Monitor off. No screensaver. Graphics Card...

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If the monitor is switched off and there is no screensaver working, am I
correct in thinking that the graphics card is still generating roughly the
same image over and over again, despite it not being displayed by the
monitor, and therefore subjecting it to gradual damage in the same sense
that a monitor without a screensaver will eventually cause a burn-in. Does
the graphics card suffer in any way (however small) from not changing its
image data very much over a period of time? I'm wondering if it stills needs
some "stimulation" to keep it from overusing certain parts of itself, if you
see what I mean.
 
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If the monitor is switched off and there is no screensaver working, am I
correct in thinking that the graphics card is still generating roughly the
same image over and over again, despite it not being displayed by the
monitor, and therefore subjecting it to gradual damage in the same sense
that a monitor without a screensaver will eventually cause a burn-in.
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Does
the graphics card suffer in any way (however small) from not changing its
image data very much over a period of time? I'm wondering if it stills needs
some "stimulation" to keep it from overusing certain parts of itself,
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if you
see what I mean.
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Did you think this up all by yourself.


Lane
 
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If the monitor is switched off and there is no screensaver working, am I
correct in thinking that the graphics card is still generating roughly the
same image over and over again, despite it not being displayed by the
monitor, and therefore subjecting it to gradual damage in the same sense
that a monitor without a screensaver will eventually cause a burn-in. Does
the graphics card suffer in any way (however small) from not changing its
image data very much over a period of time? I'm wondering if it stills needs
some "stimulation" to keep it from overusing certain parts of itself, if you
see what I mean.
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Do you even know what burn-in is?
 
Steady on there Tigers, I think he has a valid question, and would be
curious if anyone knew the answer.

Neil
 
Erm, so which of the 9,470,000 results answers his question then?
Neil
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Eaxctly, I'm sticking to it being a valid question. If you never change gear
in a car, its going to wear out pretty quickly. My question is a parellel
one, by using the graphics card over and over again in the same fashion,
surely it is using some of its hardware functionality more than its other
parts (e.g. certain capacitors, resistors, whatever these cards have on
them). Presumerably the electronic elements of the card may wear out after
continuous usage, whereas variations of hardware usage may serve to protect
the card by spreading the wear over more components over the same period.
What's so crazy about that as an idea?
 
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