High FPS, GPU load and its effects on the lifespan?

[damnatus]

So I've been in something resembling an argument, and decided to expand my knowledge on the matter, so I have a couple of questions.

Statements I'm trying to refute: "Very high FPS in games causes more load on the GPU than capped FPS, thus decreasing its lifespan, thus you should always play at capped FPS".

My point is: even if the load was 100% (which you're not going to get if your GPU can render a game with lots of FPS, you'll get like 40%-50%), GPUs are designed to cope with that load for extended periods of times, so capping your FPS to save some theoretical minutes of the lifespan is pointless and stupid.

I ran some tests and noticed that in the same application (Source Engine game with a completely empty map loaded, for the purpose of gaining very high fps), gpu load stayed at about 50% from ~420 fps (the maximum I could get out of it) to 200 fps, then it started to decrease until it was 8% at 30 fps (the minimum you can cap the game on). Note that the temperature didn't rise higher than 40c, indicating that the GPU wasn't even close to fully loaded.

So, does absurdly high fps in a 3d application decrease the gpu lifespan anyhow? Or alternatively, does 100% load decrease it noticeably? 50%? (Anything that is not idle).

Thanks in advance.

 

[xFeaRDom]

The lifespan of the GPU will most likely not chance dramatically from high usage. Although it will decrease it, the GPU will most likely become outdated before the thing conks out and needs replacing.

High FPS in a 3D application will also decrease the lifespan, but so will playing the lightest of games. Basically, just using the graphics card will decrease its lifespan, but they're made to last for many, many years (Most components will most likely outlive me and you).

So yeah,

The lifespan is affected and decreased, but it will most likely not create a noticeable affect, saying that, how do you know when it's going to die anyway? It's more of a basis of how lucky you are with the graphics card you get, as some may live for 6 days, 6 weeks or 6 months. Even on light, medium or heavy loads.

 

[Iceman21]

If there is nothing defective in your gpu, with normal usage (no bitcoin mining), it will become obsolete before it dies.

Theoretically decreasing the load will longer the life of the gpu. But in reality no one cares if it will live 8 or 10 year, because after 5 it wont be able to supports new apps.

 

[damnatus]

Basically, what I've been trying to prove. Thank you very much for your replies.

 

[xFeaRDom]

Basically, what I've been trying to prove. Thank you very much for your replies.

No Problem!

Have a great day and I'm glad I could help!

- Dom.