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Hanamichi

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If I overclock my GPU or CPU and for some reason say I have to format my PC.So will those hardwares again work in their default speed after I format and reinstall my OS.Will they cause any problem or not?


And another question.I heard that overclocking doesn't harm the hardware as it's not the physical change in the card.Is it true.

And also can I directly overclok my GPU to 620 and 1600.As those are the idle factory overclock speed.
 
Overclocking will not require a format if things go wrong, if it's telling you so it's bogus. The hardware will work at default speeds after a format, unless it's a preoverclocked card. If you're simply changing the clocks of the card, then you'll be hard-pressed to actually ruin the card, most of the time a simply reset will fix thing.. If your card is factory overclocked, there will be no need to overclock back to their settings, unless you underclocked, and seeing as you just completed a format, I don't think you'll need to.
 
Hanamichi said:
And another question.I heard that overclocking doesn't harm the hardware as it's not the physical change in the card.Is it true.
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It's not a physical change in your hardware true, what will kill your hardware is the additional heat that increasing the voltages to the hardware will cause. You need to make sure you have adequate cooling for any overclocking you do.
 
paratwa said:
It's not a physical change in your hardware true, what will kill your hardware is the additional heat that increasing the voltages to the hardware will cause. You need to make sure you have adequate cooling for any overclocking you do.
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Upping voltage on a graphics card usually, if not always, requires a pencil voltmod of some kind. Only the real enthusiast end-users take to this IMO, so us less "enthusiastic" users do not need to go aftermarket cooling.

That said a graphics card can still produce alot of heat, even stock. On the other hand, it isn't very worrisome given the fact that a well treated video card will last years, if not more, and by the time any detrimental heat after effects become realized, the card will probably be dust.
 
I've never done it either. I think of it the same way I do flashing a card, a tad unnecessary, even though it may increase performance.
 
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