Erm how do i know when orthos fails??

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ConTRo13R

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using orthos for the first time and dont know how i know when it fails! if i click somewhere when it is running it will come up with something like like warning affinity mask something or other, some cores will also run a lot slower than others and stuff, does this mean its failing, unsatble?
 
It says 'STOPPED' in a big red box, the box that is green when it's running.

You'll know when it has failed! :)
 
so even though some cores run slower than others then its still fine and stable? i just usually benchmark with 3d mark 06 n all is hunky dorey for me, but since i got mself a 680 chipset things havent quite been so dandy
 
If you don't yet know how it fails, then it hasn't failed ;)

You'll know!
 
What cpu are you testing, the the quad in your sig ?

Afaik Orthos is only programmed to run a max of two threads depending on if your CPU is single or dual core.

Your best bet for stressing a quad would be Prime95.
 
Bizarre said:
What cpu are you testing, the the quad in your sig ?

Afaik Orthos is only programmed to run a max of two threads depending on if your CPU is single or dual core.

Your best bet for stressing a quad would be Prime95.
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say what now?

I think you've got that the wrong way round ;)
 
This is normally another good indication too

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orthos can only test 2 cores at a time but you can run 2 orthos programs and you supose to do something in task manager to let it test 2 cores each in a quad core, but a prime 95 will be less hassle and test all 4 cores at the same time.
 
all you gotta do is open two instances of orthos and set the affinitys of both programs to core 0 &1 and the second instance to core 2 & 3.

And yea its my quad that im testing, at 3.12 and stable so far yaya
 
OK, that's probably why you're getting the "warning: affinity mask: process" message, apparently it's normal when running two instances of Orthos.

Out of interest, what's the cpu usage on core 3 and 4, are they both at 100% ?

Tbh I'd just run the latest version of Prime 95, but I guess it's a case of horse for course and all that.

Anyway, goodluck on achieving you desired clocks. :)
 
100% on all cores, though i have seen fluctuations down to 99% n 98% only once or twice and not longer than a second though, prime 95 i will need to run 4 instances though wouldnt i?

i will ceratainly look into it though as 4 seperate instances for 4 seperate cores does sound logically better!
 
The latest version of prime automatically tests all 4 cores, but since orthos is already doing the same then I'd atleast finish your current run of using that.
 
Major failure will result in PC crashing or hanging requiring a restart.
Minor failure will result in the program stopping and flashing red as well as flashing the LED's on your keyboard.
 
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