[SOLVED] Can you damage a GPU by doing this.

[Markimooo]

can you damage a gpu by changing clocks and fan speed all the time?

 

[Phaaze88]

Not normally, no.
Nowadays, the typical user kills their gpu either having a crappy power supply, or a leak from AIOs or custom loops... or the spilled drink on my PC carelessness.

Download and run Gpu-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
Click on the Advanced tab. In the drop-down box, click on Nvidia bios if Nvidia gpu, or AMD bios if AMD gpu.
That'll show you the power and temperature limits for the board. Regardless of what you might set in software like Msi Afterburner or EVGA Precision X, the card's bios won't let you exceed those limits and will throttle the card whichever it hits first.

If you somehow hack the bios, remove the limiters, and try to apply some stupidly high OC - that's another way to kill a gpu.

Another method is via this bad boy: https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=11G-P4-2589-KR
You can manually raise and remove the limiters yourself. If you don't have the appropriate cooling... Congratulations! You just threw away over $1900!

 

[Mrgr74]

Another method is via this bad boy: https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=11G-P4-2589-KR

You know somethings expensive when "financing options" are listed! LMAO! $1,889.00 + tax or $124mo.

Damn.. I'll need to find me a 2nd & 3rd job to be able to afford that..