GPU Durability.

[MrDuJeR]

What kind of things affect a GPU's Durability?

 

I know that heat is an issue, is there anything else?

 

 

[vkadurin]

Dust is a factor too.

[unidentical]

voltage, too much voltage or unstable voltage could have a negative impact on the longevity of the card.

[skullbringer]

Of course heat, but also voltage. Nvidia restricted overvolting their 6x0 cards with Greenlight, as they were dying pretty fast after being extremly overvolted. Thats an issue especially with newer generation cards and the smaller and denser dyes having restricted heat emission.

[TechFan@ic]

#1 factor is Luck !
#2 Heat & dust !
#3 Too much over-volting .
#4 Humidity .
#5 Dirty power from a craptastic power-supply.

[MrDuJeR]

does the workload affects it?

[XiaoPigs]

does the workload affects it?

It technically does since more workload means more heat generated. Laws of physics baby. BOOM!

[Chivpcgamer]

Never throw them off a cliff! :)

[MrDuJeR]

It technically does since more workload means more heat generated. Laws of physics baby. BOOM!

what if the heat generated is the same?

[Hyydrah]

What kind of things affect a GPU's Durability?

 

I know that heat is an issue, is there anything else?

Voltage. I've heard that high memory clocks can also affect GPU longevity, it might be a myth though.