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GPUs used for crypto mining lose 10 per cent in performance every year

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Benchmark.pl (thanks, PC Gamer), the company explains that cards used for cryptocurrency are used at much higher temperatures than normal, which leads to “problems with the cooling systems” and “accelerated oxidation of soldered joints, which can lead to a failure of the graphics processor or memory chip”.Palit Microsystems also refers to finds from independent testing, which suggest “graphics cards after one year of operation in excavators [cryptocurrency mining rigs] can have about 10% lower performance than identical new models.”The article further describes buying graphics cards from cryptocurrency miners as a “lottery” that buyers can lose money in.These warnings follow a rush for cryptocurrency miners trying to sell their often.

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