Overclocking GPU Memory clock for Mining

[Ghost]

Does it harm for it? Does it reduce its lifespan significantly? Card is Aorus Master RTX 3070 currently set to following

Power limit : 55%
Core clock : -150
Memory clock : +1300
Fan speed : 85%

[r.linder]

Mining in general stresses the card and will reduce the lifespan to a degree.

[Ghost]

Escrito originalmente por Escorve:

Mining in general stresses the card and will reduce the lifespan to a degree.

True. But as it stays for stable loads for hours, i think it is better than gaming. Games can vary load and temp can increase and decrease.

Back to topic. As i asked, does it reduce lifespan significantly than using stock settings.

[Monk]

Just run hwinfo64 and minutir the junction temp for the vram, shouldn't have any issues as you have a big ol cooler keeping them chilled, only the 3090 with memory on the back of the card gets overly toasty.

Also monitor your hash rate to see how effective various changes are to power consumption and hash rate.

What MH and power are you getting / using?

[CravenCoyote]

Whereas heavy gaming sessions rapidly heat up and cool down the gpu components as games are played, mining tends to keep them at steady temperatures instead. Mining, if done properly, will reduce the lifespan of the card no more than normal.

Boosting your memory clock is fine but as the modules sit under the backplate of the card, it can be more difficult to cool. Unfortunately, most (perhaps all) 3070s do not have a way to measure memory temperature as there are no sensors there.

My suggestion would be to buy some thermal tape and some heat sinks, and attach the heatsinks to the backplate using the thermal tape. This will help with those temperatures, especially when clocking the memory that high. Even better if you can get a small fan to help blow fresh air over the heatsinks

[Ghost]

Escrito originalmente por Monk:

Just run hwinfo64 and minutir the junction temp for the vram, shouldn't have any issues as you have a big ol cooler keeping them chilled, only the 3090 with memory on the back of the card gets overly toasty.

Also monitor your hash rate to see how effective various changes are to power consumption and hash rate.

What MH and power are you getting / using?

61.7MH. 150Watts

[Ghost]

Escrito originalmente por Craven Coyote:

Whereas heavy gaming sessions rapidly heat up and cool down the gpu components as games are played, mining tends to keep them at steady temperatures instead. Mining, if done properly, will reduce the lifespan of the card no more than normal.

Boosting your memory clock is fine but as the modules sit under the backplate of the card, it can be more difficult to cool. Unfortunately, most (perhaps all) 3070s do not have a way to measure memory temperature as there are no sensors there.

My suggestion would be to buy some thermal tape and some heat sinks, and attach the heatsinks to the backplate using the thermal tape. This will help with those temperatures, especially when clocking the memory that high. Even better if you can get a small fan to help blow fresh air over the heatsinks

Escrito originalmente por Craven Coyote:

Whereas heavy gaming sessions rapidly heat up and cool down the gpu components as games are played, mining tends to keep them at steady temperatures instead. Mining, if done properly, will reduce the lifespan of the card no more than normal.

Boosting your memory clock is fine but as the modules sit under the backplate of the card, it can be more difficult to cool. Unfortunately, most (perhaps all) 3070s do not have a way to measure memory temperature as there are no sensors there.

My suggestion would be to buy some thermal tape and some heat sinks, and attach the heatsinks to the backplate using the thermal tape. This will help with those temperatures, especially when clocking the memory that high. Even better if you can get a small fan to help blow fresh air over the heatsinks

Thanks for the advice. What if room is Air conditioned?

[r.linder]

Escrito originalmente por GhOsT:

Escrito originalmente por Escorve:

Mining in general stresses the card and will reduce the lifespan to a degree.

True. But as it stays for stable loads for hours, i think it is better than gaming. Games can vary load and temp can increase and decrease.

Back to topic. As i asked, does it reduce lifespan significantly than using stock settings.

1. It's not better than gaming because most games aren't really that heavy of a load on the GPU and it's not constant. Mining is constant for a long period of time for many people because that's how you get returns, and a lot of GPUs, especially lower end GPUs, end up failing because of that. There are many of AMD's Polaris GPUs that had to be RMA'd because of long-term sustained wear from mining, it's a myth that mining does less damage than gaming for the card itself, it's only true for the fans because the bearings are being kept at the same speed the entire time whereas with typical gaming usage on a curve it ramps up and down which wears down the fans faster than a constant speed.

2. The settings are probably safe, but it's still mining, and it's still going to wear down the card over time.

[Monk]

No need to stick on any heatsink onto the back of the card as there's no memory there below the 3090.

Your running the card in a sensible way so there's no real increased risk to it when it's done properly.

Ltt did a vid not long ago testing new vs mined cards, zero difference, if you run the cards too hot pumping extra power into it, it's worse for the card than a long sustained load which the chips are designed to be able to do.

[_I_]

mining only hurts the fans lifespan and dust in the cooler
nothing else
the gpu will throttle when its hot protecting itself

[Ghost]

Escrito originalmente por Monk:

No need to stick on any heatsink onto the back of the card as there's no memory there below the 3090.

Your running the card in a sensible way so there's no real increased risk to it when it's done properly.

Ltt did a vid not long ago testing new vs mined cards, zero difference, if you run the cards too hot pumping extra power into it, it's worse for the card than a long sustained load which the chips are designed to be able to do.

Card temperature remains below 60.

[Magma Dragoon]

Escrito originalmente por Escorve:

Mining in general stresses the card and will reduce the lifespan to a degree.

I have 0 proof but I suspect this is viral marketing started by Nvidia

[Electric Cupcake]

Miners are all ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and should be ostracized.

[_I_]

Escrito originalmente por Crosseyed Mie:

Miners are all ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and should be ostracized.

most miners are fine, but its the ones that buy a mining farm gobbing up all of the gaming gpus when there is a gpu shortage should be dropped into the grinder

[craigal]

You should also check if the cost of the extra electricity you consume is not more than the value of the currency you generate

[r.linder]

Escrito originalmente por Magma Dragoon:

Escrito originalmente por Escorve:

Mining in general stresses the card and will reduce the lifespan to a degree.

I have 0 proof but I suspect this is viral marketing started by Nvidia

No, it isn't. A LOT of mining GPUs end up dead sooner than cards that weren't mined on.