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I have a 6600GT too and plays very well on stock settings. I think it's mainly bragging rights or if you want to improve graphics while playing at higher settings.
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It does shorten the life to a degree, but not anytime soon. It's like a car. People like me who put superchargers or turbos in their cars reduce the life of the motor, tranny, fuel pump, etc because they are pushing their cars more than what's intended for stock specs. Parts wear out quicker because of the increased force applied to it. But it's not going to break down like next year or that soon. Some overclocked parts lasts for a long time when you do it safely. I wouldn't worry about it if you want to OC your card. I OCed mine and it was fun.
In PC's case, it's the heat issue that shortens the life when you OC it instead of the mechanical wear and tear. If you have adequate cooling and it doesn't peak too high at it's critical stages, your GPU will have a decent life cycle.
In PC's case, it's the heat issue that shortens the life when you OC it instead of the mechanical wear and tear. If you have adequate cooling and it doesn't peak too high at it's critical stages, your GPU will have a decent life cycle.
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Well, its more of a mixed opinion on this. I built my machine to handle overclocking so to me, yes it is worth doing.
I've got a lot of fans in my case and CPU temps are like in the mid 40s under 90 some odd degrees inside the room. I have no AC in this house so that's pretty good on keeping the CPU cool. My GPU maintains a nice 52 degrees under the same 90 something degrees in my computer room. I'm not having too much heating issues as you can see. Plus, they're all overclocked. I'm sure you'll end up with a new PC in the next 2-4 years anyways because technology changes so much and you always need to keep up to play the advanced games. Software use more lines of programming which uses more system resources to run too.
I've got a lot of fans in my case and CPU temps are like in the mid 40s under 90 some odd degrees inside the room. I have no AC in this house so that's pretty good on keeping the CPU cool. My GPU maintains a nice 52 degrees under the same 90 something degrees in my computer room. I'm not having too much heating issues as you can see. Plus, they're all overclocked. I'm sure you'll end up with a new PC in the next 2-4 years anyways because technology changes so much and you always need to keep up to play the advanced games. Software use more lines of programming which uses more system resources to run too.
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Ive decided against the idea even though my main use of the pc is games but even so i have have failed to play a game that has not looked up to scratch so i fell my graphics card can handle whats there on the market.
How would u rate the GeForce 6600 GT in terms of being able to handle games?
How would u rate the GeForce 6600 GT in terms of being able to handle games?
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I would rate that very high. It plays pretty much all games available now. It you do tweak it, it'll be ok. It won't break on you. Just realize that overclocking tends to generate extra heat.
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