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What do you use to test stability of your GPU?

keogh

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Howdy,

The search here shows a few people asking this question, but the topics swayed off topic and there was no definitive answer?

What do you use when overclocking your graphics card to test its stable? I mean running 3dmark is all good, but that only lasts a few minutes and you have to be around to start it up again. What can I use?

I'm clocking using ATItool which is pretty cool... and currently I am actually just leaving the "3d view" (the fuzzy looking cube thing) on ATItool running to test for stability cos it seems to build up some heat on the GPU so must be doing something?

What do you use? Everyone who has clocked their GPU must have used something? I just want to know what :)

Any help will be appreciated!

ta
 
I just start up an intensive game really, and perhaps have a 3rd party program like Everest keeping a log of temperatures. Play for an hour or so, if it doesn't crash then it's pretty stable.
 
are there any good desktop tools to use... dont like playing games to test, cos its bound to crash before I have saved and then I have lost my save :)
 
I usually use rivatuner's hardware monitoring to log and graph temps, then loop 3D Marks 06 a few times as I find this shows artifacts quite quickly - as a general (but by no means authoritative) rule if its going to crash/lockup it will show artifacts in 3D Marks 06 long before the clocks are high enough to cause lockups.
 
cool, I dont like the rivatuner interface at all, I really like the simplicity of ATItool... would you not recommend that?
 
ati tool when overclocking a lot, usually leave it running for around about 30 mins or if the overclock is big then i may leave it running for upto an hour
 
I have other issues now, I have never tried to clock my current GPU, I did my last 7800GTX OC using ATI Tool, and if I set Coolbits to manual overclock with the stock speeds, then clock it in ATI Tool it would keep that profile when I rebooted... not here it dont?

No matter what I try, after a reboot Im back to the stock speeds? Any ideas how I keep the settings? Even adjusting the speeds in NVIDIA COntrol Panel, it still goes back to stock on reboot?
 
figured it out now, the new NVIDIA control panel is so different... cant use ATItool though, as the settings dont save, but I suppose I can get the optimal clock speeds, and then apply that to the nvidia control panel!
 
keogh said:
figured it out now, the new NVIDIA control panel is so different... cant use ATItool though, as the settings dont save, but I suppose I can get the optimal clock speeds, and then apply that to the nvidia control panel!
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ATI tool does work with the 8800gtx, its what i use. you have to tick the box that asks you to load it at start up, (via the registry i think).
Have a look in the config or options area.
 
pegasus1 said:
ATI tool does work with the 8800gtx, its what i use. you have to tick the box that asks you to load it at start up, (via the registry i think).
Have a look in the config or options area.
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Doh, I clicked settings and ignored the drop down at the top, its on there :) Im actually do what I said above though, I trust setting it via the NVIDIA panel more, I just use ATITool to get my optimal settings.

cheers though!
 
keogh said:
Doh, I clicked settings and ignored the drop down at the top, its on there :) Im actually do what I said above though, I trust setting it via the NVIDIA panel more, I just use ATITool to get my optimal settings.

cheers though!
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I take it that you can adjust the clock speeds on the latest drivers, last drivers i tried (the ones before these latest official ones) it just froze or wouldnt even pass the test at stock..
 
Well I had that problem with my old 7800GTX, but I dont seem to have probs with this... actually thats a lie I do, but randomly.

you have to find the optimal speed first, then you can change the values yourself. Well sometimes if I click find optimal, it crashes and I will eventually get a BSOD and a reboot. Then the next time it will work? The optimal it finds is always too fast though, im at the peak no, cos 5mhz over on Core and Memory and I get crashes.

Ive been running the ATITool cube for 45mins now at 630MHz/2120MHz and it all seems ok. I wont know until I have run a few 3DMarks and played a few games though :)
 
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