Recently i found out that my Radeon 9600 XT has a feature called OVERDRIVE that will both overclock and adjust the VPU speed according to the temperature. The OVERDRIVE part i knew, but what i didnt know is that it works with 3rd party software such as PowerStrip (which i use). I have overclocked both the Memory and VPU frequency by 17mhz. I have tested it on several games (DOOM3, Battfield 2142) and it works perfectly fine with no tearing or abnormalities.
On this specific program your allowed to save profiles and easily siwtch them back and forth simply by right clicking on the icon in the task bar and navigating it through the pop-up menu. I currently often switch it to its normal frequency when not playing games.
What I’d like to know is, is it safe to switch back and forth constantly? And even though I am not seeing any abnormailites in my games, is there still a chance i could be slowly damaging my video card even with OVERDRIVE? And my last question; can overclocking your VPU cause slowness or windows hanging?
Any help would be very much appreciated and thank you!