying a new GPU, as miners are adopting scummier tactics to fool gamers.
Remember that mining GPUs can often have faulty ram chips, especially with GDDR6X. And remember cases like the repair shop in Germany that received a few dozen GPUs with damaged chips.
