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    970M Overclocking Warranty Considerations + Poll

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by kgh00007, Jun 6, 2015.

  1. kgh00007

    kgh00007 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey is anybody overclocking the 970M?

    Are there any reasons not to do it as far as warranty goes, or is it ok? If I have a problem down the road, will they know if I have overclocked the card or not? More importantly will they make an issue of it?

    Looks like you can only OC +135MHz without a modded BIOS, so is it safe enough?

    I have the AW15 and I think it definitely has the cooling potential to handle the overclock easily..

    Just loking for your input, cheers!
     
    kgh00007, Jun 6, 2015
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  2. mehtenj94

    mehtenj94 Notebook Consultant

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    Im waiting for an unlocked bios too... 135 MHz is nothing. Go for it. And no, it wont void your warranty


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    mehtenj94, Jun 7, 2015
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  3. CGSDR

    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    I would If I could, I install MSI Afterburner and nothing seem to work despite knowing that NVIDIA disable it with the controversial driver.
     
    CGSDR, Jun 8, 2015
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  4. Chris_Wayne

    Chris_Wayne Notebook Consultant

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    Any benchmarks of the overclocked GTX 970M?
     
    Chris_Wayne, Jun 8, 2015
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  5. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    As for the warranty, we don't support overclocking on the GPU. And if it's determined that the machine had OC'ing and that caused an issue, you may be billed the replacement. This is just the standard policy as it would be considered customer induced. My recommendation is to constantly check the temps of the machine if you're planning to overclock it.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jun 9, 2015
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  6. kgh00007

    kgh00007 Notebook Evangelist

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    OK, cheers, thanks for the input!
     
    kgh00007, Jun 9, 2015
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