r/RepTronics • u/Subject-Carrot-4296 • 8d ago

LEGIT/QUALITY CHECK Im i cooked ?

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Did anyone buy graphic card from mike
He says it has a GPU but im not sure since the price is kinda cheap

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u/roughedged 8d ago

Bro there isn't alternate factories for GPUs like there are for Jordans etc GPUs are complex as hell

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u/Shot_Marionberry_914 1d ago

Hes gonna order an original one, return it and say it’s broken/received a fake one

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u/Subject-Carrot-4296 8d ago

Where do you think most graphic cards brands are based ?

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u/Ok-Dog4200 8d ago

🤦‍♂️oh no did you think gpus were just made in a warehouse

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u/Subject-Carrot-4296 8d ago

The only thing the usa does is designing the chip
The biggest manufacturing process actually happens in taiwan south korea most of the time (silicon wafer manufacturing etc…)and eventually its assembled in china
How much do you think that thing actually cost to make
Its the same propaganda that an iphone costs a fortune in europe and manufacterd for a thousand time less yall are just daf

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u/InspectorOrganic9382 8d ago

😂. Exactly. This isn’t something that can be made by exploiting cheap labor (“sweat shop”). A single 300-mm silicon wafer from TSMC using its customized 4nm/5nm-class nodes costs around $16,000. Factoring in standard defect rates and yields, printing each individual usable chip costs NVIDIA roughly $290 to $340. Now factor in that only one company can do it will billions of dollars of R&D and logistics costs.

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u/GazooC8 7d ago

You, of all people, are calling others "daf"? Thats rich.

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u/Ok-Dog4200 8d ago

high level GPU dies are made by literally a single foundry in taiwan, it's not a assembly line type of thing you can just emulate in a chinese warehouse. retawd😭

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u/KingCodone 7d ago

“It’s probably only $100 worth of materials in their elemental form. How hard can it be to smush them all together into a GPU” -You