• Jumuta
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    22
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    5 months ago

    i mean an os could definitely overvolt the gpu, that’s how users do it

    • Lemzlez@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      5 months ago

      Pretty sure the gpu BIOS is limited by default, nothing the OS can do about that.

      Same for other parts like the cpu - core voltage is determined by the motherboard.

      I doubt the os can just go “2V vcore” and blow up hardware.

      • OrnateLuna@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        5 months ago

        Yeah there’s quite a bit of safety mechanisms in place but I imagine windows could just adjust all the gpu overclocking settings to the max and make the system unstable. Plus just reformat all of your drives

      • Jumuta
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        5 months ago

        Yeah you definitely can’t easily kill it, only shorten its lifespan