Yes, overclocking a component can shorten its life span. But if you don’t push things too far, and if you keep temperatures under control, you have little reason to worry. First, you have to make sure that you have downloaded and updated to latest drivers. You can find Nvidia and AMD’s latest drivers on their respective websites.
Following are the procedures to overclock Nvidia and AMD: AMD To overclock AMD graphic card, follow these steps; Download and install AMD utility Once download completed, Open Catalyst Control Centre Click tab ATI Override Find clock speed settings for GPU processor and memory Adjust by increasing 5MHZ to 10MHZ at a time Reboot PC, if working good, you can increase more In a case, you see artifacts (dots) on screen or anything weird, restart and go back to previous settings Nvidia To overclock Nvidia, simply follow these; Download Nvidia System Tools utility Run setup Once installed, open Performance menu Click on clock speed setting Increase 5MHZ to 10MHZ Restart PC, repeat this method to gain more speed If you encounter artifacts appearing on screen, go back to previous settings and restart.
