Possible OC damage?

[Ergroilnin]

Hi,

 

so I tried OCing my Zotax AMP 1060 6gb with MSI afterburner and I got to stable +150 core and +500 memory when the core voltage and power limits are maxed.

 

The temperatures do not reach over 65C even when on 100% load, there is no stuttering or anything but in my 12 hours testing, I noticed white artifacts twice while playing Portal 2 on two small platforms, nowhere else yet though.

 

IIRC artifacts come from somewhat unstable memory OC right? Is there a possibility of harming the GPU in the long term with otherwise stable OC or is it fine? 

 

I do not know just how much artifacting I'll be getting in other games (furmark preset 1440p on 144hz monitor was 100% fine) but as long as there is no risk of damaging the card and the artifacting would be as sparse as it is right now, I would be happy to keep the OC just as it is.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Artifacts are usually a result of VRAM issues, yes.

 

An unstable overclock can definitely ruin your day(and possibly GPU), which is why it's widely recommended to make sure an overclock is stable.

[Earnist_]

3 minutes ago, Ergroilnin said:

Hi,

 

so I tried OCing my Zotax AMP 1060 6gb with MSI afterburner and I got to stable +150 core and +500 memory when the core voltage and power limits are maxed.

 

The temperatures do not reach over 65C even when on 100% load, there is no stuttering or anything but in my 12 hours testing, I noticed white artifacts twice while playing Portal 2 on two small platforms, nowhere else yet though.

 

IIRC artifacts come from somewhat unstable memory OC right? Is there a possibility of harming the GPU in the long term with otherwise stable OC or is it fine? 

 

I do not know just how much artifacting I'll be getting in other games (furmark preset 1440p on 144hz monitor was 100% fine) but as long as there is no risk of damaging the card and the artifacting would be as sparse as it is right now, I would be happy to keep the OC just as it is.

if the oc is stable their is nothing to worry about unless your voltage is to high

[Bananasplit_00]

you wont really be hurting anything, but you should turn down the memory overclock if you are getting artifacting

[Turtle Rig]

37 minutes ago, Ergroilnin said:

Hi,

 

so I tried OCing my Zotax AMP 1060 6gb with MSI afterburner and I got to stable +150 core and +500 memory when the core voltage and power limits are maxed.

 

The temperatures do not reach over 65C even when on 100% load, there is no stuttering or anything but in my 12 hours testing, I noticed white artifacts twice while playing Portal 2 on two small platforms, nowhere else yet though.

 

IIRC artifacts come from somewhat unstable memory OC right? Is there a possibility of harming the GPU in the long term with otherwise stable OC or is it fine? 

 

I do not know just how much artifacting I'll be getting in other games (furmark preset 1440p on 144hz monitor was 100% fine) but as long as there is no risk of damaging the card and the artifacting would be as sparse as it is right now, I would be happy to keep the OC just as it is.

It is your VRAM OC like the guru said above.  Use stock clocks and you will see it plays beautifully.  You have to turn down your VRAM couple notches.  Also 3dmark means nothing.  You must do real world workload and what not.