Hello,
I have been messing around with my new GTX 970 from EVGA today, it's the SC with ACX 2.0 cooler. I have been wondering: overvolting will void the warranty only if you damage the card as the manufacturer has no way of telling that you did or not if your GPU is still intact should you bring it for another reason to them. But does overvolting damage or reduce the lifespan of a component or is it the over heating caused by excessive power delivery that damages it? I have pushed the wattage limit all the way to 110% but the card never pulled more than 103% according to EVGA Precision X, it hasn't gotten hotter than 61 deg. C (141.8 deg. F) and this is normla for a GPU. I'm not planning on OV'ing that card as I'm fine with the OC I achieved right now but I was just asking as this OV vs. Overheating topic is quite hot now that everyone oveclocks and overvolts and opinions vary A LOT.
Thank you for answering guys and feel free to debate among yourselves as I want to hear as much as possible so to make my mind because 3 or 4 replies won't be enough... But keep it clean: no insults or swearing, just sharing opinions.
I have been messing around with my new GTX 970 from EVGA today, it's the SC with ACX 2.0 cooler. I have been wondering: overvolting will void the warranty only if you damage the card as the manufacturer has no way of telling that you did or not if your GPU is still intact should you bring it for another reason to them. But does overvolting damage or reduce the lifespan of a component or is it the over heating caused by excessive power delivery that damages it? I have pushed the wattage limit all the way to 110% but the card never pulled more than 103% according to EVGA Precision X, it hasn't gotten hotter than 61 deg. C (141.8 deg. F) and this is normla for a GPU. I'm not planning on OV'ing that card as I'm fine with the OC I achieved right now but I was just asking as this OV vs. Overheating topic is quite hot now that everyone oveclocks and overvolts and opinions vary A LOT.
Thank you for answering guys and feel free to debate among yourselves as I want to hear as much as possible so to make my mind because 3 or 4 replies won't be enough... But keep it clean: no insults or swearing, just sharing opinions.
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