Does mining ruin your GPU?

[z1103246]

I have a gtx 780 that is mining 8 hours a day constantly at 76 C. Is this too much for the card? What will happen in the future?

 

[scout_03]

this is hard on her so your better keep some of those mining coins to buy a new one .

 

[apcs13]

Mining itself won't hurt your card as long as you are doing it properly, which I imagine you are. What could hurt your card is if other hardware is insufficient. For example, a high temperature for a long time. I would say that 76 C seems a little hot to be running at for 8 hours straight every day, but I think it is acceptable. I generally like to keep my 770 below 70C, even if the duration of load is only an hour or two, but that is personal preference. Some people run their cards at 80 or higher C for 12 hours a day, so you might be fine, but then again those are usually people with AMD cards, which usually run hotter and are built for it.

Also, if something happens during the day, like a power outage or short, that could potentially harm your GPU, but there is a low likelyhood of that happening.

 

[leo2kp]

What could happen is excessive wear of the fan bearings if it had to stay at higher RPM for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. With 8 hours a day it would be similar to an active gamer. Main thing is to make sure the fan doesn't fail, and 76C is well under the max temperature of that GPU. Keep mining!

 

[leo2kp]

I love how there are three separate opinions lol.

 

[Falcon5850]

Your putting a massive load on the GPU sustained compared to playing a video game which has bursts. If you are mining 24/7 your going to be running that GPU hot non-stop. Eventually it will wear out, however, it will last a long time. You could easily get a few years of non-stop mining out of your card before it dies. I wouldnt worry about it

 

[z1103246]

Mining itself won't hurt your card as long as you are doing it properly, which I imagine you are. What could hurt your card is if other hardware is insufficient. For example, a high temperature for a long time. I would say that 76 C seems a little hot to be running at for 8 hours straight every day, but I think it is acceptable. I generally like to keep my 770 below 70C, even if the duration of load is only an hour or two, but that is personal preference. Some people run their cards at 80 or higher C for 12 hours a day, so you might be fine, but then again those are usually people with AMD cards, which usually run hotter and are built for it.

Also, if something happens during the day, like a power outage or short, that could potentially harm your GPU, but there is a low likelyhood of that happening.

How does power outage damage the card?

 

[apcs13]

Mining itself won't hurt your card as long as you are doing it properly, which I imagine you are. What could hurt your card is if other hardware is insufficient. For example, a high temperature for a long time. I would say that 76 C seems a little hot to be running at for 8 hours straight every day, but I think it is acceptable. I generally like to keep my 770 below 70C, even if the duration of load is only an hour or two, but that is personal preference. Some people run their cards at 80 or higher C for 12 hours a day, so you might be fine, but then again those are usually people with AMD cards, which usually run hotter and are built for it.

Also, if something happens during the day, like a power outage or short, that could potentially harm your GPU, but there is a low likelyhood of that happening.

How does power outage damage the card?

It's a tricky business and it is hard to say exactly how it works, but power outages work the same way shorting components do, I have experienced the effects personally. It's pretty much the same exact thing as pulling your PC's plug, and you know not to do that. Especially since the OP is running an incredibly intensive task, the GPU will be at full load, if the power goes out, it immediately goes from 100% to 0% in a very short amount of time that has the same basic effects or similar ones to a short and have the potential to damage the card. I have seen this corrupt hard drives as well as damage them, CPUs, motherboards, RAM, and GPUs, in person.

 

[z1103246]

THanks you all so much! One more question, will game's performance drop?

 

[scout_03]

if you do mining at the same time yes ,so games or mining .