Does consistent 4k gaming damage your pc

[ItsJustKings]

I was talking on twitter how i was excited to play cyberpunk and a few others games in 4k and a random twitter user said “playing high end games in 4k would destroy your pc within 2 years” Im pretty sure what hes stating is false but wanted extra thoughts. 

 

P.S. i have a 3090 and 5900x build. The monitor is the ASUS ROG Strix XG27UQ 144hz 4k 

[flashiling]

if you had your computer doing stress tests/benchmarks in 4k with litterally no breaks for 2 years, then  yes you might have a slightly shorter lifespan,

but i'm not sure why that twitter user would think it damages the pc

[Stahlmann]

Lol your PC doesn't care if you're playing at 4K or 1080p. A load scenario is a load scenario.

 

That's like Dell selling a warranty to a gamer because his PC is more likely to break than for a office user.

[FloRolf]

23 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

Lol your PC doesn't care if you're playing at 4K or 1080p. A load scenario is a load scenario.

 

That's like Dell selling a warranty to a gamer because his PC is more likely to break than for a office user.

Well yes and no. If you had vsync or a frame cap on your GPU would be less stressed running 1080p vs 4k.

 

But generally the GPU was made for that and doesn't care. 

[Stahlmann]

1 minute ago, FloRolf said:

Well yes and no. If you had vsync or a frame cap on your GPU would be less stressed.

 

But generally the GPU was made for that and doesn't care. 

You have a point, but GPUs most likely last longer than they're relevant in terms of performance. So that's pretty much a non-issue.

 

For example, i just recently sold a GTX 660Ti which was still running fine but can barely run todays games.

[Morrie Sells Wigs]

Is the thinking behind it that pushing your rig to output in 4k continuously is putting more strain on your components, heating them up etc...and thus could shorten the lifespan of said components?

 

Is there some element of truth to it?

 

 

[LogicalDrm]

They were probably trolling you. Running PC within normal operating conditions will not change the way parts degrade. And yes, they will degrade, like every mechanical thing will. But lifetime of single part (which is some 5-10 years at minimum) doesn't shorten if you are using it as its designed to be used. By this I mean no overclocking or anything where you are tweaking hardware settings differently from what the factory had them set to.

 

Overclocking can shorten lifespan or increase degration. When overclocking you are running on higher voltages, and temperatures. Both have effects. But nothing so dramatic than 2 years till destruction.

[ItsJustKings]

4 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

They were probably trolling you. Running PC within normal operating conditions will not change the way parts degrade. And yes, they will degrade, like every mechanical thing will. But lifetime of single part (which is some 5-10 years at minimum) doesn't shorten if you are using it as its designed to be used. By this I mean no overclocking or anything where you are tweaking hardware settings differently from what the factory had them set to.

 

Overclocking can shorten lifespan or increase degration. When overclocking you are running on higher voltages, and temperatures. Both have effects. But nothing so dramatic than 2 years till destruction.

Thank you for the info! Also all my parts arent OC’d or tweaked i dont have enough knowledge to do that yet. Also ik for a fact hes not trolling he actually thinks that cause he also doesn’t believe 8K is possible like at all even when theres videos of youtubers playing 8k.

[ItsJustKings]

6 hours ago, Maury Sells Wigs said:

Is the thinking behind it that pushing your rig to output in 4k continuously is putting more strain on your components, heating them up etc...and thus could shorten the lifespan of said components?

 

Is there some element of truth to it?

 

 

I have no idea but even at that i have top on the line specs made for 4k gaming and technically could push to 8K so i think hes just lost lmfao

[jones177]

4k gaming mainly damages the wallet.

 

Here is a comparison of RDR 2 at 1440p and 4k. At 4k the CPU is working less since the frames are lower. The GPU is about the same with 4k using more vram.

 

 

With AC:O on the highest preset.  The CPU usage goes down as the resolution goes up. The GPU is using more power at 4k than at the other resolutions.

 

 

Both games don't really benefit from 4k so I played them on an Ultrawide.

 

[Exidor]

On 12/30/2020 at 12:39 PM, Stahlmann said:

Lol your PC doesn't care if you're playing at 4K or 1080p. A load scenario is a load scenario.

 

That's like Dell selling a warranty to a gamer because his PC is more likely to break than for a office user.

 

SHHHHHHH

You end up giving Dell new business ideas.

And next thing you know everybody will follow suite.

And in your annual review for medical insurance there will be a check box right next to smoking how many hours do you spend gaming per week.

Steam GOG and Epci will start selling data about how many hours a week you play just like sports app makers to adjust your insurance rating.

 

 

After all gaming causes stress and stress is bad for your health. Further more you spend time in-front of a screen that damages your eyes. Sitting damages your posture.....

 

 

 

 

PS. Starts taking notes and preparing a presentation for the next Startup Founders Meetup.

If this materialises you heard it here first the first "GAMER" insurance.

 

 

 

But seriously unless you are somehow overclocking your system or running into power or thermal issues under load there really is no difference how many pixels you are pushing.

[TheProf]

I agree with others, not sure how playing a game at 4K would destroy your PC in 2 years time unless your PC is severely overheating then maybe it will shorten the lifespan of the components inside.

 

Even with overheating, there are safety measures that are put in place to prevent this, regardless of what resolution you play, if you're PC is properly built without any issues with temperatures, I don't see anything happening to your PC because of a resolution...