Mining May Void Inno3D GPU Warranties

[Katsunaka]

http://www.pcgamer.com/cryptocurrency-mining-may-void-warranty-on-inno3d-gpus/

 

The TLDR

is if Inno3D can tell you were mining, your warranty is void. 

Its one way to fight back against the high cost of GPUs that work in mining applications. 

Meanwhile AMD is making mining specific drivers. Asus is prepping a 19 PCIE slot mobo specific for mining. Which doesnt have a power/reset button on it which would benefits miners. 

 

Im glad someone is doing something to curb mining myself.  My 1070 died and I paid damn near 800 bucks for a 1080ti. 

Hopefully the mining craze dies off and GPUs can go back down in price and up in stock.

[DrMacintosh]

Awesome. Doubt it will stop miners though. They will do anything for a quick buck. 

[MarcVez]

i'm not sure how they can tell if it was used for mining, what about the people using their gpu for intensive compute.

[DrMacintosh]

2 minutes ago, MarcVez said:

what about the people using their gpu for intensive compute.

You can tell based on time frame. 

[MarcVez]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

You can tell based on time frame. 

not sure what you mean by that.

[Bananasplit_00]

repost:

 

[DrMacintosh]

Just now, MarcVez said:

not sure what you mean by that.

A person genuinely using a compute work load will not be running their card at 100% for hours on end. 

[MarcVez]

1 minute ago, DrMacintosh said:

A person genuinely using a compute work load will not be running their card at 100% for hours on end. 

ah ok, well its good news thats for sure

[Armakar]

11 minutes ago, MarcVez said:

i'm not sure how they can tell if it was used for mining, what about the people using their gpu for intensive compute.

If they can tell the duration of use that'll be it. Nobody is going to be using a 580/1060 to render the next Avatar movie for 100 days straight, if they can detect a cost-efficient mining card being used for weeks nonstop i'm sure that entails mining