OC'ing hurting card life?

I was wondering if OC'ing my 7970m would effect the life of the card if I don't change voltage and make sure it isn't overheating? I know that kicking up voltage kicks up temp when OC'ING, but does just changing the core and mem without overvolting kill its life?

 

if you're not overvolting, overclocking will not hurt your card at all.

if you go too high, it will simply freeze or you bsod. So reboot, set your clocks lower, and you're good

 

Awesome. Thanks for the quick response. Much appreciated.

 

Overvolting will also not hurt the card if you are within operating voltages and temperatures. Furthermore, if the PCB and capacitors used on the card is solid, high-grade and meant to sustain overvolting, then that will still keep the card from being damaged. For the sake of laptop GPU's however, overvolting is not recommended since they don't have that high-grade components and the heat will be astronomical as well. Overvolting is usually done on non-reference and high-end desktop GPU's that has its components built for long-term overvolting type OC.

 

Actually decent notebooks are built with higher grade components to keep effiency high, the best cores too operating at lower voltages...... Looked after they will last longer than the desktop parts.

 

Nice. That's good to hear. Spending piles of money on a good laptop is starting to sound like I made the right choice after all. 9 more days before it shows up hopefully and with the knowledge u guys have shared I think ill be doings bit of tweaking without being so worried about burning out a $2250 machine. Thanks.

 

The trade-off is that they are often expensive to upgrade vs, PC's but it should last you for a while regardless.

 

Yeah. I was trying to future proof as much as possible without breaking the bank to much. I figure keeping it around that 2k mark should get me enough life without having to upgrade until the whole machine can be replaces. Now if only the wife realized that fact. Hard to explain to someone that has zero tech savvy why its more beneficial to spend 2k for 4 years as aposed to $700 to 1k ever 18 months.

 

Humm, 4 years is a bit too long for it if u don't replace some of its component, especially the graphic card. Unless u can bear a 7900GTX now

 

I'm ok with dialing down the settings a bit to stretch out its life. I have a desktop I5 750 with a 5870 in it and that's still going strong after 3 1/2 year or so. As long is I can play with fps above 35-40 even at medium settings I'm ok. If I was single I wouldn't have to worry about it. Id just buy a uber top of the line every year or two. But since that's not the case ive learned to live with lower settings. I've been playing games on my laptop that has a 5650 in it while I'm on the road for my job so that should really show u I can dial Dow the settings a bit. Lol.