Are their problems with superclocked grapchis cards??

[punchball]

Hey guys!
I'm currently looking at graphics cards for a new build and was wondering if overclocked, ftw series, or superclocked graphics cards have a lower life span. Also should I get a super clocked one or a non? this is going to be my first time building a computer and sadly don't have enough money to keep upgrading since I'm only 14.. Finally my last and most important question is I heard that superclocked graphics cards work harder and so they loose the powerfulness sooner? is that true? I need my Graphics card to last me a long time on some demanding games life bf4, battlefield hardline, watchdogs, Gta iv and V, assaincreeds, Sim city 5, and minecraft along with others. I want to play them on ultra at good Fps. my budget is 400$, but this doesn't really relate to the topic.. So to rap up are superclocked graphics cards going to give me a faster decline performance faster in the upcoming years? (I'm not going to do any overclocking myself) Thank you!

 

[DM Gold]

they have about the same life span there going to be faster and smoother i would get a superclocked over a none superclocked one

 

[_aragon_]

well they have same lifespan if the cooling is proper.
I would prefer normal graphic card over overclocked or superclocked ones as your budget restricts you from further problems that may occur with overclocked or superclocked ones.

The below cards are very good without being overclocked. I dont think having a well balanced rig will drop your fps and quality by choosing the below cards or some other ones.

"Nvidia GTX 670:
- Pure gaming card with high 3d capability
- Acceleration in CUDA and OpenCL -- CUDA and OpenCL lets your GPU compute stuff instead of your CPU and get the work done much more quickly (like some media/content creation apps and some games will take advantage of this in the future))
- Relatively low power consumption
- Price much cheaper than that of a GTX 680 but can reach 95% of its potential.
- Potential to overclock
- In 35% of games better than HD 7970
- Integrated GPU Physx engine, 3d support, bundled games etc

AMD HD 7970:
- Very strong gaming card with strong compute capability in OpenCL acceleration (often faster than Nvidia cards in OpenCL computing)
- Some higher power consumption compared to GTX 670
- High potential for overclocking. Same PCB and same specifications with 7970 Ghz Edition. Theoretically you can reach at and well beyond the performance level of Ghz edition and GTX 680, IF YOU OVERCLOCK
- In 65% games better than GTX 670
- Higher memory bandwidth
- Good multi monitor support
- 3d support (i don't know which card is better at this)"

Credits for this text above go to user "technoholic"

Now personally i had experience with both cards, and while all my life i have been an nvidia fanboy, the 7970 beats the 670 hands down and can even compete with 680,
I personally played Battlefield 3, Arma 3, and Metro 2033 (wow that's a lot of 3's) which were the most demanding games last year. (didnt play much this year) Should be same for games today.
tried those games with both cards, and again, the 7970 had about 10% better framerate.

If you are still unsure i uploaded an image for you with exact performance comparison
http://oi46.tinypic.com/290zww5.jpg

 

[Guest]

Graphics Cards aren't going to lose their 'horsepower' gradually over the years, they're a lovely pick n' mix of billions of transistors and general nerd porn, not a Ford Fiesta.

The only thing that could potentially slow them down over time is dust build-up, causing heat and therefore throttling. But even that's fairly unlikely.
Just think that by the time whatever card you buy will need to be upgraded, so about 2 or maybe 4 years depending on which card and how demanding games get, you'll be 17 or 18, probably working a small job by then and be able to afford a small card upgrade.

As far as I can remember, most cards that are stated as being factory overclocked are usually slightly higher binned, so there won't be any decline in lifespan on that front, they'll be using all the same voltages as a normal version. Either that, or the overclock is so minor that it still runs stable on those same volts.

There's also the fact that some non-reference card manufacturers use much higher quality capacitors etc.. and overall better board design than the reference models, leading to a bit of extra headroom on that front.

Of course most of the manufacturers of these factory OC cards use far better heatsinks, able to dispell far more heat than the traditional blower design - Allowing for lots more thermal headroom.
This is probably the number one reason that they're able to overclock them at the factory.

In short then, don't worry about it. A card most likely isn't going to die before you've grown tired of it. Especially with your price range they're going to run with fairly little power and heat compared to the top of the line behemoths.
You'll be fine.

:3

 

[_aragon_]

Graphics Cards aren't going to lose their 'horsepower' gradually over the years, they're a lovely pick n' mix of billions of transistors and general nerd porn, not a Ford Fiesta.

The only thing that could potentially slow them down over time is dust build-up, causing heat and therefore throttling. But even that's fairly unlikely.
Just think that by the time whatever card you buy will need to be upgraded, so about 2 or maybe 4 years depending on which card and how demanding games get, you'll be 17 or 18, probably working a small job by then and be able to afford a small card upgrade.

As far as I can remember, most cards that are stated as being factory overclocked are usually slightly higher binned, so there won't be any decline in lifespan on that front, they'll be using all the same voltages as a normal version. Either that, or the overclock is so minor that it still runs stable on those same volts.

There's also the fact that some non-reference card manufacturers use much higher quality capacitors etc.. and overall better board design than the reference models, leading to a bit of extra headroom on that front.

Of course most of the manufacturers of these factory OC cards use far better heatsinks, able to dispell far more heat than the traditional blower design - Allowing for lots more thermal headroom.
This is probably the number one reason that they're able to overclock them at the factory.

In short then, don't worry about it. A card most likely isn't going to die before you've grown tired of it. Especially with your price range they're going to run with fairly little power and heat compared to the top of the line behemoths.
You'll be fine.

:3

I agree with you too