An ultra-premium GPU like the ASUS Astral RTX 5080 isn’t a purchase for the faint of heart because, at $1994.45 on online retailers like Amazon , the graphics card crosses the price of high-end gaming laptops. However, one customer shows proof that he purchased the same card for less than $700, but the transaction was made on AliExpress. If you thought he acquired the deal of a lifetime, you’re about to read about some glaring red flags.

The images shown by Redditor “level35gg” of the ASUS Astral RTX 5080 on AliExpress don’t have a single customer review, and if that weren’t enough, the seller has only sold 1 unit since opening the online store. Even though the listing is labeled an “Early bird deal,” there’s no universe in which a GPU priced at nearly $2,000 will be sold for less than half that amount.

Judging from the statement the Redditor has made, he was already aware that this RTX 5080 purchase was just bait, but he decided to bite the bullet and see for himself. Several other Reddit users have commented that a $700 graphics card purchase will likely mean that it’ll arrive with a modified firmware that’ll make it appear as an RTX 5080 when visiting the specifications section on Windows 11, but as expected, it won’t perform as well as NVIDIA’s high-end GPU.

We also doubt that the AliExpress seller will ship the RTX 5080 in the same beefy ASUS Astral, but it’ll be interesting to see what the aftermath of this purchase is. If there’s one silver lining of ordering through this online retailer, it’s that you can file a dispute if you didn’t receive what you ordered, or if the product was damaged during shipment. You’ll either receive a full or partial refund depending on the resolution.

In short, level35gg will find out in several days if he landed the deal that most buyers would dream of, or if a lemon landed on his doorstep.

News Source: Reddit

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