How far have you OC:ed your ATI Radeon 8500?

[Per Hansson]

Yes it will, a general "rule of thumb" is that if you decrease the temperature of a chip with 10C it will last twice as long.

And as you know when you overclock you increase the temperature and that's why you should get better cooling...

Edit: check out this post I dug up in our old forums:

http://207.115.70.83/forum/read_msg.php?tid=301&forumid=ubb3

 

[Whack0]

Thanks, Per Hansson. Since Bobes said that the normal life of the card is around 20 years, I guess I'll keep it at 5 Mhz above normal.

 

[Per Hansson]

Don't think about it in that way; Think like this, "how long is the warranty"

Because that is how long the manufacturer thinks most of their sold products will last...