Is there a way to check the total lifetime of a card that been used. Mainly I want to avoid getting a miners card and want to check how many hours the card has been run at 100%
Is there a way to check graphics card lifetime?
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Is there a way to check the total lifetime of a card that been used. Mainly I want to avoid getting a miners card and want to check how many hours the card has been run at 100%
No, and such a figure would be of dubious utility as it wouldn't reveal the type of load or other parameters that could be more relevant.
About the only sign of excessive wear that would be visible on a non-destructive examination is PCB discoloration; long periods of high temps tend to turn blue and some green PCBs slightly brown around VRM components, or darken natively brown boards, but it's certainly possible to have wear without such discoloration. Black PCBs, or anything with an overly heavy lacquer, rarely discolor.
About the only sign of excessive wear that would be visible on a non-destructive examination is PCB discoloration; long periods of high temps tend to turn blue and some green PCBs slightly brown around VRM components, or darken natively brown boards, but it's certainly possible to have wear without such discoloration. Black PCBs, or anything with an overly heavy lacquer, rarely discolor.
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The question I asked wasn't for me personally, a friend came over today and asked me, so I told him id ask you guys. I personally buy only new cards.
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to be 100% what exactly? I give you one example, VRM's estimated lifetime @100c might be 5000 hours for example ( depending what brand, what quality etc ). Now if miner was abusing it, yeeeeah.
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Same. I trust noone, especially today where everyone yank their hardware cause they ride it like a donkey for two years and then get rid of it before its outside warranty and dies. I would buy only from friend I know, and know how he used it, otherwise, no way.
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I used to mine way back in the day. The only issues the cards ever had were the fans dying. Keep in mind, this is with them running full blast
One thing about mining too is that power consumption matters, so typically you're undervolting/underclocking the card to hit the perf/watt sweetspot.
One thing about mining too is that power consumption matters, so typically you're undervolting/underclocking the card to hit the perf/watt sweetspot.
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The usage will depend on what they're mining. Some things you can mine don't max out the GPU at all.
I used to run my system 24/7 and when I wasn't gaming, I had it mining. I mined on my 3070 until the mining value plummeted. But what I mined didn't like GPU speed. I set it down to minimum, which was 989MHz. It really liked VRAM speed, so I set that to the highest speed that wouldn't generate errors in the miner program, which ended up being 8300MT/s. This was a lot higher than I could run the VRAM while gaming.
When it was mining full bore, it was using about 100W. The VRMs were never in any danger. GPU and VRAM temps were both in the mid-30s Celsius (liquid cooled, of course). It's one pampered princess of a mining card because it's in my gaming system.
Mining stats:
GPU: 989MHz
RAM: 8300MT/s
Power Use: ~100W
GPU Temp: ~34°C
VRAM Temp: ~36°C
Gaming stats:
GPU: Up to ~2100MHz but averaging 2000-2050MHz
RAM: 7300MT/s
Power Use: Up to 280W
GPU Temp: Up to ~42°C
VRAM Temp: ~33°C
I used to run my system 24/7 and when I wasn't gaming, I had it mining. I mined on my 3070 until the mining value plummeted. But what I mined didn't like GPU speed. I set it down to minimum, which was 989MHz. It really liked VRAM speed, so I set that to the highest speed that wouldn't generate errors in the miner program, which ended up being 8300MT/s. This was a lot higher than I could run the VRAM while gaming.
When it was mining full bore, it was using about 100W. The VRMs were never in any danger. GPU and VRAM temps were both in the mid-30s Celsius (liquid cooled, of course). It's one pampered princess of a mining card because it's in my gaming system.
Mining stats:
GPU: 989MHz
RAM: 8300MT/s
Power Use: ~100W
GPU Temp: ~34°C
VRAM Temp: ~36°C
Gaming stats:
GPU: Up to ~2100MHz but averaging 2000-2050MHz
RAM: 7300MT/s
Power Use: Up to 280W
GPU Temp: Up to ~42°C
VRAM Temp: ~33°C
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like animals, gpus do not live forever (they are NOT immortal). ancestry.com might be able to help you narrow down the age, however. Or at least get a perspective on how long the GPUs older brothers and sisters lived.
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There is no way to predict when electronics will fail.
I have a box full of very old video cards that still work. I have some newer ones that are dead. None of them were mined on.
All consumer electronics have a failure rate of about 6% on average. Some will last decades or more, and some will last less than the year they are under warranty for. A mining card could last a lifetime....or not.
I have a box full of very old video cards that still work. I have some newer ones that are dead. None of them were mined on.
All consumer electronics have a failure rate of about 6% on average. Some will last decades or more, and some will last less than the year they are under warranty for. A mining card could last a lifetime....or not.
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