Did I destroy my graphics card?

BaddieMcBad

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Hey guys, I have a HD 7870 Ghz edition Exact model: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202025

So I messed around with some OC settings on my GPU, and managed a stable 1150/1350 on stock voltage, but I didn't really have a need to OC yet, so I dialed the clocks down to stock values.


Then today, I hopped into cryengine 3 SDK (horribly optimized, "game" I guess you could call it. It's more of a test bed for the cryengine 3 editor), and after about 5 minutes, I started artifacting and crashed. I pressed Ctrl + alt + delete and manged to close the game that way, but then when I went onto the internet, I started artifacting on my home page.. what? artifacting in 2d mode? Then I remembered when I read wolframs guide to overclocking he said to re-boot your pc after you start artifacting, so I did this. I haven't had any artifacts yet on the internet, but is it even safe to go into a 3d application anymore? Should I lower my clock speed from the factory default?

One thing I thought of when this happened was that I made too much of a leap when first OC'ing my memory clock. I was unigen heaven stable at 1400 Mhz, but I had seen some people with different GPU's reach 1500+ Mhz, so I figured that was probably a typical OC, so I leaped up to 1450, and crashed almost immediately. Is this the cause do you think?

Thanks for your help.
 
It's not still OC'd, I was at factory default (1050/1250) when this happened.

And heating wasn't an issue with this card. I want to say this is one of the best cooled 7870's you can get. I've never broken 75 degrees C at any speed. When I crashed from cryengine 3 SDK like I described in the OP, I had GPU-Z running in the background and it said my max temp was 68 degrees.
 
Hmm.

You overclocked it without changing the voltage? Perhaps you pushed it too far and that damaged the card. That's what I would think, OC'ing without the necessary voltage can harm your component.

Perhaps you actually might have damaged it a bit.
 
Ya, when you do it you actually uninstall all of the driver software you installed for your graphics card. To do it go to start, controll panel, Uninstall a Program and then there will be a list that comes up of all the programs that are installed on your pc. Find the one that is your AMD Catalyst Driver. And uninstall.
 

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