I am using 9600GT 512MB, the graphic card come together with a software (called Gamer HUD) that allow me to overclock my graphic card by pulling the bar show in the interface to higher frequency, the software allow me to adjust GPU frequency, shader frequency and memory frequency. But it warn that too much overclock may damage the graphic card. Is this true? How much overclock is consider too much?

Now all the frequency level are in default which is about half of the maximum performance.

So far i havent try and not dare to try overclock my card.

This post has been edited by winsonwhy: Aug 16 2012, 04:26 PM

Don't overclock your GPU until you get yourself an aftermarket cooler (Which performs better than stock cooler).

Overclock = Overheat = GPU's health affected = Die.

each card overclocks differently. You should google & read up on overclocking before doing so (there are plenty guides available online). Overclocking can damage your card if you dont know what you are doing. But its pretty safe as long as temps are ok & you dont disturb the voltage control.

erm, that's misleading.

if your casing and environment is not well setup, custom cooler will still be hot.

if your casing and environment is well, then stock cooler works fine.

and nowadays graphic card you can't OC much. those on reference cooler are on stock speed, OC a bit here and there won't hurt. A bit warmer but certainly not considered overheat.

If ever it overheats, you'll see artifacts on screen among other anomalies, so you're forced to lower it before you could even use it long enough to damage it.

Stock cooler won't work fine if TS overclock his GPU to the max.

Stock cooler was designed for certain situation and definitely overclock wasn't in the list.

regardless, your post was misleading to begin with.

see, you didn't even state OC to the max.

you already stated DON'T OC ....... that's nonsense.

furthermore, OC is entirely based on the cooler. So if the person is using stock cooler, obviously he will have to do it within the operational limit of the stock cooler.

That's still totally different from your misleading comment above to say DO NOT overclock until get stock cooler.

I don't know what generation you come from but many of us have been overclocking with stock coolers. The only difference between us and you, is that we don't tell people DON'T OVERCLOCK UNTIL GET AFTERMARKET COOLER as what you did.

just because it's stock cooler doesn't mean you can't overclock, and doesn't mean it will overheat.

that's why we have software available for us to monitor the temperature.

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Added on August 30, 2012, 4:21 am

stating the obvious, aren't we?

even you change to custom cooler doesn't mean you can OC to the max either, how about highlighting that part?

overclocking is about knowing the environment vs your cooling capacity and working within range. simple as that.



LOL seriously man. stock cooler were made with headroom around to withstand some overclocking.

in short - don't simply go around telling as if people cannot OC until they change custom / aftermarket cooler la, it's purely misleading.