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2014/08/29 00:33:37 (permalink)
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/from-geforce-gtx-geforce-gt-440-to-gtx-660-fake-nvidia-cards-in-german-retail.html
 
For shame! Just a heads up to the community. Be careful where you buy your stuff! I can't believe some people would do this! Apparently NVIDIA is cracking down on this but still just a heads up.

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    Re: Buyer Beware! Have you seen this German Fake GPUs? 2014/08/29 02:35:57 (permalink)
    I think R johnson already posted this.
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    Re: Buyer Beware! Have you seen this German Fake GPUs? 2014/08/29 05:59:36 (permalink)
    Wow... not even a half decent GPU to begin with, I would imagine people noticed the shocking performance as soon as it was powered up and the first game was launched.  You can only imagine the disappointment as well.  Terrible.

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    Re: Buyer Beware! Have you seen this German Fake GPUs? 2014/08/29 09:37:51 (permalink)
    My GPU came directly from EVGA Europe and I no need to afraid. 
    We figure out that buying from EVGA is much easier and closer for my friend than Caseking, etc...
    Except for special cards as KP Edition when EVGA sell only to end customers. 
     
    I think I saw some post where people get GTX780 instead of GTX780Ti...
    Imagine that shock when you wait card on box is everything OK and inside some other card with same cooler only different fonts. 
    That's ultra stressful moment.

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    Re: Buyer Beware! Have you seen this German Fake GPUs? 2014/08/29 09:54:12 (permalink)
    Vlada011I think I saw some post where people get GTX780 instead of GTX780Ti...
    Imagine that shock when you wait card on box is everything OK and inside some other card with same cooler only different fonts. 
    That's ultra stressful moment.

    Heh ... a while ago, I remember reading about someone who ordered a Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens (about $2,400) from Amazon, and the box contained the mug version filled with sand - the box and everything else were correct, just instead of having the lens, there was the mug (I'm guessing some less-than-honest person ordered the lens, put the mug in and returned it, saying "whoops, I didn't mean to order it", or similar, and Amazon didn't really check it) - naturally, Amazon replaced it.
    post edited by martinch - 2014/08/29 11:31:27

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    Re: Buyer Beware! Have you seen this German Fake GPUs? 2014/08/29 10:07:02 (permalink)
    Locking this as a duplicate: http://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2208636

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