<p>Heavy usage will certainly decrease the lifetime, but I think it's not incredibly much as long as it's not overclocked. You will probably even buy a new card (because the current becomes too outdated/slow) before the current one breaks down.</p>

<p>Keep an eye on the temperature for a few hours (or as long as it's not stable/maxed out), it shouldn't exceed about 75-80 °C. Otherwise you may want to invest on cooling, regardless of bitcoin mining (games also make the card warm). If it's at an okay temperature, you should be good.</p>

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2012-08-18T21:46:06.107Z
Currently (after 5h of mining) the GPU is at 98% load, with temperatures around 71ºc
Thiago Belem
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2012-08-18T22:54:32.583Z
@TiuTalk I think that is quite fine. I usually like my hardware cooler, but I also know people who run around with cards of 70 degrees when idle. They seem to have a normal lifespan too.
Luc
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Luc
<p>I'm not using a mining-dedicated videocard, i'm using my only video card (Radeon 6850) and i'm getting around 0.11 btc/24h.</p>

<p>My concern is about reducing the lifespan of (or even burning) my video card with this.</p>

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Bitcoin mining may reduce the lifespan of my video card?
Thiago Belem
# Bitcoin mining may reduce the lifespan of my video card?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-08-18)

I'm not using a mining-dedicated videocard, i'm using my only video card (Radeon 6850) and i'm getting around 0.11 btc/24h.

My concern is about reducing the lifespan of (or even burning) my video card with this.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-08-18. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

Heavy usage will certainly decrease the lifetime, but I think it's not incredibly much as long as it's not overclocked. You will probably even buy a new card (because the current becomes too outdated/slow) before the current one breaks down.

Keep an eye on the temperature for a few hours (or as long as it's not stable/maxed out), it shouldn't exceed about 75-80 °C. Otherwise you may want to invest on cooling, regardless of bitcoin mining (games also make the card warm). If it's at an okay temperature, you should be good.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Currently (after 5h of mining) the GPU is at 98% load, with temperatures around 71ºc  
> **username_1**: @TiuTalk I think that is quite fine. I usually like my hardware cooler, but I also know people who run around with cards of 70 degrees when idle. They seem to have a normal lifespan too.  

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