Money vanishing rapidly
Money vanishing rapidly
Mining cards that receive proper care tend to remain stable like new ones. Particularly when they were undervolted and limited in power during mining. This approach boosts efficiency while maintaining card health. In my view, mining cards are generally reliable, though occasional issues may still arise. Regarding the PSU, ensure it provides ample power for your setup. Yes, keeping only the boot drive connected helps isolate problems. Do you know about GPU-z? It’s software that closely tracks your GPU. In the sensors section, you can view numerous metrics and save graphs to a file. You might discover useful insights from this data. Have a great day!
UPDATE: during my lunch break, I underclocked the card by turning the power limit from 100% to 50%, and I also took of 502MHz from both the core and the memory clocks and ran Cyberpunk 2077. Maybe it's a little early to draw conclusions, but the game did not crash and I played for about 25 minutes, which was mind mindbogglingly long since the game usually crashes after a few minutes. However, the game did seem like it WANTED to crash at a few point, I'm sure there is a term for what I was experiencing, but the best I could describe it was at a few points with a bit more going on, the audio went a little funky (if you've had your game or your system crash you know what I'm talking about). It didn't crash once, but I think I should do more testing before concluding that it is the graphics card's fault? Or is that enough data to base off a solution off of?
Additionally, there’s something unclear about your experience. Why do your games stop working when you attempt to play them, even though the benchmarks you’ve completed ran smoothly? You’re concerned because the store where you bought the graphics card only allows benchmark testing, not game play, and you’re hoping for a resolution—either a replacement or a refund—so you need an explanation.
It could be that the standard isn’t challenging enough or it’s outdated—like a game that’s been around for over ten years. Cyberpunk is currently one of the toughest titles on the market. Fascinating, it appears you might be looking at something less than ideal.
It's hard to confirm the issue is with the graphics card alone. You can only eliminate other parts until just the GPU remains. Underclocking at 50% power is too extreme; consider upgrading to a lower-tier card. Aim for around 85% power and keep core and memory at their default settings. If it fails at that level, the hardware won't serve its purpose. Do you have access to benchmark tools like Furmark or Doom Eternal RT for testing?
it's the PSU, it's the same one, can't get it to power my 3070 properly (it's a total mess, the "tier list" is useless). I need a Corsair RXM3 or SuperFlower LEDEX III, at least 650W.