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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.

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.