Really - without doing volt mods?
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Why does ATI limit overclocks and Nvidia do not.
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But now your getting into the morality of returning hardware you have or have not killed.
Jigger turns on overclocking. Jigger turns off overclocking.
I have had a few cards die under *normal ish* conditions, but most weren't what you would call a average overclocking situations. I used to be a little more hardcore back then I guess.
I doubt there's many people who care enough. Overclocking is becoming more common and many manufacturers start to enable it as standard. Unless you mod a card, I don't think you should worry about RMAing it if it fails. All within reasonable limits that is.
Not an issue any more, new Afterburner 2.0 fixes hangs with flash acceleration turned on
Hahaha! Surely that's a joke? We all know they don't give a crap about "the consumer".
It seems like common sense to me so they can protect the 'average' user from accidentally over overclocking and bricking their card. The 'experts' however will know how to circumvent the limits and will bear all consequences if something goes wrong
Overclocking does not brick a card, go to far and the card simply locks up and the driver recovers, GFX 101.
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Aye but they all used to be on his side backing him up on the ati threads lol hypocrites
Wow, this thread is amazing. 
Raven, have you not got any games to play on your gtx480? Or are you getting so much stuttering in bfbc2 to the point where you have to come on here and find yet another reason to bash ati?
By all means do what you wish. Though, I think this is a bit of a mute point for a thread. There are a number of ways around it, you know there are yet still debate something hardly worth debating. I however will return to some games on my problem free 10.8's on overclocked 5870's at 1000/1225 through the ccc without any 3rd party apps.
Raven, have you not got any games to play on your gtx480? Or are you getting so much stuttering in bfbc2 to the point where you have to come on here and find yet another reason to bash ati?
By all means do what you wish. Though, I think this is a bit of a mute point for a thread. There are a number of ways around it, you know there are yet still debate something hardly worth debating. I however will return to some games on my problem free 10.8's on overclocked 5870's at 1000/1225 through the ccc without any 3rd party apps.
Aye but they all used to be on his side backing him up on the ati threads lol hypocrites
Lol thats just fan boy's for ya , works both way's look at all the Nv fan's who only a month or so ago would'nt take anything he was sayin as truth and called BS.
Now They all seem to take anything he's sayin as gospel and are in total agreement
Tbh dont think ive seen anybody who can argue both side's of the coin like Raven before , he's making normal fb's look quite good
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As has been referenced a few times, I've always believed Overdrive is limited compared to what can be achieved by 3rd party means is because it's more accessible. Dependant on the card, many won't reach the maximum clocks in overdrive.
Along with the auto tool, its more aimed at minor enthusiasts, or gamers who want a bit of a boost without going extreme, a mainstream overclock if you will, thus the limits.
It may also factor in card expected lifespans to an extent.
Overclocking at high frequencies over extended periods CAN indeed kill cards, not just cause artifacts/GPU recover.
Remember how many cards died when Doom3 came out? haha
Along with the auto tool, its more aimed at minor enthusiasts, or gamers who want a bit of a boost without going extreme, a mainstream overclock if you will, thus the limits.
It may also factor in card expected lifespans to an extent.
Overclocking at high frequencies over extended periods CAN indeed kill cards, not just cause artifacts/GPU recover.
Remember how many cards died when Doom3 came out? haha
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Lol thats just fan boy's for ya , works both way's look at all the Nv fan's who only a month or so ago would'nt take anything he was sayin as truth and called BS.
Now They all seem to take anything he's sayin as gospel and are in total agreement
Tbh dont think ive seen anybody who can argue both side's of the coin like Raven before , he's making normal fb's look quite good
Credit where credit's due, he does post occasionally some good material but the ratio of 'pap' to good hasn't been great recently.
Haha! I love you guys! Doesn't matter what I say to him, he's got me on ignore. I like how he just puts ppl on ignore if he doesn't like anothers view or opinion instead of defending himself.
What a joke!
Anyway let's stay on topic shall we!
What a joke!
Anyway let's stay on topic shall we!
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Oh no I'm not a part of any brigade, it's just something completely pointless to complain about, it's easily fixed and there is a valid reason why it's there, you're also unable to do everything for a better overclock with Nvidias drivers and software but let's ignore that because I'm trying to bash ATI.
I have no brand loyalty, my last cards have gone, ATI, ATI, Nvidia, Nvidia, ATI and I've seen pointless moaning from both sides while having owned all those cards.
Lol that's just fan boy's for ya , works both way's look at all the Nv fan's who only a month or so ago wouldn't take anything he was sayin as truth and called BS.
Now They all seem to take anything he's sayin as gospel and are in total agreement.
Tbh don't think ive seen anybody who can argue both side's of the coin like Raven before , he's making normal fb's look quite good
Please please stop putting an apostrophe after every word ending in the letter "s".
Green = good
Red = bad
Please please stop putting an apostrophe after every word ending in the letter "s".
Green = good
Red = bad
Ok teacher sir here have an apple , lol tbh grammer was never my best thing and getting to old to change bad habbit's
But i'll try just for you