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GTX 260 Lifespan?
- Thread starter cogman
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its most likely you will replace a graphics card before it dies, if a graphics card is going be dead, its most liley when you first get it - from manufacturing defects etc...
People still have great old cards, like 8800GTX's running in their rigs with no problems,
heat is the biggest killer, so as long as the case has decent cooling it will last a very long timer
oh and if you have the original invoice, when it breaks...they send you a new one
and if the product is discontinued, they send you whatever replaced it
People still have great old cards, like 8800GTX's running in their rigs with no problems,
heat is the biggest killer, so as long as the case has decent cooling it will last a very long timer
oh and if you have the original invoice, when it breaks...they send you a new one
and if the product is discontinued, they send you whatever replaced it 
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Just wanted to add that dust and/or overclocking is the biggest producer of extra heat.
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I say on average most people upgrade their video card every 1-3 years. 1 year for those that like having up to the date graphics. It will easily last longer than 3 years for the most part and is covered during that time with the manufacturers warranty.
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I have two almost identical video cards, one I bought a year ago and one I just got a little more than a month ago. The second one died last week. The good news is a lot of card manufacturers have lifetime warranties, so its like you can resurrect it from the dead!! YAY!!
Usually its the Fan that starts making noise which is the first thing that requires it needing to be fixed or replaced. In the past I have had cards that needed new fans, and actually preferred the cards w/o fans because of this.
With the lifetime warranty, cards will last as long as you want them. In the past it appeared as though there were new generations ever six months, but I think it is slowing down some. I am thinking my two GTX 260s should last me another 3 years before I need to upgrade.
Usually its the Fan that starts making noise which is the first thing that requires it needing to be fixed or replaced. In the past I have had cards that needed new fans, and actually preferred the cards w/o fans because of this.
With the lifetime warranty, cards will last as long as you want them. In the past it appeared as though there were new generations ever six months, but I think it is slowing down some. I am thinking my two GTX 260s should last me another 3 years before I need to upgrade.
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i've had my 2 gtx260s folding for almost a year and a half now non stop and they are overclocked. I cleaned the dust out of them once but they are still going strong
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I have an ATI X1600 Pro that's still running great. Fan died a long time ago, so i just took the air duct off of it, and put it in front of the 120MM on the side of my case, and that kept it plenty cool.
It's in my brother's machine with a low speed 80mm fan ghetto rigged onto the heat sink, and it's running just fine, so i think you'll get a few years out of it.
It's in my brother's machine with a low speed 80mm fan ghetto rigged onto the heat sink, and it's running just fine, so i think you'll get a few years out of it.
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Nvidia FX5200. Still running strong back in g'ford 7 years later.
It's on for about 15 hours a day and it hasn't shown any sign of wear except for a load of dust
As long as you keep the temps down it should last for years.
I'm keeping my 260 temps below 65 degrees (max is 105) since I'm planning to keep this for in excess of 10 years. Will it make it? I have no reason to doubt it. After the first 2-3 years it'll only be used for the OS so no real strain on it unless my new rig dies.
It's on for about 15 hours a day and it hasn't shown any sign of wear except for a load of dust
As long as you keep the temps down it should last for years.
I'm keeping my 260 temps below 65 degrees (max is 105) since I'm planning to keep this for in excess of 10 years. Will it make it? I have no reason to doubt it. After the first 2-3 years it'll only be used for the OS so no real strain on it unless my new rig dies.
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I have video cards that IF I had a board compatible (AGP Pro, etc) would still work fine. I have an ancient PCI video card that is used for testing and installs on headless machines. I bought it new, longer ago than I care to think about.
Video cards are the same as any other electronic/machine. They will last until a manufacturing error kills them or it is not economical to keep them running.
Video cards are the same as any other electronic/machine. They will last until a manufacturing error kills them or it is not economical to keep them running.
My friend still runs my old ATI 9600XT, which I think has like 12 shaders or something lol... I bought it about 6 years ago, then he bought it off me and is still using it today.
My oldest one still running is the 3DFX voodoo 3 16M, which I installed in a pentium 2 machine a long time ago... cant remember how long, but it was when the voodoo3 just came out lol - still rockin windows XP today!
My oldest one still running is the 3DFX voodoo 3 16M, which I installed in a pentium 2 machine a long time ago... cant remember how long, but it was when the voodoo3 just came out lol - still rockin windows XP today!
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I had a 6800nu agp that is still going strong in my brother in laws rig. I really liked that card it unlocked to 16/6 on the pipes and shaders and was a sweet O.C.er.
Yeah, Pixel shaders and Vertex shaders, all shaders.
They had pixel pipelines. Totally not the same as today's programmable shaders.
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Had my GTX216 oc'd since about 20mins after I opened the packet September '09, and since then it's done around 2.2quadrillion FLOPs for SETI and .. well, not a heck of a lot for games, but yeah.
Still going strong Really need to clean the dust bunnies out, but its so hard to find canned air in my city
In fact, I've yet to find any, anywhere -_- *shakefist* The vacuum cleaner just doesn't work well enough
Still going strong
Really need to clean the dust bunnies out, but its so hard to find canned air in my city In fact, I've yet to find any, anywhere -_- *shakefist* The vacuum cleaner just doesn't work well enough
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