Games that test stability

new boy · 18 Jul 2015 at 10:53

I've always found Crysis 3 good at crashing what stress tests suggested is stable.

Unfortunately, it felt like a chore today to try and play an hour or so of it.

Any other good games out there that like to pray on slightly unstable systems?

savagesam117 · 18 Jul 2015 at 10:59

The witcher 3 is a tough one.
GTAV maybe?

new boy · 18 Jul 2015 at 12:07

Downloading witcher 3. I've been wanting to play it anyway.

Danny75 · 18 Jul 2015 at 12:09

new boy said:
Any other good games out there that like to pray on slightly unstable systems?

The Exorcist?

http://www.bigfishgames.com/games/5908/exorcist/

Don't have any games to suggest, but if you don't want to play stuff you don't like, just do H.264 video converting while you browse. That's a very good stability tester, as long as the CPU is worked 100% or close to it.

Tyrion2 · 18 Jul 2015 at 21:38

Danny75 said:
Don't have any games to suggest, but if you don't want to play stuff you don't like, just do H.264 video converting while you browse. That's a very good stability tester, as long as the CPU is worked 100% or close to it.

this....try encoding a video file with handbrake (most user friendly option) or megui. Encoding with either of these should work your cpu @ 100% or very close to it.

Digipact · 18 Jul 2015 at 23:32

I think GTAV does a fairly decent job at stressing your machine.

I have an i7 4790k and GTX 780ti and I'll hit around 60% CPU usage (no turbo) and probably hit 65-70c on my gpu with everything cranked up. (Air)

I haven't tried TW3 since I've got my new CPU so don't know how well it fairs.

lawrence281 · 18 Jul 2015 at 23:57

Far cry 4 on Ultra..? possibly Crisis