GPUs Are Dying Faster Than Ever

I swear GPUs are aging like milk these days. Back then, a graphics card used to last 5–8 years if you were just gaming. Now? With AI workloads running them 24/7, they’re dying in 1–3 years in data centers. And honestly, I’m not even shocked anymore. These cards are literally getting cooked non-stop.

The 1-Year Cycle Is Real

Every year there’s a new GPU that makes the previous one look like trash. Nvidia’s H100 in 2022 was a big deal then H200 came in 2023 and slapped it. And then Blackwell B200 showed up and 4x’d performance. Two years and everything before it became basically useless for cutting-edge AI.

The resale value? Bro, don't even talk about it. You buy a “flagship” GPU and 6–12 months later it’s worth half. Even my gaming friends say the RTX 4090 now feels old because the 5090 leaks are everywhere. Software keeps demanding more VRAM and TFLOPS, so you’re stuck upgrading again.

Datacenter Madness Is Even Worse

Big Tech is burning money like crazy. AI companies are throwing over $400B into GPUs, and Nvidia alone ships like $100B worth per year. But here’s the funny part: these clusters become outdated in months. GPUs bought today won’t even survive until the end of 2026 without becoming “legacy hardware.”

And the failure rate? Around 9% every year because these chips run at 700W, nonstop, under insane heat. Farms literally replace 30–50% of their GPUs every year. That’s trillions just evaporating. On the consumer side, even a normal gaming PC starts “melting” (okay thermal throttling) after 2 years if you use it for ML training like I did.

It’s Just Heat, Workload, and Bad Economics

AI workloads never stop — 60–100% GPU usage all day destroys them way faster.
Massive investment trap — companies like Meta and CoreWeave refresh their entire GPU stacks every 18 months.
My student survival trick — undervolt everything and use cloud GPUs only when absolutely needed. Don’t be like me running AI models on a gaming laptop like it’s a supercomputer.

Honestly, plan for 2-year GPU cycles max or just rent them in the cloud. Because this upgrade madness is only getting worse every year.

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