prime 95

Lakeland · 26 Jan 2006 at 13:27

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Prime95_d4363.html

i cant get the link to work off the guide will this work fine?

wish my computer luck, i rekon its about to get fried

GuruJockStrap · 26 Jan 2006 at 13:41

Use this instead:

http://sp2004.fre3.com/

SP2004 is a lot more easier to use and more informative when errors occur.

You can also run 2 instances of the program by double clicking on the .exe again.

With Prime95, you have to do a shortcut hack or 2.

Lakeland · 26 Jan 2006 at 13:49

cheers. ill post up again later tonight with results or problems

monkeypants · 26 Jan 2006 at 14:02

GuruJockStrap said:
http://sp2004.fre3.com/

Ace! Now I'll be able to see what's stopping me get to 4Ghz.

Should I be running both Small FFTs, Large FFTs or one of each on my P4 630?

mmj_uk · 26 Jan 2006 at 18:36

GuruJockStrap said:
Use this instead:

http://sp2004.fre3.com/

SP2004 is a lot more easier to use and more informative when errors occur.

You can also run 2 instances of the program by double clicking on the .exe again.

With Prime95, you have to do a shortcut hack or 2.

it is also based on Prime95 version 23 which is not optimised for K7 architecture!!

Prime95 V24 is what you want.

brocksta · 26 Jan 2006 at 19:58

k7 architecture = socket A doesnt it?

ReeMISM · 26 Jan 2006 at 20:40

mmj_uk said:
it is also based on Prime95 version 23 which is not optimised for K7 architecture!!

Prime95 V24 is what you want.

I have tested them both on my machine and both worked equally well.

mmj_uk · 26 Jan 2006 at 21:31

brocksta said:
k7 architecture = socket A doesnt it?

sorry i meant K8 (Athlon 64 architecture).

Prime95 version 23 (which SP2004 is based on) is not optimized for K8 architecture and therefore is not as effective as the latest Prime95 version 24 at stressing K8 chips = fact.

brocksta · 26 Jan 2006 at 22:09

mmj_uk said:
sorry i meant K8 (Athlon 64 architecture).

Prime95 version 23 (which SP2004 is based on) is not optimized for K8 architecture and therefore is not as effective as the latest Prime95 version 24 at stressing K8 chips = fact.

cheers for the heads up mate, just noticed im running v23.8

looks like im gunna have to re-test my oc then

could there be a possibility my version is failing when it shouldn't? i damn hope so

w3bbo · 27 Jan 2006 at 06:57

More likely its NOT failing when it should

Jeff Crawly · 27 Jan 2006 at 12:42

Prime's pants!!

I have had many rigs pass 12h+ Primes yet fall over within an hour or so in S&M (which gets the CPU at least 5C's hotter than prime does)

S&M > Prime

Legless · 27 Jan 2006 at 22:47

Where abouts can i get hold of S&M, been using prime95, would be nice to try something new...

robmac · 27 Jan 2006 at 22:54

google is your friend

ReeMISM · 28 Jan 2006 at 00:13

Legless said:
Where abouts can i get hold of S&M, been using prime95, would be nice to try something new...

Here you go mate click me just scroll down the list to s&m

Legless · 28 Jan 2006 at 00:21

Thanks for the link m8...

ReeMISM · 28 Jan 2006 at 09:48

Your welcome

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Overlag · 28 Jan 2006 at 14:52

robmac said:
google is your friend

yes but searching for S&M on google might throw up some interesting results that will get you dumped by your wife/girlfriend

YooEntSinMeROYT · 29 Jan 2006 at 03:07

I've found S&M doesn't seem to agree with having 2gb RAM.

Stress Prime works fine for me, along with multiple passes of memtest from within my BIOS.

Mundu · 29 Jan 2006 at 03:14

YooEntSinMeROYT said:
I've found S&M doesn't seem to agree with having 2gb RAM.

Stress Prime works fine for me, along with multiple passes of memtest from within my BIOS.

Seems fine with 2GB here. S&M and OCCT come highly reccomended and great if you don't have the night to run prime95. I usually run all 3 to make sure everything is stable.

chopchop · 29 Jan 2006 at 09:53

run p95 to get your max stable, then run toast, which will heat it up even more... if it fails then, it usually means the cpu doesnt like to reach the temperature it reaches.
so you either cool it better or slow it down so it doesnt reach high temps.

btw when i used that s&m, i got no errors, when p95 would fail after 15hrs...