How long will my gpu last? | Bitcointalksearch.org

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Quote from: Turkish88 on November 11, 2017, 05:37:30 AM

Approximately gpu was last for one year, then manufacturer releases new one, how apple realeses new iphone.
Igf you have high end class videocard he can run games for 3 years. What with mining i dont know, i am not to long in this game

I bought my 7970 in early 2013. They are still mining the ZEC happily.

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Approximately gpu was last for one year, then manufacturer releases new one, how apple realeses new iphone.
Igf you have high end class videocard he can run games for 3 years. What with mining i dont know, i am not to long in this game

elissa

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And what power supply do you recommend?

Nasdam

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Quote from: F2b on October 31, 2017, 10:29:32 AM

So, to recapitulate, the most important things are the temperature that should be around 70°C, and then the quality of the PSU ? I'm not mining actually but I'm looking forward to it.

That is right. You need good quality power supply.

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So, to recapitulate, the most important things are the temperature that should be around 70°C, and then the quality of the PSU ? I'm not mining actually but I'm looking forward to it.

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My HD 7950's are running since 2014. 24/7 most of the time.
In the beginning a few months to hot (then above 90c, now round 75c) but they are still running.

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Fans failing is not really an issue, since you can always slap even stronger ones to the cooling block. But actual memory chips or gpu failing is. Keep the temps not over 60°C if possible, no voltage ripples (hence good psu) and they will last at least 5 years.

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age of vga cards depends on alot of things. First, do you overclocked it. Second, how hot it is. If your cards run in 94 dC, and you even used it for 3 years, in my oppinion, not live more than 1 year. but we also can't say nothing, if you are lucky, the cards will live longer

sorji

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My 6 270X last my 4 years， still mining zec now Tongue

jeswin

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Always maintain it in low temperature it will increase its life span.

elissa

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Exactly. Since it is colder outside they are working perfect at 55-60 degrees with 70% fan.

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Quote from: elissa on October 23, 2017, 05:50:54 AM

I have 18 sapphire r9 390 nitro working for a year. I had problems just with one card but during July when the temperature outside was 40 degrees Celsius and the card had around 80 degrees. Others are fine. Now the temperature is low and they are just fine with 80% fan.

The R9 390 is very good if you do not stress them too much.

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I have 18 sapphire r9 390 nitro working for a year. I had problems just with one card but during July when the temperature outside was 40 degrees Celsius and the card had around 80 degrees. Others are fine. Now the temperature is low and they are just fine with 80% fan.

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Personally, I'm nervous when I see temperatures above 60°C. I like to push my cards in terms of overclocking, but I don't like to have big temperatures on them. I don't have so many cooling problems because I don't have a farm, so my fans are above 70% maybe just in the summertime.
Under 65°C is ok, between 65°C - 75°C tolerable, but above 75°C try to do something.

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Quote from: QuintLeo on September 16, 2017, 03:25:35 PM

Quote from: AndyM456 on September 15, 2017, 03:21:15 AM

I have a pair of GTX650 bought in 2012 still running BOINC at 100% 24/7. Air cooled, fans on Auto, no OC with an open case. Had various other GTX running for 5 years plus no problems all on Boinc or Folding@home.

Only added Team Red to the farm since starting Alt Coin mining in last year so not sure on those, but Team Green can certainly do 5 years no problems at all.

Those date back to the days when cards had fan curves from the manufacturer designed to keep the cards COOL, instead of the current insanity of putting "quiet" as FAR MORE IMPORTANT than "cool".

EVGA in particular had major issues with it's early 1070 models because the FAN CURVE WAS SET WAY TOO LOW (despite them pointing at "didn't have thermal pads on the VRM models", the cards last just FINE and stay plenty cool enough if you turn the fans up past the factory-default UNDER 40% AT 80C insanity - the actual final FIX out of EVGA was a BIOS change that turned the fan curve up to more like 50% at 70C).

Factory default fan curves on ANY recent card are set crazy-low, and ignore the possibility of the card being used in a "compute" capability (the manufacturer wants you to pay the crazy-expensive price for their "professional" or "workstation" cards instead even though they tend to use the SAME GPU and the SAME ram and have an INFERIOR cooling solution so they have to clock them a TON lower to keep cool).

I always use MSI afterburner to set the fan curve. And I only use 70% of the rated maximum power.

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Quote from: AndyM456 on September 15, 2017, 03:21:15 AM

I have a pair of GTX650 bought in 2012 still running BOINC at 100% 24/7. Air cooled, fans on Auto, no OC with an open case. Had various other GTX running for 5 years plus no problems all on Boinc or Folding@home.

Only added Team Red to the farm since starting Alt Coin mining in last year so not sure on those, but Team Green can certainly do 5 years no problems at all.

Those date back to the days when cards had fan curves from the manufacturer designed to keep the cards COOL, instead of the current insanity of putting "quiet" as FAR MORE IMPORTANT than "cool".

EVGA in particular had major issues with it's early 1070 models because the FAN CURVE WAS SET WAY TOO LOW (despite them pointing at "didn't have thermal pads on the VRM models", the cards last just FINE and stay plenty cool enough if you turn the fans up past the factory-default UNDER 40% AT 80C insanity - the actual final FIX out of EVGA was a BIOS change that turned the fan curve up to more like 50% at 70C).

Factory default fan curves on ANY recent card are set crazy-low, and ignore the possibility of the card being used in a "compute" capability (the manufacturer wants you to pay the crazy-expensive price for their "professional" or "workstation" cards instead even though they tend to use the SAME GPU and the SAME ram and have an INFERIOR cooling solution so they have to clock them a TON lower to keep cool).

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Quote from: Cryptopriest on September 16, 2017, 02:29:58 AM

VRAM temperature is also important, and most of the time in my experience, its about 15-20 c higher than core temperature.

If the VRAM temperature is 90-100 degree, it is still within the operating range.

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Quote from: Cryptopriest on September 16, 2017, 02:29:58 AM

VRAM temperature is also important, and most of the time in my experience, its about 15-20 c higher than core temperature.

VRM - Voltage Regulator Module, to put it simply the 1st place where electricity passes before it reaches gpu core and other modules on the card, obviously it takes more heat than core since it's job is to give as much power as gpu core asks, as you said 10-20°C warmer than core.

VRAM is video ram, usually gddr5(x) or new the hbm(2) on fiji/vega gpus, they don't generate that much heat to be of a concern

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VRAM temperature is also important, and most of the time in my experience, its about 15-20 c higher than core temperature.

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Quote from: totko on August 18, 2017, 03:38:54 PM

94 is too much it wont last for long set the cooler to max 100% arround 70-75 max 80 would be normal!

And that's the only reason why I would never buy a card from a miner generally because of miners like you, who treat their cards like a piece of crap,
100% fans with way hotter temps than ok for 24/7 workload.

Basically, when I see listed 2nd hand cards I wanna buy that have been used for mining (in description) I assume the worst, shit treatments from guys like you.

Who knows how much did you shorter card's/fan's lifespan with these settings.

I make sure my cards never go above 63-64°C core and VRM always below 80°C(at least for hawaii/fiji chips, older cards like 5970 were much more resilient because of bigger fabrication process -therefore VRM could go as far as 105°C for VRM, ~70°C core)
and my fans are always below 70%

And when I sell I don't even want to list them as cards used for mining because I really do take care of them, but still, it drives my price down no matter what because of guys like you!

Don't take this personally totko, this is not aimed at you but everyone who mines like this.

I randomly took your comment as a raged upon victim.

Keep your cards safe and healthy, take care of them, and they will take care of your earnings for a long time.

Cheers!

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