AMD GPU Supply Exhausted by Crypto Miners, AIBs Now Directly Advertising to Them

Re:AMD GPU Supply Exhausted by Crypto Miners, AIBs Now Direc... by pawadu on Monday June 05, 2017 @03:38AM (#14485900)

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?

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Re:AMD GPU Supply Exhausted by Crypto Miners, AIBs Now Direc... by alimbada on Monday June 05, 2017 @05:02AM (#14486189)

I 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.

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Re:AMD GPU Supply Exhausted by Crypto Miners, AIBs Now Direc... by floatboth on Monday June 05, 2017 @05:55AM (#14486359)

Miners 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.

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Re:AMD GPU Supply Exhausted by Crypto Miners, AIBs Now Direc... by Samathy on Monday June 05, 2017 @05:32AM (#14486284)

Yes. 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.

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