The miners bought tens of graphics cards with the vision of easy enrichment due to cryptocurrencies. The situation even went so far this spring that the miners began to buy gaming laptops in bulk to use for mining.
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As can be seen from the lines above, the greatest demand is for hardware that would otherwise find application in game sets. To mine bitcoins or other cryptocurrencies, you need to have a whole farm of extremely powerful computers called mining rig.
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Special software is installed on all machines connected in this way, which then calculates preset calculations, which result in the gain of virtual coins. It is then possible to buy practically anything for them, or they can be exchanged for real money.
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The most famous bitcoins peaked in April, after which the exchange rate fell by half. Although the value is now slightly higher, it still cannot be compared to the record rate. And so it is with other cryptocurrencies.
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That is why a number of miners began to get rid of their “pickaxes” in the form of powerful graphics cards. These are still of high value, as demand still exceeds supply.
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Decrease in performance by 10 percent per year
However, one of the leading manufacturers of Palit graphics cards told Benchmark.pl that people should be very careful about such cards. Non-stop mining for one year can allegedly cause graphics to lose up to 10 percent of their performance. If they have been mined for longer, the decline will logically be even higher.
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However, the PCGamer server emphasized that it very much depends on the conditions under which the miners run their assemblies. Insufficiently cooled cards, which also occur in dusty environments, can have a really significant drop in performance. However, if the miners took good care of their rigs and the graphics worked more at lower temperatures, the power loss should be minimal.
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