T3h_Ch33z_Muncha

Well, my 9600GT's OC degraded pretty badly from folding, and i know of a couple of cases of completely dead cards as well. Just interested if anyone else has had similar experiences.

This is not a flame thread.

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ArmenianLegend

check your card, are any of the caps bulging out?

T3h_Ch33z_Muncha

I don't think so... look i don't think my card's about to die. I stopped folding some months ago due to the OC degradation. I'm not asking for help here... this is more of an informational thread.

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Please don't call me Muncha, as cheese is not the only insinuatable munchable object; Ch33z will suffice. Oh, and i almost forgot to express my love for Heru
Planned upgrades (kind of in order): 22" Monitor, Goliathus Omega (mousepad), new chair, Windows 7, CM 690, new desk, Ideazon ZBoard MERC, Sennheiser HD201, bong, DX 11 card(s)+necessary PSU
Epic things happening in 2010: Toy Story 3, new H.I.M album, Supreme Commander 2, MechWarrior, The Elder Scrolls V, Mafia II, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Bioshock 2, Crysis 2, Iron Man 2

bluedevil

I haven't had any issues with my cards degrading, and I OC them heavily to fold.

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ArmenianLegend

lol, sorry bout the missunderstanding, but as always things will degrade the more you use them, never happend to me but i know it has happend to tons of ppl with there cpu's

prosser13

Of course your overclock will degrade - your running your cards at 100% constantly.

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Clockadile Dundee

Folding, does not degrade a processor, per se. It is the result of an errant or unstable overclocking, and /or temperature above specified range. One person's 9600gt, can run a given OC, no problem, and another person can have the same exact setup, but their gpu will be degrading. You have to do plenty of stability testing, to make as sure as possible, it is not degrading; it can happen with temps and volts in normal operating range, if it is not stable.

It is electromigration, folding or not. Of course, this can't occur, if you don't use it, and the more you run a cpu or gpu unstably, the more and faster it will degrade.

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robbo2

I have never had any issues with my cards degrading an they fold 24/7 an have done for a while now although I do not fold with my 285 cause I playing it safe just incase

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Coma

My 8800GTS 320MB started artifacting the first day. No overclock. It was only folding for about 6 hours. It was the first and last time I folded.

I'm now stuck with a Club3D 8800GT because the shop I bought it from blows.

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wind-OF-s0rrOw

I have never experienced any deterioration of performance although I have heard that some people have had similar problems with BOINC projects.