Artifact Tester 5

buki8 · May 13, 2002

How good is this program at testing for artifacts? Anyone use it before? Is the DirectX7 testing accurate or should I just go by the software testing?

ginfest · May 14, 2002

I tested my "old" PNY Ti-200, I had the card OC to 220/500 and no artifacts with Artifact Tester. But in 3D Mark and games like Ghost Recon I would get flashing textures and "snowy" pixels unless I turned the OC down to 210/480!
I wouldn't consider a vc OC stable just based on the AT5.

FTC · May 17, 2002

buki8,

Yes, I agree with ginfest, BUT artifact tester is a GREAT complement. At one point, when overclocking my GF2MX, nor 3dmark2k1 or quake or... any game was giving visible artifacts BUT artifact tester did... it is not a grant for a stable overclock, but a must for it.

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FTC

Default · May 17, 2002

artifact tester does not stress the video cards of today enough to even get them warm. I say you should just stick to the good o'll 3dmark

RnPgrosz · May 17, 2002

Default said:
artifact tester does not stress the video cards of today enough to even get them warm. I say you should just stick to the good o'll 3dmark

Yep, 3dmark definitely stresses your card enough to test stability. When my card is overclocked to high I will get artifacts and freezes in 3dmark, so its definitely good enough to test you cards stability.

Illah · May 17, 2002

If you really wanna test artifact just loop the Dragonothic test in 3dmark. Artifacts REALLY show up in that one, plus the dark background makes them really easy to spot.

--Illah

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