thomasjude47
Discoverer
Still a gamer can argue that he is playing 24x7 or running some renderer.Some things i can think of is ,(THEORETICALLY)
1. They might have put some firmware code to record the UNINTERUPTED RUNNING HOURS .gamers cannot game 24x7, but a mining rig will run 24x7.
2.Usually companies study silicon/ chip/ component degradation with age of product.
Under microscope they might be able to see if a chip and memory is abused over time and compare it with normal gamming chip to verify the difference.
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add if you think of something
Also don't think the rma handlers have the facility to inspect a gpuat a microscopic level.
There is no such firmware running in GPUs.. atleast no evidence of such a thing so far. People were using GPUs for mining for close to a decade now.. so if they were concerned such warranty terms should have been in place long ago.