RTX video cards are extremely popular for the power they can give gaming PCs, but one gamer who paid a large sum for a Gigabyte RTX 5070 Ti got a lousy surprise instead of the card he ordered. Unfortunately, this isn't the first time that this has happened to a buyer of a graphics card, but on the plus side, this PC gamer was ready for the possibility.
GPUs have always been pretty costly, but in recent times, it's only gotten worse. GPU prices continue to rise and supplies of some GPUs have been limited due to the demand created by AI datacenters all over the world. While getting a new graphics card is almost always an exciting moment, it turned out to be anything but that for this gamer.
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A gamer in Russia purchased a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Ti video card, but got a water bottle instead. According to Dexerto, the man had purchased the card from the largest Russian online retailer, Wildberries. He reportedly spent about $1,100 USD on the video card, and excitedly went to pick...
