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Careface
10-03-09, 11:53 PM
Without having to sit through several loops of Vantage or playing games for X hours, what programs are out there that are a decent stress test to check for a stable OC?

I've been using rthdribl 16x multisample, with the window as large as my ram will allow.

I recently upgraded from a 7600gt to a gtx260, so I figured its time to get serious about OCing the gfx, as I now run SETI on it :)

Thanks in advance for any help,
Careface*
atm743
10-04-09, 12:02 AM
can download ati tool and run the artifacting tool
Careface
10-04-09, 12:09 AM
Ah! Thanks for that. I remember using it way back when on my 9600xt :) Any other ideas? Thanks for the quick reply :)
MarkS
10-04-09, 12:28 AM
furmark
Special7
10-04-09, 01:53 AM
Furmark for sure.
Careface
10-04-09, 04:30 AM
Awesome, thanks for the replies :)

Just did an 'extreme' burn in (1680*1050, 16x aa) at 750/1500/1000 on my gtx216 for 4hours, and I'm now reasonably confident its stable :D

Great program, too o_O
GatorChamp
10-04-09, 09:30 AM
Crysis...
Zap
10-04-09, 10:31 AM
ATI Tool is great for stability testing. Furmark is not as good, but gets the GPU hotter so is good for temperature stress testing. I've heard Folding was good for graphics card memory testing.
nd4spdbh2
10-04-09, 11:23 AM
furmark

+2 furmark makes my gpu the hottest by far.
Zantal
10-04-09, 08:11 PM
Crysis...

that's true.

ran high overclocks (a step higher than shown in my sig) in all stability checks

but crysis would simply crash after 30 mins of playing.

crysis is not a game, it's a benchmarking tool!!
Spec_Ops2087
10-05-09, 11:42 AM
I've had my GPU pass both furmark and the ati tool yet failed on 3dmark. With that being said, you can never be TOO certain it is 100% stable till you try out everything.
EarthDog
10-05-09, 11:47 AM
Furmark by far. Puts ATI Tool to shame if you ask me.
Brolloks
10-05-09, 12:01 PM
FURmark is great for Core stressing, however it does not really stress the vram adequatly, for that run 5 or so loops of 3DMark 03 Battle of Proxycon
Hardin
10-05-09, 01:46 PM
I'd be careful when using furmark. http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3643&p=11
EarthDog
10-05-09, 01:58 PM
Sounds like an AMD/ATI issue not specing their cards out to run 100%. ;)
Careface
10-06-09, 05:37 PM
Well I had to put my clocks down a little, 700/1450/1000.. I have a feeling the core is stable at 750, but the shaders have issues around 1475, and after 1500 its just not stable at all. I haven't tried ocing the RAM yet, as primarily the vid card is a SETI cruncher, and RAM doesn't really affect crunching times.

From what I've read, a lot of cards have a ~1500mhz roof on the shaders?

Thanks for all the help guys :)
Zenoth
10-06-09, 06:54 PM
Furmark without a doubt, I made my GTX285 at stock frequencies reach 93ºC after 30 minutes of non-stop burn test. It was a hot summer day however, but still... and the fan was at 100%. When I actually play "demanding" games for a long period it never goes above 65ºC, and even then that's rare, it's more around 55ºC (stock frequencies). I only used Furmark a few times to check for stability after I bought the card, but that program stresses so much that I don't want to use it regularly, I don't OC my GPU anyway so it's not a problem.
tweakboy
10-07-09, 02:46 PM
Just run the 3dmark06 GPU tests , choose the GPU tests and loop it ,,,,,, gl
freeagent
10-07-09, 06:16 PM
Furmark is good, great for getting the gpu hot, I dont think Ive come across anything hotter. its the linpack of the gpu world :D

03 is a good test like Brollocks said, its pretty sensitive to ram :)

06 seems to be ok for shaders :thup:

I have not run furmark on this ATi card yet.. I remember giggleing when that Anand article came out. There was alot of upset customers heh. I was useing nvidia then..

And now Im scared to use it :screwy: