RTX 4090 returned to eBay seller with GPU and VRAM chips missing

An engineer recounts being 'stressed out for the two weeks,' after someone bought their used RTX 4090 on eBay then had the cheek to return it with the GPU and memory chips missing.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/pristine-rtx-4090-returned-to-ebay-seller-with-gpu-and-vram-chips-missing

Created 19d | Apr 16, 2025, 2:50:04 PM


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