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Does mining shorten the life of a GPU? If I am in the market for a second hand GPU for gaming, should I avoid those?
by pawadu 9y ago
Does mining shorten the life of a GPU?
If I am in the market for a second hand GPU for gaming, should I avoid those?
- alimbada 9y agoI read a comment on reddit the other day the gist of which was (sorry, I don't remember the specifics and doubt I'll be able to find the comment again): Generally, yes, as miners tend to tweak GPU settings to maximise their hashrate and it can cause issues when they are run like that long term.
- floatboth 9y agoMiners tweak settings to minimize power usage, i.e. undervolt and maybe even underclock the card. That's much better for the GPU than, say, pushing the card to the limit for benchmark scores :D But generally, GPUs become obsolete before they die.
- Samathy 9y agoYes. Running a GPU at 100% continuously will significantly shorten the lifespan of the chip, the chances of picking up something that's not got much life left is high.