Stress Test

[Pablo 54]

Using an Asus program but it gives me no data after a crash. Anyone have a good freebie they could recommend?
I have always just used what I had on hand and went with that but I need something a bit more robust.

[PP Mguire]

Overclock one piece at a time, stress test it, and if it crashes you know what the cause was.

[CDsDontBurn]

Overclock one piece at a time, stress test it, and if it crashes you know what the cause was.

How can you overclock a motherboard?

[PP Mguire]

Eh, who said anything about a motherboard? I figure he meant GPU and CPU so just do one piece at a time so if your PC crashes you know which part it is.

But, if we want to be technical by raising the bclk on SB and IB you are overclocking the motherboard lol.

[CDsDontBurn]

Nobody said anything about the motherboard. But at the same time, nobody said anything about the motherboard . When you mentioned "Overclock one piece at a time, stress test it" I immediately thought of motherboard, hahaha.

And, I'm outta the loop on benching and stuff. What is the "bclk"?

[TehYoyo]

Nobody said anything about the motherboard. But at the same time, nobody said anything about the motherboard . When you mentioned "Overclock one piece at a time, stress test it" I immediately thought of motherboard, hahaha.

And, I'm outta the loop on benching and stuff. What is the "bclk"?

I'm guessing.... bridge clock? That would make the most sense to me, although it's not really adjusted in the processor...

[TehYoyo]

Using an Asus program but it gives me no data after a crash. Anyone have a good freebie they could recommend?
I have always just used what I had on hand and went with that but I need something a bit more robust.

Do you desire a program? Because Prime95 is pretty much the defacto standard. (Link)

Dunno if that's been posted already.

[CDsDontBurn]

Do you desire a program? Because Prime95 is pretty much the defacto standard. (Link

Dunno if that's been posted already.

didn't know there was a 64bit version of Prime95!

[TehYoyo]

didn't know there was a 64bit version of Prime95!

Hay hay! Learn something new everyday!

It makes sense I guess... most people OC'ing by now probably have 64-bit systems... although 64-bit for something as primitive as Prime95.... eh.

[That Guy]

Hay hay! Learn something new everyday!

It makes sense I guess... most people OC'ing by now probably have 64-bit systems... although 64-bit for something as primitive as Prime95.... eh.

Quoted b/c it rhymes :D

Personally, I'm using Prime95 32-bit (or at least, whatever was around a few years ago). I don't think it really matters. I'm not really benchmarking in Prime95.

[PP Mguire]

It doesn't matter. The point of the program for 99% of the people using it is stability. A 32bit program can address all the cores in todays modern systems when built specifically to address a load to each thread.

[ryandigweed]

I find FurMark to be a controversial. Not sure if it's because of everything I've read or if it's because of how I do testing.

What have you read about it?

[PP Mguire]

Furmark puts more of a load on graphics cards than a normal load. It can sometimes cause weak cards to go poof. The same can be said on some of these CPU stress programs though.

[CDsDontBurn]

Furmark puts more of a load on graphics cards than a normal load. It can sometimes cause weak cards to go poof. The same can be said on some of these CPU stress programs though.

And that's where I'm torn on this. I like to use FurMark because I want to ensure that the card is properly working and if it fails FurMark, then it won't continue any additional QA testing. But I've also read that FurMark will cause a good card's life span to be shortened as the stress on components caused by FurMark take their toll on the components and effectively reduces the card's lifespan. So, IDK. I'm personally torn on using FurMark because of this kind of stuff.

[PP Mguire]

For the card to have any damage to begin with it has to be defective or damaged really. The amount it may reduce lifespan is the same as regular gaming. These tests like Furmark are not meant to be left running in the least.