The "mining wave" has long since ended, but a large number of "mining cards" have been looking for a way out. Those that are originally game cards can be polished and continued to be sold, while specialized mining cards have to find a way, such as transforming them into game cards.In fact, after the RTX4090 was banned from sale, many people disassembled it, reassembled it into an AI accelerator card, and then sold it at a high price to earn the difference.
As for the mining cards, many are designed with turbo fans and are no longer useful.
So some companies purchase large quantities at low prices, and then remold them to look like game cards, especially adding output interfaces to make them gain sacrifice.
Of course, this kind of card is not available on the market, so it appears in large numbers on second-hand platforms, and there are basically no brands, or some brands you have never heard of.
One of the more special models isRTX308020GB was once planned but never actually released because it is much cheaper than RTX309024GB and has the highlight of large-capacity video memory, making it very suitable for transformation.
There is alsoRX580 is also one of the favorites of miners. It only has 8GB of video memory, but it has been modified to 16GB for mining. Now it is once again appearing on the market in large numbers.
For these graphics cards, if they are cheap enough and you want to experience them, you can play them, but don’t take them seriously. Don’t expect to have a formal and stable gaming experience. Drivers and after-sales will be big problems.