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Does mining really shorten graphics card lifespan? Debunking myths about cryptocurrency mining and GPU lifespan.
Video card lifespan when mining
The service life of a video card in mining
Traditionally, the owners of expensive gaming PCs are in no hurry to risk the purchased equipment even for the sake of additional passive income. In addition, rumors circulate on the Internet that mining can “kill” the most valuable video card.
Indeed, for the most part, this opinion is wrong, because mining digital coins causes as much wear and tear on the graphics card as time spent playing medium-powered games (not to mention the more serious products of the gaming industry. games).
We will tell you how to detect the presence of LHR mining limiter in NVidia RTX 3060, RTX3060 ti, RTX 3070, RTX 3080 graphics cards
Method by name
All RTX 3090 video cards have no restrictions on mining.
The RTX 3060 video card has two types of software lock, which has already been hacked, and LHR. The LHR designation for this video card is also not specified because these video cards were originally released with a mining lock.
All Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 3080 Ti graphics cards are equipped with an LHR mining limiter, although this is not listed in the name or on the video card packaging.
For RTX 3060Ti, RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 graphics cards, the manufacturer may indicate on the packaging or in the name that the video card sold is a new revision that features Lite Hash Rate (LHR) technology. In this case it is immediately obvious that such video cards will show a lower hash rate when mining.
If the model name does not specify that it is an LHR model, unfortunately, it does not mean that it is an old revision without mining restrictions. It could be an LHR or a regular video card.
If you come across a video card without the LHR designation, you will use other methods to check that video card for mining restrictions.
