Chinese sellers are putting laptop GPUs on desktop cards

Chinese marketplaces are again selling desktop graphics cards built around salvaged laptop Nvidia and AMD chips. A tested RTX 4080M capped at 100W versus its 175W TGP, and the RX 9070 GRE beat it in 7 of 8 AAA titles; the cards get no official drivers or warranty.

• Laptop chips are soldered onto custom PCBs with desktop coolers and display outputs
• The tested RTX 4080M topped out at 100W versus its 175W TGP ceiling
• RX 9070 GRE outperformed the 4080M in 7 of 8 AAA titles at higher resolutions
• Standard Nvidia and AMD drivers are unsupported and there is no warranty