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Best way to stress a 6800GT?

Soldato
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Picked up a 6800GT from the clearance section and I'm wondering what the best 3dmark release is to stress the card. Plus any other programs to test that the card is ok.

Thanks. :)
 
Cairnsey said:
IIRC 05 is the most GPU intensive
Unfortunately, that's incorrect.

While 3D Mark 06 is more CPU dependant for the score through the way it calculates it, it's still a lot more intensive on the GPU than 3D Mark 05 is because, assuming we're talking about the free versions, a.) 05 runs in 1024 and 06 runs in 1280, and b.) 06 uses shader model 3 effects (such as HDR lighting) in pretty much every game test where available.
 
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