Did I overclock too much?/Question about downsampling

XXDracoX

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Hey guys! I have been off a lot lately as my pc has been working (Hallelujah!). Just yesterday, it started freezing a lot. It randomly froze in google chrome for like 2 minutes and the usual tricks (cntrl alt delete) and start menu button, along with opening the disc drive and closing it took forever to work. This is why i have come to the conclusion that i have overclocked my gpu too much. Last night while playing planetside 2, it froze several times. Now, this could be because i have 4 gigs of ram, but i doubt it's my i3 because i've looked at performance monitor while playing and it says under 30% used up. Pretty good for an i3 imo. I also felt around the fans and there was some warm air coming out. So, back to OCing. I overclocked my gpu quite a while ago using AMD Overdrive. It had a test thing and i got it up to 1100 mhz for memory when it was previously 900 and i think i got the core clock up to 900 when it was previously 575. I think at least. It's been working for over a month like this. I also raised the fan speed on the gpu. I have a thermaltake Soprano case (keeps it very cool). This freezing problem only started after i moved around the computer, so maybe it's the placement now? Its side fan has about 2 inches of clearance and the back fans have 4, but could warm air somehow get trapped back there? IDK. Thanks!

Downsampling: So, i tried using amd downsampling tool and i want to know if it worked. After doing it, only a few resolutions are available. Did i do something wrong?
 

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That is. Overdrive has a glitch. Once you change it, you have to reinstall the software to change it again. (It's very annoying) I am fairly sure it's overheating because last night in the heat of a dogfight, it froze. I felt the back and warm air was coming out. I had to force a shut down because it wouldn't turn off and i figured that a burnt out gpu is worse than a corrupt file. I am going to try lowering the OC today. Is core speed more important the memory?
 

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Lower core speed? It's still freezing and the screen kinda fritzes out in an old game. Must be german engineering...... it doesn't in one of the most taxing games though. I don't think it's overheating. I cleaned it up and defragged it. Perhaps vista has struck again. WORST OS IN THE WORLD!!!! Can someone get me DOS? Anyways, it freezes in chrome too. It gets at highest temp around 65 I think. Rating is up to 120. i have a nice gaming case so idk what wrong. Kinda ironic that overheating causes freezing..... Any ideas that won't cost me anything?