Poll how many m11x r1 users have fried their nvidia gpu due to overclocking???

Im jus curious cus im a little nervous about o/c my gpu

 

Mine is still good so far, and I've been OC'ing the GPU since I bought in August.

 

As long as you don't tweak with the voltage and monitor the temperatures closely nothing should go wrong, except your GPU was a little bit weird to begin with.

 

just dont go nuts. Go up in small increments.. test for stability and temp. Remember each GPU is made in the creators image but they are each individuals and have their own characteristics.

 

Is this meaning overclocking the GPU on the nvidia video card? How is this done exactly? (brand new laptop owner)

 

you download tools like EVGA Precision and just oc your card to the desired clocks.

 

you wont fry your card if you are always monitoring temps, but yes, it will reduce the chip life and maybe the chip will begin to cause problems maybe in 1 year, 2 years of constant OC use.

 

Will this happen even if the GPU is running relatively cool? With mild overclocks the GPU in my m11x R2 never reaches temps above 63-65 Celsius while gaming. I think you need to push the chip to dangerous temps/voltages to see degradation.

 

its near impossible to mess your chip up with the stock voltage. just monitor your temps and find out what temp is the max you chip is designed for, if your load temps stay about 25% under the max temp you should never have issues.

OC as high as you can get stable with, and then back it off 25mhz or so. ive done this with almost every CPU and GPU ive owned and none of them broke. the only time your asking for problems is if your running realy close to the max temps all the time. or if you add more voltage to the chip.

as far as OCing reducing the life span of yout chip? again, only a issue when temps are too high and or you are sending more than the stock voltage to the chip.

 

Well, there is the rumor that a increase in temperature by 10 degrees havens the lifespan of the chip.

 

id like to see the lab test to prove that.

if in fact you talking a 10c difference in the case of 100c to 110c then i might belive that. but not in the case of 50c to 60c...

 

That 10c rumor is complete BS. As a fresh out of college EE I can say that the only thing you really have to fear is high voltage. Higher temps are not great but you would be surprised how long the chip will last at high temps. I have an HP laptop that the GPU idled at like 70c and it is still going strong after 4 years

 

i remember the first real hot desktop card i got (8800gts 320mb). i called evga and was like "ummmm is my card really ideling at 60c?" the evga rep laughed at me and said "its cool. they are made that way. they dont even do a thermal shutdown until 105c."

 

The 4890 in my HTPC idles at 65c lol, I do not have a worry in the world though. Temps will barely degrade the silicon if at all. The only problems with temps is they raise the impedance of the channel between the source and drain in a MOSFET. This will make for a lower current and less stability when overclocking but at stock speeds the chip is designed to operate rock solid through its entire spec'd temperature range. And most GPUs are designed to run up to 105c before throttling.

 

in other words, dont be scared OP!

 

I was thinking of doing this recently but backed out because the risk vs the numbers it puts out weren't worth it to me. do you guys notice a difference in gaming with tyour gpu's oc'd?

 

in any game that the GPU is the bottle neck, yes as long as your OC is about 10% or more over stock you will probably (actually) notice the difference.

in games that are held back by the CPU, you wont notice a difference no matter how high your GPU OC is.

 

It's funny how the people with the fried GPUs haven't stepped forward. Try remaking the poll as public.

 

How many people DO have fried GPUs?

 

Exactly...

 

When I got mine had the MB swapped to correct OC issue and the tech let me know that there were not many replacing MB for my issue but there had been several dispatches for fried GPU. Suspicion in their group was these were OC'd GPUs.

Nvidia has a bad rap for failing GPUs in the 9400/1705 series. My system ran too hot and got it updated under warranty to the 7900GPU.

Summary? It is correct to question the failures as there are many with and without OC. Some of this issue fuels the "baking" trick in some forums.

 

what you are speaking of has nothing to do with the chip its self. that has to do with the soldier that connects the chip to the board. the main cause for this is bad cooing solutions. and last time i checked most solder doent even melt till after 180c (360f)

again saying that "fried" GPUs dont happen from OCing. it happens from high temp and high voltage...


edit: not trying to argue your point. just adding to it.

 

Unless there is a bad solder joint, which would be much more brittle and would crack from the expanding/contracting even at lower temps

 

i tottaly agree.