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Okay, I overclocked my Radeon 9600 Pro from 400/600 to 490/700. 10-15 higher on either and I get visual artifacts or my game/benchmark freezes.
Now, I'm doing this on stock cooling. Some people tell me that if I get no artifacts, and if the games/benchmark still run perfectly, with no signs of instability, then I am perfectly safe, in terms of overheating, my card's life expectancy, and frying my video card altogether. However, decreasing stability for performance must have a tradeoff. Are the negative effects of overclocking THAT detrimental to your video card's health?? Should I be worried about it?? Or is it true that as long as my games/benchmarks don't show signs of stability that my video card is gonna be okay...
The way I used to see it though:
All video cards come "underclocked", meaning it isn't near it's capacity. No two cards of the same model are identical in terms of quality, so the factory settings are set pretty low, in order to cover the "bad" cards. Overclocking is merely setting the card to its potential.
Now I'm a little skeptic.
Now, I'm doing this on stock cooling. Some people tell me that if I get no artifacts, and if the games/benchmark still run perfectly, with no signs of instability, then I am perfectly safe, in terms of overheating, my card's life expectancy, and frying my video card altogether. However, decreasing stability for performance must have a tradeoff. Are the negative effects of overclocking THAT detrimental to your video card's health?? Should I be worried about it?? Or is it true that as long as my games/benchmarks don't show signs of stability that my video card is gonna be okay...
The way I used to see it though:
All video cards come "underclocked", meaning it isn't near it's capacity. No two cards of the same model are identical in terms of quality, so the factory settings are set pretty low, in order to cover the "bad" cards. Overclocking is merely setting the card to its potential.
Now I'm a little skeptic.
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