Does Overclocking A GPU Void The Warranty

[Shaan5]

I have a G1 GTX 970 and have recently Overclocked it without any issues(As far as I can tell)

 

And I'm wondering if I have possibly Voided my Warranty

I have not messed with Voltages

Just Power, Core and Memory

 

I've heard people say that it doesn't and people say that it does

 

Thanks

[Uwillparish]

no

[blackadder]

Profile is saved on pc, they would never know. Evga does

[Pugs501]

no

YES IT WILL!

You are taking a Product and modifying the way it functions in a possibly destructive manner, then YES OCing anything will void your Warranty

[Uwillparish]

YES IT WILL!

You are taking a Product and modifying the way it functions in a possibly destructive manner, then YES OCing anything will void your Warranty

not for me

http://www.evga.com/support/faq/afmviewfaq.aspx?faqid=55

[blackadder]

YES IT WILL!

You are taking a Product and modifying the way it functions in a possibly destructive manner, then YES OCing anything will void your Warranty

how will they know? Its not the cd they give you a cd when you buy the gpu, that just enabling us. Evga is the only ones i know that covers it.

[Pugs501]

not for me

http://www.evga.com/support/faq/afmviewfaq.aspx?faqid=55

I have EVGA

But for the MOST TIME IT WILL VOID THE WARRENTY!

[Agazed]

If you are modifying the bios, yes. If you are using a program like MSI Afterburner, no.

[ForsakenLive]

YES IT WILL!

You are taking a Product and modifying the way it functions in a possibly destructive manner, then YES OCing anything will void your Warranty

You only void it if you flash the bios or modify the card in any way.

The GPU is made to throttle itself if the temps are too high, and the default software prevents voltage rising above safety. So there is no destruction going on.

Also, the settings are saved locally, the only thing the manufacturer can tell is, if the firmware has been modified in any way (and you can still flash it back...).

[Uwillparish]

I have EVGA

But for the MOST TIME IT WILL VOID THE WARRENTY!

what do you mean "most time"?

[Trolling]

YES IT WILL!

You are taking a Product and modifying the way it functions in a possibly destructive manner, then YES OCing anything will void your Warranty

 

Well with my Zotac cards, I didn't have any problem doing a RMA. 

[CapricaBuccaneers]

Nah, I oc'd my G1 970 when I had it and didn't notice the coil whine at first until I tried tuning my case fans down to near silent mode.

Returned it no problems.

[Shaan5]

Is there a definitive answer or No.

This is kinda confusing

[Shaan5]

So is it No?

If i just revert the card to stock, would I be good?

[Shaan5]

Anyone?

[CapricaBuccaneers]

Overclocking the card's gpu and memory shouldn't be controlled by the gpu bios, it's done in software like Gigabyte OC Guru. Once you take it out of your PC it will behave like any other G1.

In this case you will be fine.

If you flashed the Gpu bios with some random one that's not officially listed by Gigabyte then you might have issues - if it wrecks your card you might not be able to flash it back to a factory bios.

In this case you might get rekt.

[Shaan5]

Overclocking the card's gpu and memory shouldn't be controlled by the gpu bios, it's done in software like Gigabyte OC Guru. Once you take it out of your PC it will behave like any other G1.

In this case you will be fine.

If you flashed the Gpu bios with some random one that's not officially listed by Gigabyte then you might have issues - if it wrecks your card you might not be able to flash it back to a factory bios.

In this case you might get rekt.

 

So as long as I have the Stock Bios, I'm Good?

 

I used MSI Afterburner.

What about Voltage, If i Changed that, Would I Void the Warranty?

 

Thanks For The Help.

[Blackie Sheen]

So as long as I have the Stock Bios, I'm Good?

 

I used MSI Afterburner.

What about Voltage, If i Changed that, Would I Void the Warranty?

 

Thanks For The Help.

You would be fine. When using the stock bios, you cannot push the card over what manufacturers would really allow you to do. So yes, you can chagne the voltage and that owuld not void your warranty. Plus, it is pretty much necessary to up the voltage a bit when overclocking

[Shaan5]

You would be fine. When using the stock bios, you cannot push the card over what manufacturers would really allow you to do. So yes, you can chagne the voltage and that owuld not void your warranty. Plus, it is pretty much necessary to up the voltage a bit when overclocking

 

Ok thank you so much, Was really worried that I voided my 3 Year Warranty, What about a CPU

[Blackie Sheen]

Ok thank you so much, Was really worried that I voided my 3 Year Warranty, What about a CPU

For the cpu its a bit different but as long its kept at a reasonable voltage, you should be fine returning it if need be. If you want to be sure, it is possible to purchase a pretty unexpensive plan on the Intel side to garantee you a replacement cpu in case in dies to due overclocking but you would really have to push voltage pretty high to be stuck in this situation. The plan is called Performance Tuning Performance Plan. However, just as I said earlier, its not necessary as long as the voltage are kept ata reasonable level

[xAcid9]

Short answer, no. 

[Tiwaz]

On 7.5.2015 at 0:48 AM, Shaan5 said:

Anyone?

there is no way for them to know that you oc'd the card. Cards throttle themselves

[Tech Wizard]

5 minutes ago, Tiwaz said:

there is no way for them to know that you oc'd the card. Cards throttle themselves

Just 2 years late for the party bud

[i_build_nanosuits]

On 2015-05-06 at 5:50 PM, Pugs501 said:

YES IT WILL!

You are taking a Product and modifying the way it functions in a possibly destructive manner, then YES OCing anything will void your Warranty

 

On 2015-05-06 at 5:56 PM, Pugs501 said:

I have EVGA

But for the MOST TIME IT WILL VOID THE WARRENTY!

why are you posting in caps if you have no freaking idea what you're talking about?!

NO, overclocking WILL NOT void the manufacturer warranty (any and all of them) in any way shape or form, so long as you don't flash another BIOS on the card they can't even know if you overclocked it with afterburner or precision X or whatever.

 

EDIT:

Just 2 years late for the party bud

ohhh gosh....

[typographie]

On 5/6/2015 at 5:50 PM, Pugs501 said:

YES IT WILL!

You are taking a Product and modifying the way it functions in a possibly destructive manner, then YES OCing anything will void your Warranty

It's an odd contradiction that it's a "possibly destructive" modification, and yet in many cases these manufacturers are designing overclocking features into their cards and advertising their expanded overclocking capabilities and yet still offering warranty coverage.

 

I think you may be correct that many warranties include language that would seem to void the warranty if overclocked. But in practice I think very few RMAs get rejected on that basis unless the user installed a custom BIOS to push the voltage ridiculously high or something. I doubt most of them are even looking for signs of overclocking done within the bounds of the stock BIOS.