Why are these 1050s so cheap?

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  • December 17, 2018 at 4:31 pm #29213
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      https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/401652619471

      I spent a while last night trying to get details of these cards to find out why they were so cheap.  The “ati rage” put me off and I decided it may be a scam so didn’t buy any (I could use two).

      It seems today that they are all sold and probably legit, are they some kind of Chinese knock-off?

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      December 17, 2018 at 4:41 pm #29216
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        Wild guess – sale by a defunct Bitcoin Mining Company:

        These cards are mainly used for Bitcoin Mining, relatively few for gaming.

        The Bitcoin market has dropped through the pan, and mining is no longer economic,

        nVidia’s stock price has gone down the pan as well due to Bitcoin mining economics.

        It was a fire sale, but there may be more!

         

        December 17, 2018 at 4:45 pm #29217
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          There were two listing for about 5 cards each from diffeerent suppliers.  There were also two listing from dodgy accounts with zero feedback at the same time but those have gone ffrom the completed listing resulst.

          Why do they have ATI Rage written on?  Nothing to do with the old ATI Rage cards I take it?

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          December 17, 2018 at 4:54 pm #29218
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            https://www.joom.com/en/products/5ad9a9da8b4513017c639aba?reviewsType=all&reviewsPage=

             

            Looking here, there is no writing but one of the comments shows a GTX650 core and not a 1050.  Think it may be dodgy chinese card after all.

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            December 17, 2018 at 5:00 pm #29219
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              Maybe, maybe not. The ATI Rage does not mean much. I suspect in order not to break contracts with major retailers that nVidia use OEM shells when making very large bulk sales to a miner.

              I forgot to link the Bitcoin-nVidia price/sales link.

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