does Mining Bitcoin Reduces pc Performance

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Does Mining Bitcoin Reduces pc Performance 

WILL IT IMPACT PERFORMANCE OF GRAPHIC CARD

[ItsTheDuckAgain]

in the long run it will. cards are maxed out all the time while mining which will reduce their lifespan a bit.

check out the LTT videos about "Mining Adventure", it gets covered there quite well if remember correctly.

 

then again its logic thinking:

When you buy 2 brand new GTX 1080s. Use one on max for 10 years and Don't use the other one. Which one will have issues first? :-)

[Guest The Viking]

you don't mine bitcoin on graphic cards anymore though...

[lukasaldersley]

It will have a long Term impact as explained by ItsTheDuckAgain. If you meant less Performance i.e. in Games there will be a massive Impact as long as you are mining, since the card(s) won't be able to process your Game as fast as usual while you ask them to do difficult computations for mining. Anyways you should inform yourself whether it will actually pay out (Things to consider: Which currency are you mining, costs for power ...). As already said you should definitely check out the LTT Mining Adventure.

[Imbellis]

2 minutes ago, Pumuckl112 said:

If you meant less Performance i.e. in Games there will be a massive Impact as long as you are mining, since the card(s) won't be able to process your Game as fast as usual while you ask them to do difficult computations for mining.

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I don't think he means concurrently, but rather the actual performance of the card (as a whole) over time.

[whoisit1118]

Assuming you are using Nicehash to mine altcoins to trade it into bitcoin, it will not degrade the GPU silicon as long as you keep it cool, but it will definitely accelerate the failing of the fans on GPU. And CPU mining using cryptonight does in fact affect slow down the performance itself, but GPU mining should not be a problem on slowing down your computer unless you are gaming or utilizing gfx for other tasks.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

LMG did a comparison between a well-(ab)used GTX480 and a brand new identical one.  They concluded there was no difference outside of margin of error.

 

 

As for graphics card health in general, the #1 killer of GPUs isn't "wear", it's loose contacts caused by cracks in the solder.  These cracks are the result of repeated thermal cycling (heating up, cooling down again, heating up again, cooling down again, etc etc etc for years).  That's why people try to revive dead GPUs by putting them in an oven so the solder gets hot enough to melt and make proper contact again. 

Cards used for gaming undergo these heat cycles far more often than mining cards, so the PCBs of mining cards are usually in better condition than those that were actually used for gaming.  Then again the fans usually will have worked harder. 

[bcredeur97]

40 minutes ago, Captain Chaos said:

LMG did a comparison between a well-(ab)used GTX480 and a brand new identical one.  They concluded there was no difference outside of margin of error.

 

 

As for graphics card health in general, the #1 killer of GPUs isn't "wear", it's loose contacts caused by cracks in the solder.  These cracks are the result of repeated thermal cycling (heating up, cooling down again, heating up again, cooling down again, etc etc etc for years).  That's why people try to revive dead GPUs by putting them in an oven so the solder gets hot enough to melt and make proper contact again. 

Cards used for gaming undergo these heat cycles far more often than mining cards, so the PCBs of mining cards are usually in better condition than those that were actually used for gaming.  Then again the fans usually will have worked harder. 

I was gonna say... fan life is probably the biggest issue.

 

so if you buy used cards that may have been used for mining... maybe try to get one with ball bearing fans or fans that you can cheaply replace.

[Steemax]

Yup fan life is your biggest worry otherwise if you know what you're doing and you optimize your cards you should be running somewhere around 70% power limit at 50 to 60c max.