Is it bad to keep a card overclocked for its entire use? as long as temps are low it should be fine right?

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Is it bad to keep a card overclocked for its entire use? as long as temps are low it should be fine right?

Jace Reed

is it bad to keep a card overclocked for its entire use? as long as temps are low it should be fine right?

pic is my shit ass budget card i got, but when oc'd its actually pretty good.

January 8, 2018 - 22:41

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Adam Nelson

January 8, 2018 - 22:43

Benjamin Bennett

2spooky4me

January 8, 2018 - 22:43

Alexander Butler

why did u post this here man?

January 8, 2018 - 22:57

Angel Brown

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January 8, 2018 - 22:59

Daniel Perry

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January 8, 2018 - 23:00

Nathaniel Flores

That Sad Satan shit is pretty fucking creepy. The gameplay also is unsettling af.

January 8, 2018 - 23:03

Eli Russell

What does he mean by this?

January 8, 2018 - 23:04

Carson Martinez

depends what your prime objective is ...

if it is to have the gpu functional for at least 3 - 5 years (medium - heavy use)

then obviously not

if you're the asshole kind that sells the gpu before the warranty runs out after using it heavily (mining) 24/7

then go for it ...

January 8, 2018 - 23:06

Jonathan Campbell

nah dont want to sell it

January 8, 2018 - 23:14

Zachary Taylor

Depends on the voltage you used. I have an EVGA GTX 980Ti classified model. It boosts to 1480mhz out of the box. I added a bit more voltage (+50mv) and for 1600mhz out of it. Temps only went up 2C.

However if the card is at a stock voltage of say 1.1v and you crank the voltage to 1.4v it can result in instability over time yea. Just ask anyone who burnt out their Radeon 7950's.

January 8, 2018 - 23:28

Nathan Mitchell

>Sad Sata
Which one is it in the list?

January 8, 2018 - 23:30

Isaac Lee

My mistake, it found it by looking on a wiki page on something from that post

Here it is btw
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Satan

On youtube the gameplay is also pretty fucking creepy

January 8, 2018 - 23:33

Thomas Cruz

i actually undervolt whilst overclocking. apparently the card i have comes out the box with too much voltage already.

January 8, 2018 - 23:56

Xavier Bennett

Then if anything, the card will last longer. The only thing about overclocking that can potentially kill a card is the increased voltage and consequently, the increased heat that comes with it. The higher speed itself doesn't hurt anything.

January 8, 2018 - 23:59

Aaron Price

why the hell are u allowed to OC it that high?

January 9, 2018 - 00:03

James Perry

Half of these are irrelevant rubbish.

January 9, 2018 - 00:14

Jose Gomez

Because I'm a fucking gangster

Not really. It's more so because my model of 980Ti was the big alpha dog when it came out. There wasn't a single other cad on the market that could clock as high, run as cool, or have the huge voltage regulator section that the classified does/did. I paid $850 for my card while everyone else was getting lesser models for $650-$710.

Their OC ceiling was where my card started though. On top of that, the classified has a BIOS switch. To get the 1600mhz clock, I have to use the LN2 BIOS. It increases the voltage and temperature throttles for a higher value so the card doesn't fall out of boost as easy.

Highest OC I ever achieved was 1675mhz on the core and +1200mhz to memory. However that was with a solid +125mv and 15C hotter when under load. Not worth the hassle Imo. So I dialed it back to +50mv, marginal temp increase, but I get 1600mhz on the core and +780mhz on memory.

January 9, 2018 - 00:17

John Clark

nice. $850 is more than my whole PC cost lol

January 9, 2018 - 00:23

Andrew Taylor

Everyone starts somewhere. My very first build was when I was 16.
>Athlon x3 (unlocked the 4th core and overclock the system to 3.2ghz) pulled out of an HO pre-built
>Gigabyte board I got for $30 refurbed
>Radeon 5570
>4GB ddr3 1066mhz (4x1GB sticks)
>Single 250GB mechanical I found in a scrapped PC on the side of the road

It was a Frankenstein's monster if a PC but it worked.

January 9, 2018 - 00:29

James Turner

Sad SATA3

January 9, 2018 - 01:09

Andrew Collins

>burning out 7950's
i got a used one with a single jet engine fan, went to 70c being real loud like 3 years ago, was probably pretty old even then
lowered voltage from 1.1 to 0.9v with the same clock
i run it 0.8v(lowest i can)@650mhz most of the time and only reach a "cool" 65c with the fan silent

how much longer can i expect it to live?

January 9, 2018 - 02:39

Lincoln Powell

it is impossible to damage a card just by using it. The card will throttle before any damage can happen.

January 9, 2018 - 02:56

Easton Bailey

Thanks for this.

January 9, 2018 - 02:58

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