Graphics Card Thread

[Vad]

Overclocking shouldn't void your warranty. Nvidia's control panel has a system where you can overclock the entire card or specific parts.

[Sage]

O.o

Pushing a machine past the limits built into the design shouldn't void your warranty?

Shit, if only cars were like that.

"Oh, I reflashed the ECU, I guess my warranty's void, huh?"

"Naaah, your car's faster now and that's cool, so it's all good,"

[Vad]

That's a car. Much different Sage. It wasn't intended to be tampered with a modified. Nvidia has programs for overclocking their cards. Hell my CMOS can do it. I can set up manually what my CMOS overclocks and how fast.

[Tyr]

Except Nvidia's overclocking is shit and even then tampering with your card voids your warranty.

Also if you use Nvidia's overclocking devices you're gonna need that warranty.

[Waffuru]

Overclocking is usually not a great idea.

[Vad]

My point was that as a company if Nvidia supports the overclocking of their cards via their own software I don't see why they'd void the warranty.

[Sage]

Yeah. And if a company like Nissan supplies the owner of the GT-R with a launch control button, surely they wouldn't void the warranty if the owner used- oh, wait.

Just because you can do something doesn't mean it won't void the warranty. =D

[Vad]

k

[Waffuru]

My point was that as a company if Nvidia supports the overclocking of their cards via their own software I don't see why they'd void the warranty.

Caution:
Increasing the voltage or the clock speed of a component may void its warranty due to exceeding recommended specifications. NVIDIA and the board manufacturer are not responsible for damage that may occur when component tolerances are exceeded.

From their manual for nTune. They give you the means to overclock but you do it at your own risk.

Also, the warranty isn't served by nVidia, it is from the board manufacturer and they differ in warranty terms. Overclocking an eVGA card will not void your warranty but they will also not repair any damage caused by end user error. They only cover manufacturing defects.

[Vad]

k

[Cain]

A little overclock if you bought a used graphics card or a cheap one and have a back up is okay with a good fan.

If you don't hit danger zone temps too often, then you shouldn't have big problems.

[Tyr]

I got no clue on overclocking and with little to no actual knowledge about computers I decided not to. I did try overclocking my GPU once though and for some reason my fan decided to stop so I stopped trying that.

[Orion]

I overclocked my Q6600 from 2.4ghz to 3.6ghz on stock air for about a year with no problems. Then I was getting random shutdowns and saw the processor temp was reaching the high 70 degrees so I wound it back down.