Soldato
Why against owning a card used for mining? It doesn't effect the card's performance.
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Everything has a finite life... having a card blazing 24/7 365 has to be detrimental to that.
Why against owning a card used for mining? It doesn't effect the card's performance.
Was gonna say it may not affect performance but I'd guess the average miner is going to buy the card and not look after it so that's the reason I wouldn't by a GPU used for mining.I bought two cards from the last mining boom when it was tanking and they were covered in thick black gunk and dust. Both blowers and one of the fans wouldnt turn. It definitely affected the cards performance then !
(cleaned up and cooling replaced they worked fine!)
People freak out when they get a product with a broken seal on the box or a disturbed anti-static bag, so they are not going to be happy with a mining card unless the price makes it disposable.
You don't know how it's been treated in a hot rack running 24x7, just that someone has been hammering it.
Why wouldn't they look after them, its their money. Some people come out with some bizarre nonsense.
Of the 60-70 or so GPUs I can currently see the temperature for in multiple mining rigs in multiple locations (Through monitoring software I wrote for miners) the hottest card is sat at 67c the coolest at 53c
That's a whole lot cooler than a card thats being games on sees.
Of the 60-70 or so GPUs I can currently see the temperature for in multiple mining rigs in multiple locations (Through monitoring software I wrote for miners) the hottest card is sat at 67c the coolest at 53c
That's a whole lot cooler than a card thats being games on sees.
I understand the position of not wanting to buy a GPU that's been mined on, but heat and load aren't the issues, optimising a card for mining means reducing its power consumption as much as possible which means fairly large core voltage underclocks, the most likely failure you'll see from a mining card is bearing failure on fans
That's a whole lot cooler than a card thats being games on sees.
I understand the position of not wanting to buy a GPU that's been mined on,
That's not a valid comparison as gamers don't game 24x7, so a gamer's card is mostly idling at far lower temps and voltages for more of it's life than a mining card running as fast as it can at reduced voltage all the time. Gamers cards get switched off for a large portion of the day, where a mining card is still running. And who wants the hassle of a rattling fan that needs replacing? That's something that's going to have to go back to a manufacturer, assuming they will allow a warranty replacement on a second hand card that's been used for mining.
My 1080ti sits around 29°C under constant gaming load, so I would beg to differ.
It's not the card I'm bothered about but the type of person selling it that means I'd never buy a mining card.
It's not the card I'm bothered about but the type of person selling it that means I'd never buy a mining card.
Someone was selling like 8 1060's from a mining rig, I don't see that as excessive, proof was provided as a picture surely that's fine?
I would class mining in any way shape or form as a business and therefore anyone offloading ex mining gear on the MM is trading which is against the rules.
OcUK and these forums has always been about gaming which means a maximum of 4 cards.
I really think OcUK should ban any mining gear being sold in the MM as it is bad for the members (Clapped out cards) and bad for the company.
I would class mining in any way shape or form as a business and therefore anyone offloading ex mining gear on the MM is trading which is against the rules.
Hardly.Why wouldn't they look after them, its their money. Some people come out with some bizarre nonsense.