can overclock the graphics card damage the rest of my system???

[Geekazoid]

ok here is my story i sold my 295GTX because i wanted to move on the DX10 nvidia cards (which are taking there time!!!) and i bought a 38 pounds Asus Magic 9600gso :*( to make do.... now i was tempted to overclock this cheap as chips crappy graphic card i managed to get...

625 GPU *550 (stock)
1562 Shader *1375 (stock)
and 550 Memory *505 (stock)

i used EVGA precision to overclock and tested using ATI tools and Furmark after every 10mhz jump for crashes and artifacts... now here is the odd thing i tested to the above clocks in ATI tools and Furmark and no crashes or artifacts and a peak GPU temp of 71oc....

now when i game e.g. wow or any other my Nvidia display driver stops responding and crashes and recovers why is it doing this in game??? anyone explain....

Also can overclocking only my graphics card damage the rest of my system cpu, ram, mobo etc and they are already overclocked (see my specs just change the 295 for 9600GSO lol)....

going from a 295 to a 9600gso im having withdrawal symptoms :*( lol...

thankyou all

 

[Geekazoid]

195.62 drivers sorry left that out

 

[Big.Wayne]

when i game e.g. wow or any other my Nvidia display driver stops responding and crashes and recovers why is it doing this in game??? anyone explain....

It's because the card is overclocked beyond what it can handle, the synthetic testers are ok but you really should be testing your clocks in a real game . . .

Also can overclocking only my graphics card damage the rest of my system cpu, ram, mobo etc

It's not happened to me ever and I don't think I've read about anyone busting their system due to GPU overclocking. A busted graphics card perhaps, that can deffo happen, also it's possible in rare examples that the added load from an overclocked GPU has pushed a ragged-half dead PSU over the edge!

 

[raralis]

An overclocked gpu shouldn't affect any other components but it could affect your psu if it's a cheap/crappy one.

Had a psu blow up while i was o/cing my cpu once. Didn't damage the other components though.

Try reseting your gpu to default settings and give that a go. Your o/c could be too much for the gpu.

 

[OCP]

i have damaged my GFX card before while overclocking it, but never along with the system.

 

[Biffa]

If you turn the overclocks down on the gfx card do the games start working again?

 

[Geekazoid]

if i turn down the clock back to stock everything works fine its just the overclocked settings but i did research on this 9600gso and it sould clock a little higher well the memory should but mine is unstable as it is...

 

[Biffa]

Make sure you are reading about the same type of 9600GSO there used to be a 96 shader version (rename of the old 8800GT/GS) with 384MB that was a pretty good budget card, but then they brought out a 48 shader card that was slower than ****

From the sounds of what you think your stock settings are, you think you have the 96 shader version. Some shops still mix them up. But usually if its got 512MB its a 48 Shader card, if its got 384MB its a 96 shader card.

Can you post a GPUz screenie?

 

[Big.Wayne]

i did research on this 9600gso and it sould clock a little higher well the memory should but mine is unstable as it is...

As always no too cards are alike, also the enviroment and cooling can have an effect on the results . . .

Have you modified/improved the cards cooling? added a fan, maybe installed some extra heatsinks?

 

[AMG]

I would have thought it would only damage the GPU, also a already loaded PSU but you should never skip in that, so it won't happen unless its getting old

 

[Exsurgo]

I had the exact same problem in WoW and L4D2 + Batman AA. Sometimes the picture just becomes black and then the picture recovers, sometimes games just freeze up, and other times blue screens. A first I though it was my GPU overclock, but it was stable on Furmark.

I reverted to the 191 drivers and they seem much more stable, 195.62 don't work well at all for me. Windows 7 64bit here. It almost seems as if the 195 drivers don't like overclocks, weird.

 

[Leeroy123]

im using the new nvidia driver and have overclocked my 295 with evga precision and works great for me.