Question how long can gtx 1070 last

[Proprietary Software]

I am talking about its physical lifespan, not its relevance in the future. How many years can it last if I don't overclock and have good ventilation in my pc?

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

I think that depends on the USAGE though. Maybe the card will last for at least 4-5 years, IMO but I've seen 7-8 years OLD GPUs, still working in perfect condition.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Every card will have a different lifespan , coming from different usage situations.I have had mine for a couple of years now , not a single issue.

 

[Proprietary Software]

Will 3d applications wear out the GPU faster than games?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Not really , my son uses his EVGA 1080 for both , he's had it since the week the 1080's were released.

 

[drivinfast247]

One day or ten years.

 

[ElectrO_90]

I think that depends on the USAGE though. Maybe the card will last for at least 4-5 years, IMO but I've seen 7-8 years OLD GPUs, still working in perfect condition.

You are so young...
I still got GPU's working older than you

 

[DMAN999]

I have an old Asus HD3650 AGP that is at least 10 years old and it still works.
I also have a Gigabyte HD 6850 from 2010-2011 that I have in my old i7-870 rig I just threw together from old parts I had laying around and it still works very well for what it is.

And I also have a Asus ATI Radeon 9200 SE AGP from 2003 laying around that I'm 99.9% sure still works.

 

[DSzymborski]

Just checked since the rig is dated enough to fall out of active duty, but the Nvidia GeForce FX 5800 I bought in 2003 so that I could get more soldiers on-screen in Medieval: Total War still works.

 

[AllanGH]

Seeing as I have GPUs that are easily over 15 years old, and still working; I'd say that, if you take care of one, you could easily get that much out of it.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I have a GTS450, that runs.

 

[DSzymborski]

And I've also had GPUs that didn't last a year despite my best efforts. My first 7970 GHz died in a six months, the new one sent in RMA died in another six months, and the 280x I was given after the second one died a little after the original warranty finally expired. And I take darn good care of my components.

 

[AllanGH]

Still have a Tseng Labs VGA card around here, from the pre-micro channel days, that worked last year....maybe I need to do another "retro '386 build" for kicks. 😆

 

[ElectrO_90]

I've still got my Canopus Pure 3DFX sitting here

 

[Ashckroft]

My HD 4830 lived for 11 years and died last week ,because in my new apartment there is problem with dust accumulation - no idea why.It ran with no thermal paste changed and sometimes ON for weeks.

If you have good PSU, change thermal paste at least once a year and don't touch BIOS it may live really long time.

Sadly from personal data I find that Intel and NVIDIA products die fast in terms of 2-5 years than AMD and ATI

 

[Ashckroft]

I think that depends on the USAGE though. Maybe the card will last for at least 4-5 years, IMO but I've seen 7-8 years OLD GPUs, still working in perfect condition.

One friend of mind is a PC tech and he said to me that if you run PC non stop chances to get it fried are less than constantly turning it on and off.I have PC dated from 2008 and it was working full time even for weeks without turning off and so far I've changed only one HDD and two PSU.

In my personal opinion as an engineer there is some solid logic in that , but I cant provide statistics to be sure.

 

[knickle]

I have an old GPU from 2008 that is still being used in a system today. I have another GPU from 2010 that only ran for 2 years before it became a paperweight.

Some of it is luck, some of it is manufacturing quality, and some of it is the environment it's installed in. If you have adequate quality power, and a well ventilated case with minimal dust issues, the card should last you years.

 

[AllanGH]

If you have good PSU....and don't touch BIOS it may live really long time.

AMEN to that.

....I find that Intel and NVIDIA products die fast...

Intel and ATi have been poor performers for me, unfortunately; which kind-of galls me because I know that AMD has the ability to improve the line from what it used to be. Nvidia has always been good to me--well, insofar as it gets churned through EVGA, at any rate--and AMD is such a solid performer that I have never lost a processor in more than 25 years...they just keep going.

 

[Proprietary Software]

And more modern GPUs do tend to live longer, right?

 

[AllanGH]

Well, they tend to keep up with the technology changes because they're further up the performance curve than the old stuff was.

Name somebody who has over-clocked their CPU by straight-out doubling the clock speed. We used to do that back in the 8088/8086 days all the time...because the clock was 4.77 MHz, and engineers designed-in huge overheads. Now, technology is pushing the envelope so far that we are finding ourselves limited by the speed that electrons travel through various conductors, and gains are incremental at best.

That said, modern GPUs can live just as long as the old stuff did/does, as long as they aren't abused; but give a GPU to one of those "Heeyuck! Imma overclockin' dis tewnite!" kind of people, and see how long it lasts.

 

[King_V]

I've got one or two old PCs lying around with near-20-year-old video cards still functioning. Granted, in the past decade, they haven't been used much, but they still work.

 

[AllanGH]

I just popped the caps on an EVGA e-GeForce 7600 GT Graphics Card that I got in '06, and, looky!

You can still buy them!

Pretty sure I wouldn't want to, but, still.

 

[jsmithepa]

And more modern GPUs do tend to live longer, right?

So you asked for physical longevity. Why would vendors build their stuff like tanks, spend extra$ for better capacitors etc, when they know you are going to replace it in a couple of years because of obsolescence.