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arnon on Feb 21, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: GPUs Are Now Available for Google Compute Engine a...

The only problem is GeForce 1080s (for example) burn out much quicker under heavy load. They're not designed to sit inside an enterprise chassis

patrickg_zill on Feb 22, 2017 | [–]

Do you mean that they fail? I have built a mining setup with multiple gpus in the past and haven't lost a card. I am 100% sure that Google is smarter than me at such setups.

mnbbrown on Feb 22, 2017 | [–]

Also interested in seeing what sort of failure rates you've had with GPUs. Our's have worked fine - but n=4.

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