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Does seeing no artefacts on the omega test mean my radeon is stable and CAN withstand the speed ive overclocked it to ?

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yes.. BUT:
remember when overclocking the expected lifespan of your card decreases, and you void warrenty.

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I dont agree on two counts. You cant run some silly random artifact tester but until you run 3d tests and all your games then you cannot 100% be sure that the card will not artifact. Considering how long a cards useful lifespan is - shortening the workable lifetime by a couple of years means its totally irrelanvant. What the RMA people don't know wont hurt them. The only real danger from overclocking is where you also voltmod. I have heard a nForce2 north bridge running at 2v has a life expectancy of a few months. I would say if you "super" cool your component then this would allow high levels of voltage, since the component is running cooler than designed for.

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you wont know till you play a game cause thats when the graphix card actually heats up more you can get 0 artifacts on the tester but if you start to play a game you will see minor artifacts depending on how high you clocked it

ie: i oced my card really high, tester said 0 artifacts

played splinter cell: started getting lines that look like blood ( )
played morrowind: started to see some texture breakups ( )
played ghost recon: started to see different colors on the ground leaves were red colours were more redish

basically the program isnt as accurate yet (wait for future releases) its just a simple program to see if you are ocing too high, but the best way is to actually play a game or run a benchmark, thats when the card is actually doing some work

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Benchmark ?
You mean a 24 hour 3dmark loop-around ?

I hear thats one way to fully test your card in its new state...