Thanks to AI data center demand, reasonably-priced GPUs are still hard to come by. Maybe not, though, if you find the right seller and don’t ask too many questions. Like maybe the two men accused of harvesting Nvidia RTX 5080s from in-room gaming PCs of esports hotel rooms in China, replacing them with less-powerful RTX 3060s, then reselling the stolen ones for around half their market value, according to VideoCardz.
The two might’ve gotten away with the alleged caper, but on July 18th, they lost power to their room and requested to be moved to a different unit. Later, an electrician investigating the issue found pry marks on the room’s gaming PC case. Staff soon discovered the GPUs had been replaced in both rooms.
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