How often does a high end graphics card burn out?

I guess what im trying to find out is if I drop 500 bucks on a GTX 580, which I play on playing for at a minimum of 1 to 2 hours on most days - plus doing alot of photoshop editing, I would like to know how long they usually last.

Now I know some people get lemons, but if the card works right how long should i last? I mean it seems like your constatnly pumping an amazing amount of power though it and if you playing your games on insanly high settings it will burn out rather quick.

I just dont know if i should just get the GTX 570 or GTX 580....which is about a hundred and 70 dollar difference.

Most manufacturers cover video card failure well beyond their actual useful lifespan.

Unless you get a doa and you don't OC, it will last many years. Playing games and photoshop edit is not considered really heavy usage of video cards.masterdrat

What about playing games on insane settins for hours upon hours at a time. Like when i do have a free day i might be on it for like 5 or 6 hours with the game cranked up to the max haha.

I did figure photoshop wasnt that bad though haha

this GTX im thinking about buying says "superclocked" but im not planning on doing and overclocking to it myself...is this a bad thing?

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[QUOTE="masterdrat"]Unless you get a doa and you don't OC, it will last many years. Playing games and photoshop edit is not considered really heavy usage of video cards.FFVIIROCKS

What about playing games on insane settins for hours upon hours at a time. Like when i do have a free day i might be on it for like 5 or 6 hours with the game cranked up to the max haha.

I did figure photoshop wasnt that bad though haha

[QUOTE="FFVIIROCKS"]

[QUOTE="masterdrat"]Unless you get a doa and you don't OC, it will last many years. Playing games and photoshop edit is not considered really heavy usage of video cards.masterdrat

What about playing games on insane settins for hours upon hours at a time. Like when i do have a free day i might be on it for like 5 or 6 hours with the game cranked up to the max haha.

I did figure photoshop wasnt that bad though haha

[QUOTE="FFVIIROCKS"]

[QUOTE="masterdrat"]Unless you get a doa and you don't OC, it will last many years. Playing games and photoshop edit is not considered really heavy usage of video cards.masterdrat

What about playing games on insane settins for hours upon hours at a time. Like when i do have a free day i might be on it for like 5 or 6 hours with the game cranked up to the max haha.

I did figure photoshop wasnt that bad though haha

haha, ok thank you :)

2x HD 6950 ($500) >>>>> 1x GTX 580 ($500)

A good psu does wonders evildead6789

Definitely. The worse your PSU's voltage regulation and ripple suppression the more damage you are doing to your components.

2x HD 6950 ($500) >>>>> 1x GTX 580 ($500)

Blue-Sky

2x HD 6950 ($500) >>>>> 1x GTX 580 ($500)

Blue-Sky

Every once in awhile I hear about people still using ATI X1800's and X1900's. Also I hear of old GeForce 7800's and 7950x2's still in use. These cards were quite high end at the time and they are still going strong. By going strong I mean they still work. These days they arn't very fast. They came out sometime in 2006-2005 I believe so it is possible that high end cards of today will last five or six years or so.

Every once in awhile I hear about people still using ATI X1800's and X1900's. Also I hear of old GeForce 7800's and 7950x2's still in use. These cards were quite high end at the time and they are still going strong. By going strong I mean they still work. These days they arn't very fast. They came out sometime in 2006-2005 I believe so it is possible that high end cards of today will last five or six years or so.

middle-earth88

A few years ago I sold my 6800 GT to a friend. It's been in daily use since 2005 :)

[QUOTE="Blue-Sky"]

2x HD 6950 ($500) >>>>> 1x GTX 580 ($500)

V4LENT1NE

I had this option but decided to go with a single 6990...why? because when the price drops I can just buy another one when I want to.

Buy the GTX 580 and just SLI later if you want. I have the superclocked version and it works great. Plays everything on max settings. LordsLoss

Yeah I was planning on doing that probably at some point, now when you do SLI does each card have to be the exact same, or do they both have to be sli ready?

[QUOTE="Blue-Sky"]

2x HD 6950 ($500) >>>>> 1x GTX 580 ($500)

V4LENT1NE

[QUOTE="middle-earth88"]

Every once in awhile I hear about people still using ATI X1800's and X1900's. Also I hear of old GeForce 7800's and 7950x2's still in use. These cards were quite high end at the time and they are still going strong. By going strong I mean they still work. These days they arn't very fast. They came out sometime in 2006-2005 I believe so it is possible that high end cards of today will last five or six years or so.

Tezcatlipoca666

A few years ago I sold my 6800 GT to a friend. It's been in daily use since 2005 :)

It depends, it can be difficult to say for a brand new card. Most cards will last you a really long time, but if you bought something like an 8800GTX when it was released, they are known to die after about 4-5 years of heavy use (mine died in 4 years :(). However, my 10 year old GeForce 2 is still alive and kickin' :P

[QUOTE="V4LENT1NE"][QUOTE="Blue-Sky"]

2x HD 6950 ($500) >>>>> 1x GTX 580 ($500)

JohnF111