I'd be more than happy to by a 3080 (or similar) for a bargain price, knowing that it has been run at lower voltages and power levels.
As for waste: I very much hope it will not become waste. Why would you be advocating for that?
Re:GeForce RTX 40 Series
by drunkendog on Tuesday September 20, 2022 @02:41PM
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> Do you have any information about the environment in which a card was used?
That would be even more true for cards owned by non-miners; most miners will operate at a large enough scale to use some best practices, which definitely isn't true about most people who buy GPUs for personal use.
For your wallet, yes. Do you have any information about the environment in which a card was used? Temperature, dust, air moisture were like in a home or there operated in an industrial warehouse? Fan bearing status after all these hours? Voltage applied? Stock BIOS? were they in an enclosure or in a sort of a case? Thermal paste has been changed? Ever been disassembled?
I would not trust a miner's card even if it was a gift.
Miners screwed the market over and now they want you to think that their used crap is such a bargain. Let them deal with their waste, don't help them.