GTX 470 SOC voltage tweaking warranty

[Wulfgar]

Hello guys, is the Gigabyte GTX 470 Super-overclock edition covered under warranty for voltage tweaking ?

The software that came with the card (OC Guru) allows voltage tweaking among other things and I was wondering if it's safe to use this feature.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the forum.
The short answer is no. Gigabyte does not cover any of it's products for overclocking. That would be done at your own risk. I understand that it does seem strange to supply the software but not warrant using it, but most hardware manufacturers are the same.

[Wulfgar]

Thanks for the info.

[Dark Mantis]

You are welcome. It is something that many of us find curious especially as Gigabyte actually host Overclocking Championships with their own hardware used. I suppose though that if they did allow it anyone could clock their cards and boards to destruction and then claim on the warranty. Corporate suicide.

[Wulfgar]

Well I head that EVGA will RMA defective cards due to overclocking and I thought Gigabyte would do the same thing for the SOC edition.

Anyway, I won't be overlocking this card since there's no point right now. It runs everything I throw at it without any probs. Temps reach around 80 degrees in full load which is pretty much identical to my old 8800 GTS.

[Dark Mantis]

That's about right. That card is powerful even by today's standards and overclocking it would just push the temperature up even further.