Well, every piece of hardware I have states that if you operate it outside of spec (be it clock, volts, or even temps) the warranty is void. nVidia could have just said that instead of locking down the cards. It should be that if the card has obviously been ran out of spec, they just send it back unrepaired.
I don't think cars should have padlocks on the oil filler cap to prevent someone from putting to much oil in and blowing the seals.
A warranty is there to fix "defects in materials and workmanship" not user damage. Apparently RMA'ing abused kit is all the rage these days, but it used to be that if you roasted a die, you suck it up and learn a lesson instead of conning the OEM out of another card.
I don't think cars should have padlocks on the oil filler cap to prevent someone from putting to much oil in and blowing the seals.
A warranty is there to fix "defects in materials and workmanship" not user damage. Apparently RMA'ing abused kit is all the rage these days, but it used to be that if you roasted a die, you suck it up and learn a lesson instead of conning the OEM out of another card.















