Some ways to recognize VGA “buffalo plow”, help you not lose money unjustly

Some tips will hopefully help you avoid losing money unjustly. Because after all, the most disadvantaged people are still gamers.

In recent days, the gaming community is buzzing with information that the price of Bitcoin and some other virtual currencies is plummeting. Along with that, China’s tightening and strong ban on mining caused “farmers” to flee the country of billions of people. Therefore, many gamers began to dream about being “easier to breathe” in VGA shopping.

But “life is like a dream”, if the price of virtual currency drops sharply, in fact the market will be rampant “buffaloes and plows”, making the risk of encountering “disabled buffaloes” even higher.

Because COVID-19 has caused many manufacturing plants to close, the need to work from home is also increasing. Production workers are not available, family members work at home. The difference in supply and demand means that new cards are still scarce, right?

For that reason, I will share some tips to identify “buffaloes” to reduce risks for gamers.

A common feature of most graphics cards used to mine virtual currency is the ability to oxidize very quickly. Therefore, the phenomenon of rust is inevitable.

When you look at a VGA, if you see the heatsink as shiny as new while the circuit board and fan look quite old, I can be 99.9% sure this is indeed a “buffalo” authentic and has been restored.

With a product that is no longer original, of course, the distributor cannot guarantee you. There are even cases of fake warranty stamps to trick you.

Therefore, you absolutely should not buy graphics cards with “butt cheeks” signs, no matter how long they are.

You let the VGA work at full capacity within 30 minutes. If the temperature of VGA fluctuates in the range of 80-85 degrees, you are completely safe. If it’s over 90 degrees, it’s probably “ploughed”.

Small note: AMD’s VGA has a much higher “buffalo plow” ratio than NVIDIA’s. Be really careful with old AMD VGAs.

Hopefully with the ways I share above, you will choose for yourself a satisfactory graphics card to continue this unfinished “game war”.

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