Since it is impossible to buy a new gaming graphics card without them wanting to charge you three times what they are worth, you may have opted for the second-hand market. Watch out…
The gaming graphics card market it is, today, a shameful chaos controlled by speculators. Y the cryptocurrency crisis it has accentuated it even more.
With the ban on cryptocurrency mining in China, the closure of cryptocurrency trading services in the UK, or the persecution of illegal mining farms in Malaysia by steamroller, many mining farms and many private miners they have dismantled their facilities.
In these cryptocurrency mining equipment the most useful are the gaming graphics cards, and taking into account that there are no graphics cards in stock, Many gamers are looking for one on the second hand market.
Despite being second-hand, they are not a bargain, because are still being sold above the RRP … used! But they are much cheaper than the new ones, which speculators sell at triple their value.
Graphics card maker Palit has warned about the purchase of second-hand graphics cards from cryptocurrency mining, as reported Techspot.
This Taiwanese manufacturer has carried out an independent performance study with graphics cards used in mining, and has concluded that, After a year of mining use, graphics cards lose 10% performance.
Plus wear and tear from overuse it also reduces its useful life.
The gaming cards used in cryptocurrency mining they are running at peak performance 24 hours a day.
In many cases, in excessively hot conditions due to accumulation of cards in limited space, or because the farm owner has overclocked them to run faster.
In other cases the fans are changed to put bigger ones, destroying the warranty.
It is clear that are overstressed, and according to Palit that directly affects their performance, falling 10% in one year. And in addition, their life expectancy is reduced.
Therefore, if you are going to buy a second-hand card, check first what it has been used for.
Although seeing how it is impossible to buy a new card, many users will have no choice but to risk, buying one of these plates used in mining. Better an exhausted card paid at the price of new, than nothing …
When will this nightmare end?