But there’s been a spike in demand too. The ban came about as a result of the US government not wanting China to get ahead in the AI arms race. You know, national security and all that. So, it’s trying to restrict access to the tools China needs. Whether it’s banning the chips and products themselves, or the semiconductor manufacturing tools China needs<\/a> to make them, demand for AI hardware in China is suddenly much greater than the available supply. It’s a one-two punch. A spike in demand combined with lower supply means prices go up. <\/p>\nIt looks like conditions are ripe for scumbag scammers. Why not take the GPU out of what is ostensibly a $1,599 graphics card and pop it into an L40 style PCB with a blower fan and make some serious money? It’s easier said than done and it wouldn’t be worth it for a few cards, but for a hundred thousand\u2026 <\/p>\n
Of course, I’m speculating heavily there, but I can’t see why a small-time scammer would go through the effort of removing a dead GPU when they could just send an intact dead card. It points to something bigger.<\/p>\n
And that’s why these reports worry me. I’d expect there to be more victims of this particular scam out there. With this kind of activity happening, if you’re in the market for an RTX 4090, you’d best pay extra attention to where you buy it from. If you spot a deal on a second hand market that looks too good to be true\u2014put simply\u2014it probably is.<\/p>\n
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