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Scammers use sophisticated fakes for RTX 4090 GPUs

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A Russian repair specialist has uncovered a sophisticated scam involving a counterfeit Nvidia RTX 4090 graphics card. The card, purchased for approximately $350 as a repair project, featured a fake GPU die and swapped memory chips designed to mimic genuine components. The counterfeiters went to great lengths to replicate details, including soldering a dummy GPU die onto the printed circuit board (PCB) and using GDDR6 memory instead of the expected GDDR6X. AI

RANK_REASON Article details a sophisticated scam involving counterfeit hardware, not a new product release or research.

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Scammers use sophisticated fakes for RTX 4090 GPUs

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Kunal Khullar ·

    Buyer pays $350 for broken RTX 4090 project only to find realistic fake GPU die and swapped memory — Russian repair specialist reveals sophisticated new cam using dummy PCBs

    A customer paid approximately $350 for what appeared to be a repairable RTX 4090, only to receive a fake GPU with components that were painstakingly designed to resemble the real thing.

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