Best overclocking stress test program?

[Corporate Thug]

Any free programs worthwhile?

 

[VirtualLarry]

OCCT

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

IntelBurnTest is the best one right now.

EDIT:
Ah, crap. Assumed I was on CPUs and overclocking. For GPUs I'd recommend either FurMark or the GPU client of Folding@home.

 

[Corporate Thug]

These are video card OCing programs? I thought OCCT was for CPU. Never used intel burn test.

 

[Fx1]

Any free programs worthwhile?

Crysis 3 on 8xAA

 

[tweakboy]

Nah thats not real world. Who cares about that. You want to know your stable go play a fun game of BF3 or BO3 or COD or Crysis 3 or Mass 3........ Play for 4 hours straight or make sure the game is on. Then if after 4 hours nothing crashes. YOUR STABLE! Why abuse your CPU to 100 percent like that. In real world you will never get a 100 percent cpu load unless you render a video. In games youll get 50 percent at the most LOL ,,,,,,,

 

[Corporate Thug]

Crysis 3 on 8xAA

hard to use a game that's not out as a stress tester. Also, I want a program so I can run a loop while away from the computer.

 

[MadScientist]

For GPUs I use Furmark. http://www.techspot.com/downloads/5462-furmark.html

There's also MSI Kombuster, included in the MSI Afterburner download. http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

 

[Fx1]

hard to use a game that's not out as a stress tester. Also, I want a program so I can run a loop while away from the computer.

why do u want to stres test a GPU. they artefact right away when unstable.

 

[spinejam]

Free -- Heaven 3.0 (just ran this loop for 60 minutes earlier today - w/ max settings)



Uploaded with ImageShack.us


Playing FarCry 3 really loads her good too!



Uploaded with ImageShack.us

 

[MrK6]

Play a game and use your own eyes as well as an FPS graph. Modern GPUs are too advanced for most stress test programs and will either damage your hardware (like Furmark) or not test thoroughly (like artifact scanners).

 

[VirtualLarry]

Play a game and use your own eyes as well as an FPS graph. Modern GPUs are too advancedunder-engineered for most stress test programs and will either damage your hardware (like Furmark) or not test thoroughly (like artifact scanners).

Fixed that for you. If software code running on a system can physically damage it (just by running normal code, not by tweaking hardware controls like voltage), then that hardware is defective by design. Period.

 

[Marty502]

Furmark can be dangerous if you're dumb enough to do a Torture Test (or whatever it was called, Burn or Xtreme or something I think it was) with untested GPU and memory speeds on your video card.

Common sense. If you know you're pushing hard, downclock a bit and then run the test. And if successful, push harder. Not the other way around.

 

[MrK6]

Fixed that for you. If software code running on a system can physically damage it (just by running normal code, not by tweaking hardware controls like voltage), then that hardware is defective by design. Period.

You should learn more about engineering before you post something like that. That statement just says a lot about your ignorance, which I doubt is your intention.

 

[VirtualLarry]

You should learn more about engineering before you post something like that. That statement just says a lot about your ignorance, which I doubt is your intention.

There are "engineering tolerances" built into everything. CPUs have extra tolerance, hence that you can even overclock them, and still run "power virus"-type programs, and the chip doesn't crash or burn up.

Take GPUs, on the other hand. They cannot do the same. They have negative engineering margin. (In most cases, they are engineered for "average load", and not maximum load.)

 

[Zanovar]

Loop heaven max settings for an hour or two,some heavy gaming,battlefild 3 crysis 2,far cry 3.maybe a few runs of 3d mark 11.take it from there.Good enough for me anyways.

 

[MadScientist]

If Furmark or MSI's Komblaster (Furmark based) scare you, personally I have never had a problem with either, then as stated, try Heaven or 3DMark11 (free version), and with any overclock common sense.
http://unigine.com/products/heaven/
http://www.3dmark.com/3dmark11/download/

For overclocking programs and monitoring try MSI Afterburner, EVGA Precision, or Asus GPU Tweak; and GPU-Z.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/MSI_Afterburner_d6254.html
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/5348-evga-precision-x.html
http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?p=9&m=GPU+Tweak&hashedid=n%2fa
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/

If you Google "graphic video overclocking guides" you will get multiple hits.
This one uses Asus GPU Tweak + Furmark: http://rog.asus.com/96782012/graphics-cards-2/a-simple-guide-to-overclocking-your-graphics-card-with-gpu-tweak/
This one, a guide on how to use Asus GPU Tweak, uses Heaven: http://rog.asus.com/46192012/graphics-cards-2/videos-how-to-use-gpu-tweak/

 

[Nintendesert]

I really don't see the point in doing this.

 

[Zanovar]

I really don't see the point in doing this.

Im taking a wild guess here,i think hes gonna overclock and wants to test wether its stable?

 

[nextJin]

lol dont use furmark or kombuster, they are trash and irrelevant. The best they can do is test your cooling and thats it.

If you are looking for free then you need to look at each companies tech demos.

AMD Leo or Nvidias fairy (or w/e its called)

Heaven does an ok job but frankly it does not suffice.

For games:

Witcher 2
FarCry 3

You want to find things that stress all aspects of the card, I can run BF3 at 1250/1700 all day on my crossfire 7970s. I can't do that on the things I listed other than Heaven. I have to drop Farcry 3 down to 1050 for instance.

 

[MadScientist]

I really don't see the point in doing this.

We have the technology. We can make it better, faster!!!

Heaven does an ok job but frankly it does not suffice.

For games:

Witcher 2
FarCry 3

Another good viable option. I have FarCry3. I'll set my oc with Heaven and see how FarCry3 runs.

 

[amenx]

Stopped using stress programs like furmark and OCCT for GPU ages ago. Though do occasionally use heaven 3 for that purpose. I facepalm when I see folks stress testing with furmark for 10-12 hours thinking its similar to how its done on CPUs.

 

[Nintendesert]

Im taking a wild guess here,i think hes gonna overclock and wants to test wether its stable?

Yeah but it's not like CPU testing.

 

[Zanovar]

Yeah but it's not like CPU testing.

Hmm,not understanding what youre trying to say?,up the clocks and hope?please clarify.

 

[Nintendesert]

Hmm,not understanding what youre trying to say?,up the clocks and hope?please clarify.

The errors displayed in GPU overclocking problems are self evident while playing the game. That and not all games even respond to overclocking the same. Some are stable while others will artifact and crash. Not only that but some of these ridiculous stress testing tools are capable of destroying some graphics cards.

You watch your temperatures etc. and make adjustments based on what you're seeing while you play.

If you want to risk your card to see if its stable at that one graphics test then have at it. But just because it's stable and artifact free running that one test doesn't mean it's stable and ok running other graphics programs. I don't see any benefit in risking your expensive hardware on a test that can't really tell you if it's stable in the games you play anyways.