6800nu & ATI Tool Artifact Scanning

[1stPersonTooter]

How long should I let ATI Tool scan for artifacts.

 

[1stPersonTooter]

I've brought the core speed from 325 to 395 with no visual artifacts but the core temp climbs pretty high. I'm using stock cooling, where would be a good place to stop (Temp Wise)

 

[otispunkmeyer]

well 80 degrees is ok, but many will agree that 80+ is a bit too high.

grab your self a VF700 and some AS5. that combo dropped my temps on my 6800gt nearly 20 degrees!

i cant comment on how long you should leave the artifact tester though

 

[Elfear]

I usually let ATI Tool go for 20 minutes before I'm comfortable with gaming for 8+ hours at that level. I usually let it go for 5-10 minutes if I'm in the process of raising the clocks bit by bit. Then when i see artifacts I back it off 5-10MHz and retest for 20 minutes.

It's really up to you how long you let it run for. Most people agree that 8+ hours of Prime95 on the cpu is sufficient to test stability. I haven't seen any established time period for ocing the gpu though.