GPU being used 100%, will this harm my PC/graphic card?

Hello.
I started to “f@h” today. F@h = Folding@home (google it).
I’m using a CPU version of it (f@h-program uses just the CPU 50%) and then after that I got a GPU version of the f@h-program too. I don’t know how much GPU being used, probably 100% because it’s being very loud though.
And my fan is blowing out HOT hair instead of COOL air that it used to blow out. So the question pretty much is, will it harm my PC, fan or graphic card to keep graphic card on 100% all the time, for hours, days in one go? So my PC blows out hot air, is it ok?
Answer #1
Keeping your card at 100% 24/7, what’s the temps at. As that’s the real killer.
Answer #2
Kind of normal, if your running F@H.
The GPU client will use both CPU and GPU and it will get rather toasty.
Answer #3
SicK020 replied: Keeping your card at 100% 24/7, what's the temps at. As that's the real killer.
I’ve been trying to get programs to check temperature but all the time windows and KIS 2011 keeps saying they’re infected… (Trying to download from techpowerup.com). So yeah… Tell me a reliable and safe source to check temp.’s and I will do that.
Dragon Core replied: Kind of normal, if your running F@H.
The GPU client will use both CPU and GPU and it will get rather toasty.
So what are you suggesting? That I shouldn’t f@h 24 hours a day? What you’d suggest? Couple days (48-72hours) straight in one go and then keep a night or something off for folding, and then continue when I wake, or what? Tell me what you’d suggest?
Answer #4
Maybe be a bit specific with your hardware, when F@H is sending or retrieving data from the servers, your components get a break.
Answer #5
Despite the fact that 100% usage of your card 24/7 will shorten its lifespan, expect your electric bill to be rigoddamndiculous.
Answer #6
Dragon Core replied: Maybe be a bit specific with your hardware, when F@H is sending or retrieving data from the servers, your components get a break.
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate , Service Pack 1, 64 bit
Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 10
Processor Count: 2
RAM: 4095 Mb
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250, 1024 Mb
^There should be some deatails of the PC, if those was what you was looking for… And I don’t understand what you mean by “when f@h is sending or retrieving data from the servers, your components get a break.”? Please explain better to me… ?
prozac4312 replied: Despite the fact that 100% usage of your card 24/7 will shorten its lifespan, expect your electric bill to be rigoddamndiculous.
So you’re saying if I kept it on 24/7 it’d kill my graphic card/fan/PC or something faster? What do you think of how long I could keep it on in one go? And how long break I should keep? And I know the electric bill won’t be cheap, but it ain’t cheap anyways though…
Answer #7
Check the temperatures with monitoring programs like Coretemp and GPU-Z’s built in thing.
CPU world and other websites will tell you what temperatures you wouldn’t want those chips to go to.
I presume that it might be quite loud since those are old parts (efficiency is no good these days), but for a good cause.
What I meant about workloads, F@H client has to download the files for processing and then upload them when done.
During that time the CPU and GPU will likely to be idle and hence they get a break.
Give those coolers a good clean.
Answer #8
prozac4312 replied: Despite the fact that 100% usage of your card 24/7 will shorten its lifespan, expect your electric bill to be rigoddamndiculous.Second this