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can someone explain me what are artefacts and why are they shown when an oc becomes unstable?
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They are errors in what ever is being displayed on the screen (usually on somthing 3d)
Like if you are playing a game, and parts of a wall or floor are not the color the are supposed to be.
The artifacts I remember the most were on aquamark 03, by the end of the test all the floors and walls would be flashing green triangles all over them.
You really shouldn't be OC'ing... You need to check your videocard temps. You can OC within reason like anything else, but lets say you set the GPU to 1000mhz it will not do it, just isnt that simple.
His question is what is the reasoning behind artifacts, as in what is that causes them to appear. Not just the unstable OC, but what is going on in the GPU that is making it display artifacts/graphical glitches.
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We cannot give you a complete answer as to why the overclock causes graphical anomalies, as there too many factors to take into account. Issues ranging from electrical gates, line degredation, EMI leakage, failing mosfets, voltage ripples, ETC. all come into play when we take the frequencies outside the designated tolerances. Any chance there is a variation in the way electricity is being pushed through, can cause wrong calculations deep within the nano-meter wide silicone semi-conductor.
Watch your volts, your temps, and always stress test. And remember that you should take temperature readings not just from the CPU and RAM, but the entire board to make sure those little regulators and whatnots do not scream, "DO NOT WANT!"
If all of this seems overwhelming, then buy the best you can afford and keep away from overclocking.
Bryan D.
PS - the volt-mod for your 8600 is pure easiness. I've read those cores can reach 1GHz.
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