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Testing an OC on a GPU

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Best way to test an OC on a GPU?

Would it be furmark for "x"mins
or a run through heaven? something like that? how do you do it? When my new case arrives (hopefully today) I will know what my temps are and can start OC'ing my GPU.
 
beany_bot said:
Best way to test an OC on a GPU?

Would it be furmark for "x"mins
or a run through heaven? something like that? how do you do it? When my new case arrives (hopefully today) I will know what my temps are and can start OC'ing my GPU.
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Heaven is a good bet. Get what you think is your max stable OC, run a few loops and if it all passes, game for a couple of hours. If it fails, knock a few Mhz off the Core of if you see snow/grey triangles, knock a few Mhz off the Memory OC.

No to Furmark.
 
Gregster said:
Heaven is a good bet. Get what you think is your max stable OC, run a few loops and if it all passes, game for a couple of hours. If it fails, knock a few Mhz off the Core of if you see snow/grey triangles, knock a few Mhz off the Memory OC.

No to Furmark.
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Never used heaven so what settings to go for? (I only have a 1080p 60Hz monitor)
 
Max it out.

If you have Sleeping Dogs, use it too, it's very demanding on the gpu.

If it doesn't pass multiple SD's BM runs, then it isn't game stable, it identifies oc stability nigh on perfectly for actual gaming on AMD gpu's.
 
Geeman1979 said:
Just test with the games you play, after all that's what you'll be running day to day.
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+1- I got my card stable in Heaven but it wasn't stable when running some games. It's a quick and easy stability test but you'll only find out if your overclock is truly stable if you can play the games you want without them crashing.
 
Geeman1979 said:
Just test with the games you play, after all that's what you'll be running day to day.
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+1


I used to use Heaven as a frame of reference but not any more.

Heaven is still stable on my w/c 980 with +270 on the core. Games instantly bork out and are stable at 230 ish. And that can vary from game to game.

I wouldn't use any benchmark as a test of stability these days.
 
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