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Does overclocking negatively affect the GPU at in any way if it doesn't reach the thermal limit at all? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I overlock my Gigabyte RTX 3060 12GB OC with MSI Afterburner, with Mem at +550, Core at +55, Voltage at 100%, temp limit at 90C and power limit at 124 (which are the highest possible for temp and power). I stress tested it with FurMark for over 30 minutes and the highest temp I've got is like 67-68C, on very rare occasions it reaches 69 (nice), I got a 70 once and never reach it again. I've read that overclocking reduces the GPU lifespan since it causes more stress and high temp. But mine is no where close to thermal limit so I wonder if overclocking is harmful to the card if the temp is below the thermal limit.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you aren't raising the voltage, you should be good. Even if you are, as long as it's not much, the difference is not big enough to matter.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

wait, voltage? I have it cranked all the way up, is it bad?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No. The sliders in Afterburner cannot damage your card. Unless you use a custom v-bios or a shunt mod or something to exceed the voltage/power/temp limits, you are fine.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

so the settings I current have in Afterburner is fine?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I think they just don't exceed the values the manufacturer deemed safe. That doesn't mean cranking the voltage to max has no damaging effects, it means your gpu won't instantly break from it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

If you are happy with your clock settings then you can try reducing voltage in small steps until its unstable, then set voltage to last stable value or step higher. With lover voltage you get less heat and less power consuption