Prime95

King_Boru · 1 Feb 2006 at 22:13

Righty,

Got myself a Dual Core and want to test it before I go an overclock to make sure it is ok.

How do I run 2 instances of Prime95? I got 1 open and just hit torture test. Will this automatically run it on both cores?

Jokester · 1 Feb 2006 at 22:18

No, you need to install Prime twice to two seperate folders, and call them different names for the start bar. I found you couldn't do this with the latest version, so you might need to get a slightly older version.

Failing that, just use S&M gets the CPU a good few degrees hotter in my experience.

Jokester

Edit:- And it supports dual cores

King_Boru · 1 Feb 2006 at 22:20

S&M? Couldnt link it for me could you joke?

EDIT: dont really want to google that, might get some funny sites :S.

Jokester · 1 Feb 2006 at 22:24

King_Boru said:
S&M? Couldnt link it for me could you joke?

EDIT: dont really want to google that, might get some funny sites :S.

Try here.

Jokester

King_Boru · 1 Feb 2006 at 22:25

hehe,

cheers boss.

King_Boru · 1 Feb 2006 at 22:39

Thanks for the recomendation jokester. that little prggy works real well. stressing it as i type on both cores

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currently 36c load temps at stock so plenty headroom for some overclocking. Only running the fan at 1900rpm aswell

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Jokester · 1 Feb 2006 at 22:40

What chip is it?

Jokester

Vogon · 1 Feb 2006 at 22:42

Sorry to jump in, but is this as good as prime for stability testing ?

Jokester · 1 Feb 2006 at 22:50

I found it gives pretty much the same max stable overclock. Certainly S&M gets it to peak temperature within minutes and seems to keep it a good few degrees higher than Prime ever gets to.

Jokester

Vogon · 1 Feb 2006 at 22:55

cheers

King_Boru · 1 Feb 2006 at 22:56

Its only an X2 3800+ Jokester. Sitting comfortably at 220HTT now without any fuss or vcore bump. Will try for more over the weekend. Pretty sure 260HTT is reachable.

Its a 0601 VPMW stepping btw.

King.

sgoaty · 2 Feb 2006 at 21:53

Got to say I thought S&M was great untill just now I just did the 100% load test on my new 165 it got it nice and hot but the CPU passed. I Tried running SP2004 (prime95 code) and core 0 failed instantly I have upped the volts and its ok now but it surprised me that S&M missed it

Jokester · 2 Feb 2006 at 21:57

Checked your memory is 100% stable?

Jokester

sgoaty · 2 Feb 2006 at 21:59

I did the S&M RAM test too, Uping the vcore seemed to fix the problem so it couldnt be the ram could it?

Jokester · 2 Feb 2006 at 22:06

Good point, strange, how much further does it go before Prime fails?

Jokester

Vogon · 2 Feb 2006 at 22:15

Is prime version 238 the one you can rename to run 2 instances ?

Jokester · 2 Feb 2006 at 22:18

I found that 238 couldn't be installed twice, the one I got working was 2212.

Jokester

Vogon · 2 Feb 2006 at 22:53

Hmm can't find a download for that version ... I take it 2414 doesnt install twice ?

Jokester · 2 Feb 2006 at 23:07

Never tried that one, might be worth giving it a go.

Jokester

Vogon · 2 Feb 2006 at 23:13

Well I cant install it twice .. but copied the folder and renamed it and the exe, and have 2 icons in my tray ... cant test as I dont have dual core atm .. but now prepared (possibly

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*note ... just noticed it has an option to set affinity so should be good to go