**The Dark Side of Wish: Uncovering the Truth Behind Fake Graphics Cards**

In today's market, it's difficult to find a good deal on a high-performance graphics card without breaking the bank. However, for those looking for an affordable option, there are some shady players in the industry that try to lure buyers with fake or counterfeit products. One such example is the GTS 450, which is a blatant attempt to pass off a faulty product as a legitimate NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti.

A closer look at this graphics card reveals its flaws and why it's not worth buying. Unlike the real GTX 750 Ti, which is a powerful powerhouse for 1080p gaming in most titles, the GTS 450 is barely sufficient. It won't be able to handle demanding games at medium settings, forcing users to run the game on the lowest settings available. In fact, the GTS 450 really struggled with benchmarking gauntlets, including esports games like CSGO and Rainbow Six.

**A Tale of Two Graphics Cards**

To test the performance of these graphics cards, I set up a system with an Intel Core i7-7200T CPU, 16 GB of DDR4 RAM, and the same 32 Gbps memory speed. The GTX 750 Ti was a breeze to install and worked seamlessly after installing drivers. However, the GTS 450 took me ages to get it working properly, as it was "brainwashed" into thinking it's a real NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI.

Despite its poor performance, the GTS 450 still managed to pass the system's identification checks, but it refused to boot with my Intel test system. I couldn't figure out why this happened, but it worked perfectly in my Rison system for some reason. This highlights the importance of verifying the authenticity of a product before buying.

**Benchmarking the Graphics Cards**

To get to the bottom of things, I ran all the benchmarks on both graphics cards at medium settings initially. However, for most games, the GTS 450 struggled to maintain frame rates, forcing me to run the game on the lowest settings available. The GTX 1050 TI, on the other hand, absolutely crushed it in all titles, showcasing its superior performance.

**The Price Difference: A Major Red Flag**

One major advantage of the real GTX 750 Ti is its price difference compared to the fake GTS 450. While a genuine GTX 750 Ti costs around $120, the GTS 450 is being sold on Wish for as low as $48, with some variants even listed as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 TI. This significant price gap highlights the potential risks of buying counterfeit products.

**A Recommendation: Avoid the GTS 450 at All Costs**

Based on my experience with the GTS 450, I strongly advise against purchasing this product. It's not worth the risk of receiving a faulty or subpar product that may not even work properly. Instead, consider investing in a reputable graphics card like an RX 570 off Amazon, which will provide better performance and peace of mind.

**Conclusion**

The world of counterfeit products is a dark one, but it's essential to be aware of the risks involved. By doing your research and verifying the authenticity of products before buying, you can avoid falling prey to fake or faulty items like the GTS 450. If you have any thoughts on the performance difference between the two graphics cards, please let us know in the comments below.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enlast Saturday I did a fairly stupid video where I compared the fake gtx 1050 TI i bought off of wish to this thing which is a 1050 TI that i bought off of Aliexpress now I was really dumb and I just assumed that this wasn't a real graphics card because I didn't recognize it but it is in fact a 1050 TI that asus has been making all along so in today's video we're going to compare them properly I'm gonna throw them into the benchmarking gauntlet of death and see which one comes out on top okay well I mean obviously this one's gonna come out on top but I want to see how much of a difference there is between a real 1050 TI and the fake crap that they sell on the other websites with like real benchmarks and stuff before I get any further into the video I do stream on Twitch on Saturdays so if you're interested in seeing that I'll have my twitch account linked in the description below so you can come and watch me screw around while playing random games before we get into any of the actual performance metrics and stuff like that I just want to actually clarify what the two graphics cards are now the graphics card from wish which is supposedly a 1050 Ti is actually a GTS 450 revision - and not only is it that terrible graphics card it's also the 512 megabytes of VRAM version which is just the lowest of the low when it comes to GTS 450s the Aliexpress card on the other hand is a fully fledged 4 gig GTX 1050 TI the gtx 1050 Ti is by no means a powerhouse gaming graphics card but it'll kind of do for 1080p gaming in most titles and as you'll see in the benchmarks later it's it's not the worst gaming graphics card however in today's market you can't really buy one for a price that makes sense there are usually cheaper alternatives that perform better one massive advantage that the real card has over the fake card is the fact that this gtx 750ti just works you plug it into a system the system identifies that you install drivers and you game with it with the the wish card the GTS 450 it took me ages to actually turn that graphics card into a 450 because it was brainwashed really heavily to think that it's a gtx 10:50 TI it just didn't work properly even though I caught it to correctly identify as a GTS 450 it still performs really weirdly for example I couldn't get it to work in my Intel test system I don't know why it just refused to boot with that GTS 450 in it nothing I did could get it to work however it worked perfectly in my Rison system for some reason so the CPU that I used for the tests was arise in 720 700 I had 16 gigs of 32 hundred megahertz ddr4 in the system and with that I think let's just get straight into the benchmarks and see how these graphics cards perform as you can see the 1050 TI is a lot better I actually initially ran all of the benchmarks on the 1050 Ti at medium settings the problem was though that for most of the games the GTS 450 couldn't handle the games at medium settings so I actually had to redo all of the benchmarks at the very lowest settings available on the games the GTS 450 really struggled with the benchmarking gauntlet the two esports games were playable like you can play those know you can play csgo although csgo isn't a great gaming experience especially on a high refresh rate monitor with this graphics card although I would note that it does perform better than that GT 710 which is the second most purchased graphics got on Amazon which is pretty terrifying and bad graphics card costs the same as the fake wished graphics card but I'm not recommending it I'm just saying the thing is though the 512 megs of VRAM on the graphics card really really kneecaps its performance because with newer games like Far Cry 5 even GTA rainbow 6 and pub G it has really low frame rates and I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that the frame buffer is just way too small because let's face it with a lot of modern games even four gigs of VRAM is very limited now it really isn't any surprise but the gtx 1050 TI absolutely crushed the GTS 450 imposter Edition in all of the titles the thing that you have to bear in mind though is that there is quite a big price difference between the two that fake 1050 Ti which they're actually selling on wish now as a 1060 and I've even seen 1060 TI variants which is pretty funny you're selling you're buying it for around 48 dollars whereas a 1050 Ti goes for about a hundred and twenty dollars if you can get a good deal on one which again I'm not recommending don't buy one of these graphics cards even if it is real it's not a good purchase anymore get something like an RX 570 off of Amazon instead it's gonna get way better performance even with that price difference the GTS 450 is a really bad value for money and with that I actually think I'm gonna leave it there I don't want this video to be too long because I feel like I've made way too much content on this topic anyway so let me know in the comment section below if you think the performance difference between the two graphics cards was actually bigger than you were expecting anyway thank you very much for watching if you liked the video do like and subscribe to the channel for more videos like this one I'll be streaming on Twitch a little bit later today so follow me there I'll have it linked in the description again follow me on instagram twitter and there's a discord server and until the next day until the next videolast Saturday I did a fairly stupid video where I compared the fake gtx 1050 TI i bought off of wish to this thing which is a 1050 TI that i bought off of Aliexpress now I was really dumb and I just assumed that this wasn't a real graphics card because I didn't recognize it but it is in fact a 1050 TI that asus has been making all along so in today's video we're going to compare them properly I'm gonna throw them into the benchmarking gauntlet of death and see which one comes out on top okay well I mean obviously this one's gonna come out on top but I want to see how much of a difference there is between a real 1050 TI and the fake crap that they sell on the other websites with like real benchmarks and stuff before I get any further into the video I do stream on Twitch on Saturdays so if you're interested in seeing that I'll have my twitch account linked in the description below so you can come and watch me screw around while playing random games before we get into any of the actual performance metrics and stuff like that I just want to actually clarify what the two graphics cards are now the graphics card from wish which is supposedly a 1050 Ti is actually a GTS 450 revision - and not only is it that terrible graphics card it's also the 512 megabytes of VRAM version which is just the lowest of the low when it comes to GTS 450s the Aliexpress card on the other hand is a fully fledged 4 gig GTX 1050 TI the gtx 1050 Ti is by no means a powerhouse gaming graphics card but it'll kind of do for 1080p gaming in most titles and as you'll see in the benchmarks later it's it's not the worst gaming graphics card however in today's market you can't really buy one for a price that makes sense there are usually cheaper alternatives that perform better one massive advantage that the real card has over the fake card is the fact that this gtx 750ti just works you plug it into a system the system identifies that you install drivers and you game with it with the the wish card the GTS 450 it took me ages to actually turn that graphics card into a 450 because it was brainwashed really heavily to think that it's a gtx 10:50 TI it just didn't work properly even though I caught it to correctly identify as a GTS 450 it still performs really weirdly for example I couldn't get it to work in my Intel test system I don't know why it just refused to boot with that GTS 450 in it nothing I did could get it to work however it worked perfectly in my Rison system for some reason so the CPU that I used for the tests was arise in 720 700 I had 16 gigs of 32 hundred megahertz ddr4 in the system and with that I think let's just get straight into the benchmarks and see how these graphics cards perform as you can see the 1050 TI is a lot better I actually initially ran all of the benchmarks on the 1050 Ti at medium settings the problem was though that for most of the games the GTS 450 couldn't handle the games at medium settings so I actually had to redo all of the benchmarks at the very lowest settings available on the games the GTS 450 really struggled with the benchmarking gauntlet the two esports games were playable like you can play those know you can play csgo although csgo isn't a great gaming experience especially on a high refresh rate monitor with this graphics card although I would note that it does perform better than that GT 710 which is the second most purchased graphics got on Amazon which is pretty terrifying and bad graphics card costs the same as the fake wished graphics card but I'm not recommending it I'm just saying the thing is though the 512 megs of VRAM on the graphics card really really kneecaps its performance because with newer games like Far Cry 5 even GTA rainbow 6 and pub G it has really low frame rates and I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that the frame buffer is just way too small because let's face it with a lot of modern games even four gigs of VRAM is very limited now it really isn't any surprise but the gtx 1050 TI absolutely crushed the GTS 450 imposter Edition in all of the titles the thing that you have to bear in mind though is that there is quite a big price difference between the two that fake 1050 Ti which they're actually selling on wish now as a 1060 and I've even seen 1060 TI variants which is pretty funny you're selling you're buying it for around 48 dollars whereas a 1050 Ti goes for about a hundred and twenty dollars if you can get a good deal on one which again I'm not recommending don't buy one of these graphics cards even if it is real it's not a good purchase anymore get something like an RX 570 off of Amazon instead it's gonna get way better performance even with that price difference the GTS 450 is a really bad value for money and with that I actually think I'm gonna leave it there I don't want this video to be too long because I feel like I've made way too much content on this topic anyway so let me know in the comment section below if you think the performance difference between the two graphics cards was actually bigger than you were expecting anyway thank you very much for watching if you liked the video do like and subscribe to the channel for more videos like this one I'll be streaming on Twitch a little bit later today so follow me there I'll have it linked in the description again follow me on instagram twitter and there's a discord server and until the next day until the next video