Does overclocking without changing voltage damage the GPU?

[Le_Doken]

Does it? I've been doing some OC on my GPU and I'm worried it might damage the GPU. I didn't touch the voltage neither am I planning to so I'm curious if OC without touching the voltage can be dangerous? PC crashed once when I was doing some overclocking and I immedeatly turned down the core clock until it was stable and other than that I've had one time on me artifacts on screen after playing for about an hour, which made me turn down the memory clock aswell

 

Max temp I've reached was 75Cº on a g1 980ti which under load doesn't seem to be to bad

[yannickverc]

It wont. it's the other way around really. Upping the voltages can REALLY damage your GPU. Up the core clock and the memory clock a bit and you'll be fine

[The Official Czex]

I have my ASUS STRIX 980 Ti at 1600MHz with a very minimal voltage increase. I think you'll fine.

[Br3tt96]

I have my ASUS STRIX 980 Ti at 1600MHz with a very minimal voltage increase. I think you'll fine.

Sounds like you got a heck of a 980ti.

[The Official Czex]

Sounds like you got a heck of a 980ti.

 

That I did.

 

[SeanAngelo]

Does it? I've been doing some OC on my GPU and I'm worried it might damage the GPU. I didn't touch the voltage neither am I planning to so I'm curious if OC without touching the voltage can be dangerous? PC crashed once when I was doing some overclocking and I immedeatly turned down the core clock until it was stable and other than that I've had one time on me artifacts on screen after playing for about an hour, which made me turn down the memory clock aswell

 

Max temp I've reached was 75Cº on a g1 980ti which under load doesn't seem to be to bad

no, you'll be fine. it's the other way around, when you increase the voltage, thats when your card can be damaged.

 

I have my ASUS STRIX 980 Ti at 1600MHz with a very minimal voltage increase. I think you'll fine.

GPU-Z pls

 

That benchmark is known to display wrong values.

[Br3tt96]

That I did.

 

That I did.

 

Did you open up GPU-z with the core clock sensor maxed? Cause sometimes Heavne and valley are wrong on core clocks. They usually said I was rocking 1600-1700mhz, which of course wasn't. It was 1510ish MHz

[The Official Czex]

no, you'll be fine. it's the other way around, when you increase the voltage, thats when your card can be damaged.

 

GPU-Z pls

 

That benchmark is known to display wrong values.

 

My rig is currently unavailable to me at the moment (I'm a student). I'll make a post tonight with GPU-Z measurements. 

 

GPU-Z was hitting 1615MHz at peak.

[KemoKa]

Upping the clock won't damage the core. It just crashes because it's not stable.

Upping the voltage too much can fry the core.

[typographie]

Voltage is what is most likely to harm a chip. But honestly I don't think I've even heard of that happening if done within the bounds of what MSI Afterburner allows.

 

It's normal and expected that you're going to crash eventually while testing for your highest stable overclock. That's just part of the process, and itself not cause for concern beyond just knowing that either your frequency is too high or voltage too low.

[VagabondWraith]

My rig is currently unavailable to me at the moment (I'm a student). I'll make a post tonight with GPU-Z measurements.

GPU-Z was hitting 1615MHz at peak.

I don't believe that. You would have the fastest Ti in the world. You're reading something wrong.

[Rylie59]

It's increasing the voltage that would do the damage to your GPU.

[Le_Doken]

so increasing the voltage does add to the risk and damage the gpu but other than that it's safe? Glad to hear that

[Nena Trinity]

Nah but the OC may be unstable if the voltage is to low for the OC...