Nvidia has intensified its efforts against counterfeit video cards produced in China that carry the company’s brand. This development is reported by Tom’s Hardware Portal, highlighting a coordinated push to curb unauthorized hardware circulating in the market.
As part of this initiative, Nvidia partnered with China’s largest e-commerce platforms to remove listings for unofficial products, including video cards from lesser known brands such as 51RISC, Corn, and MLLSE. The move follows a growing concern that counterfeit components could undermine performance, reliability, and warranty protections for consumers on a global scale.
These brands have long operated in the Chinese market, but over time their products began appearing on international marketplaces like Amazon and Newegg. Typically, these Chinese-made cards sell for less than official models from established manufacturers. A significant portion of these offerings are used, refurbished, or relabeled with altered memory configurations, or assembled from laptop graphics components repurposed for desktop use—practices that raise questions about quality control and longevity.
Recent actions show JD.com, Douyin, Pinduoduo, and Tmall restricting the sale of used, refurbished, and counterfeit GeForce graphics cards across various generations. Nvidia has responded by recommending customers purchase graphics solutions only from official channel partners such as Asus, Gigabyte, and MSI. This guidance aims to protect buyers from misrepresented hardware and to support a robust ecosystem of legitimate, warrantied products.
Industry observers note that even with price pressures and market demand, the emphasis should be on authenticity and reliability. Consumers are urged to verify seller legitimacy, review warranty terms, and favor purchases from known brands and authorized retailers. The broader message is about maintaining product integrity while ensuring access to genuine Nvidia technologies and compatible software ecosystems, with careful attention to where hardware originates and who stands behind it. [Source attribution: Tom’s Hardware Portal]