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Overclocking Question (curious)

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A warm salutation to all the forum memebers:

I've been wondering about this for some time. When ones overclock the video card but without increasing the voltage (at stock) voltage, is there any risks of damaging the card?

Or at least any negative consequences that might shorten it's life span?

Hope to hear some answers and good rest of the day.
 
Shouldn't be any risk. Voltage and heat is what shortens life span. Its no different than asking if a video card has a clock speed of 800MHz, why didn't the manufacturer make it with 700Mhz to prolong the life? Even with modest voltage increases, as long as the temps are kept under control, the video card would likely outlast its usefulness by a good margin. Most cards are overbuilt by design anyway to provide reliability for years. No manufacturer wants to build a card that's running on the ragged edge of reliability because it costs them money in returns and replacements so there's always some headroom built into most cards.
 
Blkout, appreciate the answer. :)

I forgot to ask in the op, so sorry, any negative consequences to any of the other components besides the GPU itself? I don't know much about electronics but stuff like capacitors, vrms etc might be affected?
 
Wouldn't be enough to notice honestly. Increased frequency places more stress on all electrical components but again its so small that it wouldn't matter. Its really only when you start increasing voltage that you have to worry about it. Overclocking is so common these days though with CPU's and GPU's that manufacturers are building their products with this mind knowing the user is likely going to do it. Its pretty safe if you don't go nuts.
 
if you stay with reasonable voltage from stock, you should be fine.

now what's reasonable voltage? differs by brands and parts
 
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