This.
Then why does EVGA and other company promote folding? TVs run for 10+ years in hospitals and they are on 24-7. Ambulances last of years and they are constantly ran hard.
"Anything run at %100 load will not last, their 3 year warranty" lots of people on this forum have been mining or folding on cards for over 3 years and their cards are still going.
Bad overclocks,bad design or bad power supplies are more to blame for killing cards.