Can overclocking alone damage a gpu?

[LOST TALE]

Can overclocking alone, temperatures and voltage being unchanged, damage a gpu or you can liberally try anything aslong as those other 2 are constant?

 

Is artifact at too high overclocking a sign of degradation or is it nothing to worry about?

 

I had a rx580 starting to fail at 3Dapps at startup sometimes this was after trying a +50mv voltage on it to stabilize a 1500mhz oc.

On some system startups the rx 580 would get 10% of its normal clockspeed and fps when gaming and also cause weird audio sounds to come out the speakers which aren't even hdmi linked. So now I'm having doubts.

 

[WereCatf]

3 minutes ago, LOST TALE said:

Can overclocking alone, temperatures and voltage being unchanged, damage a gpu or you can liberally try anything aslong as those other 2 are constant?

No, it can't. Damage happens due to heat and/or increased current-flow, not simply by increasing clock-rates.

[Jurrunio]

Artifact when overclocked means the frequency is unstable, not becasue it's damaging/damaged anything. Without modding the vBIOS, you cant break a card through overclocking because the upper limits are all locked to a range set by the manufacturer.

 

Another cause of artifact is indeed card damage, but in that case artifacts will appear no matter the clock and voltage you run.