Switching Between OC profiles

Ok after ive learnt that 704/855 is a dangerous OC, ive decided to turn towards an "alternative".

If i were to use a stable overclock ( say 600/731) for casual gaming use, do u think i could revert to (704/855) if i needed to play an intense game that needs more fps?

This would be in mild bursts of 1h to 1h30 maybe once or twice a week? would this be safe? or still not...

cuz theres this guy who had his 8600M GT DDR3 OCD to 720/1000 and he said he played Crysis stable for 2hrs..

Thats a bigger OC than me...does he have less chances of frying than me?

Plz do answer both questions
Ty

 

If I've learned anything from your posts in this forum, it's that you'll do whatever you want in spite of good advice to the contrary. It's only a matter of time before you get the "Well, can I push it higher?" bug that it's obvious you keep getting, so that means it's simply time until you fry your system.

 

I understand thast i have some kind of addiction ...im stopping here now.

I just want to know if switching between 600/731 and 704/855 when i really need it will do any harm? im not going to push any further anymore..

 

If you have adequate cooling, then maybe. But that 2nd OC is quite high.

 

The very fact that you're asking if and how safe it is shows that you eventually will try to push it further. The last time you made a thread about your clocks people said you shouldn't push it further and yet "4k in 3dmark06!" thread comes up. Leave it at 600/730 max and don't even think about your higher speeds, ever.

 

Ok then. Now that thats cleared up.

However, ive seen that another person has had some success in his OCing his 8600M GT DDR3 to an astonishing 720/1000. he manged to pull off a stable system too...is his situation different than mine? (im not going to 720/1000 btw)

He has a similar situation to me...however he proved his stability through months.

 

He has an 8600, you have an 8400, no comparison.

 

From what I've read, frying your computer isn't something that happens overtime. If the temperatures go too high, then your hardware has a chance to permanently fail (one time deal). My suggestion would be to stay below 80-85C no matter what. Each time you have a dangerous OC you stand the chance of damaging your GPU, so its up to you.

Of course my understanding of this could be completely incorrect.

 

However, your treating my Overclocking as it is the end of the world for it..

i want to make sure these clocks wont destroy my card.

How long should i scan for artifacts for in ATITOOL? Once again, i am not moving forward. just backward or staying as it is. if its fine

So far ive scanned for 30 minutes with no errors, done a 3Dmark06 test with no artifacts, played Crysis for about an hour and played Counter Strike Source for about an hour..

Should i do more testing?

 

As another member of this forum said, he fried his card well within temperatures and no artifacts. So leave it as is.

 

Ok so then how will i know if it will not fry up. Now youll probably say....but your overclock, it will fry soon.

Does a frying of a card happen in a matter of days of gaming or in a matter of hours?

This i have to know.

 

It happens in a matter of minutes.

 

It happens when your GPU gets overheated and stays at that high temp for a long period of time. Which could be a matter of seconds/minutes/hours.

 

I see, well i am stable so far. Like i said, i will only be using this profile if i really need performance. This will happen maybe 1~2 times a month?

I wont be using this profile daily for gaming as i only play Counter strike source (lol).

So this is kinda resonable? Playing right now and everything is fine. No artifacts ,crashing