Does high / long term inference damages GPUs?

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Users are questioning whether 24/7 agentic workflows cause crypto-style degradation on consumer-grade gaming GPUs. While silicon itself is durable, the real risks are thermal cycling and fan failure rather than 'wearing out' the compute cores. Industrial data centers use enterprise cards designed for these heat profiles, whereas gaming cards may need better undervolting and cooling to survive long-term AI loads.