True or False?

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: shady06
the video card will be far outdated before OCing kills it

Does that go for all video cards produced Shady? Or just sneaky's....

just sneaky's

 

[SneakyStuff]

Originally posted by: SirDude
Sneaky's video card is already out-dated

Ain't it the truth

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: shady06
the video card will be far outdated before OCing kills it

Does that go for all video cards produced Shady? Or just sneaky's....

just sneaky's

LOL

 

[nemesismk2]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
Overclocking and overvolting reduces the life of any computer component.

 

[McArra]

Originally posted by: Blastman

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff
haha, evidently voided the waranty also oh well

EDIT: oh yea, PNY says that they can "detect if you've overclocked" your card. Is this actually possible?

I bet they?re using Clifford Pickovers ESP technique to catch overclockers.

It doesn't work for me :disgust:

 

[SneakyStuff]

Does oc'ing only shorten the lifespan of the card if you KEEP it oc'd?

(clarification) In other words, I oc'd the core 50 MHz, and the memory 50 MHz, for 2 days, and then set it back to default, just to see any gains. Is the likelyhood that anything was damaged small?

 

[Blastman]

Originally posted by: McArra

Originally posted by: Blastman

Originally posted by: SneakyStuff
haha, evidently voided the waranty also oh well

EDIT: oh yea, PNY says that they can "detect if you've overclocked" your card. Is this actually possible?

I bet they?re using Clifford Pickovers ESP technique to catch overclockers.

It doesn't work for me :disgust:

Your quantum consistency must be out of whack. Hahahah...

 

[SneakyStuff]

if i only overclocked for 2 days, did i reduce the life by any significant margin? (And we're talking a whimpy oc, no more than 10% on the core or memory, and no voltage change)

 

[PCBliss]

Hell no. Dont worry about it, overclock away. The way i look at it is, i upgrade enough that i dont really worrry about shortening the lifespan of my components. Maybe they will last 4 years instead of 12, but i will never keep any component long enough for it to matter. So as long as you go slowy, are careful, and monitor everything, overclock away! I do it just because i can. Its fun to push things, and it helps you learn a thing or two about your computer along the way.

 

[SneakyStuff]

Which is exactly why i did this, i wanted to learn how to overclock, and be mroe knowledgable about it. Well i'm gonna leave this at stock speed until I put it into my future AMD64 system, o when those AMD64 prices go down, that'll be great!

 

[BFG10K]

oh yea, PNY says that they can "detect if you've overclocked" your card. Is this actually possible?

I've heard some vendors can check their card's BIOSes to tell if something has been overclocked though I'm not sure if that's just a rumour or not.