Card has been “fixed” in a very sketchy way
I got this card and of course, I immediately wanted to ensure it was clean, and if not clean it. I started off with the fans and metal fins. Both were very clean! Was surprised and happy to see that. However I moved to the backplate and saw what I thought was a hair. Well, I tried to wipe it off and my finger turned black. I looked back at the card and it had lost all the paint. I am assuming this was once a damaged backplate that was attempted to be powder coat painted to hide the scratches, but this powder coat did not stick whatsoever. I got curious to see how far this went, and the entire half of the card where the display connectors are on the backplate is now entirely silver plain metal. The coating just completely wiped off with a tissue. I was very upset to see how poorly this cover up of a paint job was. The card works so I’m not going to get upset about it, but aesthetically, the card looks HORRIBLE now. Half the backplate is silver with scratches while the other half is factory paint that actually sticks and is coated correctly. So it is very upsetting to see if I wish to resell this down the road when I upgrade again that the card looks extremely sketchy having half a silver backplate with scratches all over it.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned