I didn't have coming across an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4010 graphics card ahead of the RTX 50-series launch on my bingo card. Yet, here I am about to show you all a GPU that shouldn't exist, one that's extremely low power while packing ray tracing abilities. The best part is apparently only comes in at between $80 and $100, which is remarkable for a card that can keep up with your old PS4.

As showcased in a video by one of my favorite YouTubers, Budget-builds official, the "RTX 4010" is naturally not an official best graphics card contender. Instead, it's a seemingly modified version of Nvidia's A400 workstation GPU armed with 4GB GDDR6 VRAM and a GA107 chip. It's worth noting that the green team's cheap card can't normally be used for gaming, but that's where things get interesting with this unofficial newcomer.

After taking a chance on the RTX 4010 via a Chinese seller for science, Budget-Builds reveals that the modified card actually uses RTX 4090 D drivers to make gaming possible. Both GeForce Experience and applications like GPU-Z recognize it as such, meaning there's nothing stopping you from putting its Ampere GPU to work in games.

I Ordered an NVIDIA RTX4010 from China... - YouTube

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As for what the "RTX 4010" can actually do for your cheap gaming PC, well, I'm taken back by how capable a GPU like this actually is. Before you get excited about its apparent ray-tracing abilities, just know that they're naturally a bit redundant in a card with these specs. However, performance to me feels pretty much on par with last-gen consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One, which is bananas since this 50W card can power itself solely off your motherboard.