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Stability Test
- Thread starter nlel1975
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Sleeping dogs for memory, farcry 3 for core. Do not use vsync or fps limiters. Other options (which are not as good) are Unigine Heaven for core and 3DMark 2011 for memory. Nothing beats real world intensive game testing tbh.
Avoid things like Furmark, OCCT etc. Those things will put your expensive gpu in an early grave.
Unigine Heaven is a bit unreliable - unless its crashing entirely. You get some natural flashes/flickering and oddities that happen with it even on a 100% stable GPU and then you can get some on an unstable GPU that don't happen naturally but its really hard to tell which is which.
Two bumps of core voltage after unigine testing normally = stability for me in games.
I need some advice guys, I ran 3D Mark 11 Advanced edition in a loop test last night and it run OK for about 15 hours then crashed to an orange screen with lines running down it.
The PC was unresponsive so I had to hold the power button for 4 seconds in order to reboot it. This was at 1150/1600 its good in some way that 3D Mark 11 found this instability but I would like to know what I should do now.
Was thinking of knocking 100mhz off both core and memory clocks then trying again ie 1050/1500.
What do you advise.
The PC was unresponsive so I had to hold the power button for 4 seconds in order to reboot it. This was at 1150/1600 its good in some way that 3D Mark 11 found this instability but I would like to know what I should do now.
Was thinking of knocking 100mhz off both core and memory clocks then trying again ie 1050/1500.
What do you advise.
Knock 25mhz off the memory and re-test.
15 hours of 3DMark11...You have issues 
The most I have gamed at would be 10 hours straight (sad I know) and there would have been plenty of time for the GPU's to cool off in that (loading times). I wouldn't worry about a crash after 15 hours to be honest. If you are though, do what Matthew said and knock 25Mhz off the memory. I would also do the core if I was worried.
The most I have gamed at would be 10 hours straight (sad I know) and there would have been plenty of time for the GPU's to cool off in that (loading times). I wouldn't worry about a crash after 15 hours to be honest. If you are though, do what Matthew said and knock 25Mhz off the memory. I would also do the core if I was worried.
15 hours of 3DMark11...You have issues
The most I have gamed at would be 10 hours straight (sad I know) and there would have been plenty of time for the GPU's to cool off in that (loading times). I wouldn't worry about a crash after 15 hours to be honest. If you are though, do what Matthew said and knock 25Mhz off the memory. I would also do the core if I was worried.
Actually is was more like 12 hours... I have backed right down to 1100/1500 and will see if it goes for longer this time.
Crashing after 15 hours in 3DM11 I would class as rock solid stable!
I am a bit OCD about such things, I want it to run until I instruct it to stop not crash out after 12-15 hours leaving the PC unresponsive.
To me this is a sign of unstability and I am glad 3D Mark 11 found it in some ways.
You realise this is a far harder test for a PC than running Prime95
When I am benching I think its a major achievement to get the physics or combined tests to run for 12-15 seconds without BSODing let alone 12-15 hours.
Often if 3dmark11 freezes it has more to do with heat build up which after 12-15 hours is hardly a surprise.
I think your system is very stable and would say you should leave it as is.
I have been running it in a loop @ 1100/1500 since 11:30am this morning going to leave it running overnight should it continue to run between now and then and if it makes it until tomorrow morning then will consider it stable @ these settings.
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I have been running 3D Mark 11 @ 1100/1500 in a loop since 11:30am yesterday morning so about 23 hours and its rock solid stable ie still running.
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How do you loop Heaven as I don't have the Pro version and I doubt you paid $495 for it.
Would love to loop Heaven but can't
Just load it up and leave it
Ok I see you just load it up and let it run, and that puts enough strain on the GPU
Start the application, set the graphics settings to something like:
API = DirectX 11
Tessellation = Extreme
Shaders = High
Anisotropy = 16x
Stereo 3D = disabled
Multi monitor = disabled
Anti-aliasing = 4x
Full screen = enabled (yes)
Resolution = 1920x1080
Load Heaven 3.0 and leave it to loop around, don't need to benchmark it. Keep watching for artifacting for a loop or two then leave it for ages and see if it crashes or gets too hot.
Then as that will not be enough to clear it as stable, run an intensive game like Sleeping Dogs on max settings.
Agree on Rossi's thinking.
I have found I can get heaven stability quite quickly (Max all the settings) but usually need a couple of nudges on voltage to maintain it in games. The Sleeping Dogs benchmark (everything maxed out, hi-res pack) has become another test I do after heaven stability has been gained as I have failed this before when heaven has been stable. Run the benchmark a few times, do a 3d mark vantage and 11 and then game on.
I have found I can get heaven stability quite quickly (Max all the settings) but usually need a couple of nudges on voltage to maintain it in games. The Sleeping Dogs benchmark (everything maxed out, hi-res pack) has become another test I do after heaven stability has been gained as I have failed this before when heaven has been stable. Run the benchmark a few times, do a 3d mark vantage and 11 and then game on.