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which is greatly exaggerated, as it's not constant use that decreases the lifespan, it's disjointed cooldown and heatup. If you leave a card on 24/7 theres not
by emergant 4y ago
which is greatly exaggerated, as it's not constant use that decreases the lifespan, it's disjointed cooldown and heatup. If you leave a card on 24/7 theres not much of a heat gradient in regard to time. Is it getting stress? Sure. Is it killing the card? Not really.
- ChrisRR 4y agoAll use stresses the card, whether constant or periodic usage. I'd still rather buy a card that has been used 2 hours a day for gaming than 24 hours for mining.
- tiluha 4y agoI'm not so sure about that. Mining cards are often undervolted to run at cooler temperatures and consume less power, while gaming cards are pushed to 100% and might even be overclocked. The fans might become problematic, but i think overall a mining card receives less stress in its lifetime
- grozzle 4y agoThe ramp up and down is more important than cumulative heat exposure for solid state components, but not for moving parts in the cooling system, and also electrolytic capacitors age much faster in a hot environment.
- RealStickman_ 4y agoMiners usually underclock their cards to get higher efficiency out of them. Fans are very easily replaceable.