Funny alternative to prime 95 CPU testing?

[Avalon]

Just a couple days ago I was running my new XP-M 2600+ (mobile) chip, and after a mild overclock I decided to take a break and actually use my computer for a bit. I hopped onto this game called Runescape, which I'm sure some of you must have heard of (www.runescape.com). While playing, I still had speedfan (nifty voltage/fan/temp utility) running, and I looked at it before closing it. With runescape running, speedfan was telling me my CPU was running under 90-100% load. I closed speedfan, and continued to play runescape. In just a couple minutes, runescape crashed. I found this odd since when I had run prime 95 just a while ago, it too marked an error within a few minutes. I rebooted, upped my voltage slightly, and went back to playing the game. No troubles. Out of curiousity, I rebooted again, undervolted further than I was before, and tried playing runescape again. Crashed almost 15 seconds into playing it. I came to the conclusion that playing runescape is a much funner way to test your CPU than letting prime 95 take over your computer for hours on end

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: Avalon
Just a couple days ago I was running my new XP-M 2600+ (mobile) chip, and after a mild overclock I decided to take a break and actually use my computer for a bit. I hopped onto this game called Runescape, which I'm sure some of you must have heard of (www.runescape.com). While playing, I still had speedfan (nifty voltage/fan/temp utility) running, and I looked at it before closing it. With runescape running, speedfan was telling me my CPU was running under 90-100% load. I closed speedfan, and continued to play runescape. In just a couple minutes, runescape crashed. I found this odd since when I had run prime 95 just a while ago, it too marked an error within a few minutes. I rebooted, upped my voltage slightly, and went back to playing the game. No troubles. Out of curiousity, I rebooted again, undervolted further than I was before, and tried playing runescape again. Crashed almost 15 seconds into playing it. I came to the conclusion that playing runescape is a much funner way to test your CPU than letting prime 95 take over your computer for hours on end

Runescape is boring though. I picked up Rabbit Ears last year and you cant sell them.

I prefer Prime95 mixed with a few hours of doing nearly anything else.

 

[Avalon]

The only thing I can see myself enjoying while having prime 95 running is going outside

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

any program thats cpu intensive running on an unstable machine will crash. run anything you want, its just prime95 is better at doing so.

 

[Avalon]

Jeesh, you guys are no fun...
I was expecting much school girl giggling out of this post, but alas
I get refuted
I am fully aware that anything CPU intensive will crash
I just found it amusing that runescape was CPU intensive and served my purposes of prime 95ing, so to speak
just in case some of you out there enjoyed the game...

 

[THUGSROOK]

no ~ you are correct.

NFS Underground will tell me what i need to know in less then 30 mins.
NFS Underground can easily crash a system thats ONLY 5 hours P95 stable in less then 5 mins.
P95 doesnt test gaming

 

[myocardia]

Thugs, is NFS Underground any good? I've considered getting it, since I like NFS Porsche Unleashed so much. Is Underground better than Porsche Unleashed?

 

[THUGSROOK]

its kinda good.

its like "the fast and furious" in a video game.
you can slam into walls all day long, not very realistic on that end.

damn tough on my system tho

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Avalon
The only thing I can see myself enjoying while having prime 95 running is going outside

And what's so bad about going outside? Sounds like you need another hobby... like photography.

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: THUGSROOK
no ~ you are correct.

NFS Underground will tell me what i need to know in less then 30 mins.
NFS Underground can easily crash a system thats ONLY 5 hours P95 stable in less then 5 mins.
P95 doesnt test gaming

Its kinda the opposite on my machine. Prime can fail within 2 minutes at 210 fsb yet Ive ran NFSU, X2: The Threat and any other recent and heavy on the PC game and it wont crash.

But you are right... P95 doesnt test gaming.

 

[Somniferum]

Originally posted by: myocardia
Thugs, is NFS Underground any good? I've considered getting it, since I like NFS Porsche Unleashed so much. Is Underground better than Porsche Unleashed?

There's a playable demo for NFSU, you should check it out. Fileshack has it, among others. I'm a big fan of the game -- even though EA Games as a company really gets on my nerves.

If you do get NFSU, I'd recommend the Mazda Miata for most race types. At least until you unlock the Nissan Skyline .

 

[maluckey]

I run a few levels of Unreal Tournament 2004 with 20 or so bots in a large map, while running Prime95. If it makes it for an hour or so, I cal it good to go.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Somniferum

Originally posted by: myocardia
Thugs, is NFS Underground any good? I've considered getting it, since I like NFS Porsche Unleashed so much. Is Underground better than Porsche Unleashed?

There's a playable demo for NFSU, you should check it out. Fileshack has it, among others. I'm a big fan of the game -- even though EA Games as a company really gets on my nerves.

If you do get NFSU, I'd recommend the Mazda Miata for most race types. At least until you unlock the Nissan Skyline .

Thanks, Somniferum, as soon as broadband is available where I live (according to the phone company and the cable company, that date will be the day after hell freezes over), I'll download that.