I was reading the website and is it just a program that trys to generate a prime # how is that a good benchmark/burn in program??? And do I need to be connected to the internet to properly benchmark/burn in my comp? And is there anything I need to set up or just install and run?
Help with prime95/gimp????
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WHat prime does is that it utilizes 100% of your spare cpu resources. Because almost anything outside of video editing only uses a scant % of the actual cpu resources a client such as prime/gimp...(or any distributing client such as SETI, SOB, DPAD, F@H, etc) is more of a benchmark of system stability. The cpu is running 100% efficiency 100% of the time (i.e. maxing it out). this is a true test for when ur oc/ing or trying to figure out general stability errors. i think memtest or aida32 are the memory ones (b/c when u o/c the memory is very involved as well)....well that is abot the jist of that..
and if u have a hyperthreading enabled P4...run 2 instances of the clients b/c otherwise only 50% strain will be placed on the system
[Edit] you shouldn't need to be connected out side of the first few minutes in case a value needs to be had from a server..
also i suggest running 3dmark'03 or '01 (ur choice) and systransoft sandra....burn in a system for a few hrs or a day. if ur system can do a full day w/out crashing (i.e. if prime errors out then ur systme isn;t all stable) u should be fine..
and if u have a hyperthreading enabled P4...run 2 instances of the clients b/c otherwise only 50% strain will be placed on the system
[Edit] you shouldn't need to be connected out side of the first few minutes in case a value needs to be had from a server..
also i suggest running 3dmark'03 or '01 (ur choice) and systransoft sandra....burn in a system for a few hrs or a day. if ur system can do a full day w/out crashing (i.e. if prime errors out then ur systme isn;t all stable) u should be fine..
My new comp has no cable goign into the ethernet jack.... I wanted to run everything downstairs and see if it's all good then bring it upstairs and hook it up to online and then do all the fun online things. I need to know if it will run w/o every being connected to the internet.
I think why its used is that it drops if it gets a rounding error in the FPU or even more serious error and its a complicated enough equation that it will really define the ragged edge of stability if used over time (6-12 hours). People see it fail any time in that range. If it fails immediately then it gives you the idea that you aren't close to your stability point so you can tune it down or turn up the voltage and run again.
I would personally couple into the stability test regime, memtest-86 (run in dos from disk) - this tests your memory subsytems very well, and looped 3DMark as this will test your video card (which may or may not be overclocked) and push the system (I run Prime95 at the same time to fill in any spare cycles the processor has) to get to near maximum thermal conditions that gaming can and does achieve.
Some games really test your video overclock and memory stability very well also.
And one of our other members finds that video encoding ( I think its DIVX he uses) will often times cause and error in a system that has pasted all the above tests.
I personally tend to find the ragged edge of stability where the above tests pass and then turn down all my overclocks (processor and video card) just a bit and then I only have to deal with software issues even on very warm days.
Edit: Yes the latest Prime95 even asks you if you are going to be just torture testing or not and in that mode you can just run the torture test and thats all you need to do.
I would personally couple into the stability test regime, memtest-86 (run in dos from disk) - this tests your memory subsytems very well, and looped 3DMark as this will test your video card (which may or may not be overclocked) and push the system (I run Prime95 at the same time to fill in any spare cycles the processor has) to get to near maximum thermal conditions that gaming can and does achieve.
Some games really test your video overclock and memory stability very well also.
And one of our other members finds that video encoding ( I think its DIVX he uses) will often times cause and error in a system that has pasted all the above tests.
I personally tend to find the ragged edge of stability where the above tests pass and then turn down all my overclocks (processor and video card) just a bit and then I only have to deal with software issues even on very warm days.
Edit: Yes the latest Prime95 even asks you if you are going to be just torture testing or not and in that mode you can just run the torture test and thats all you need to do.
I'm looking at the manual test results page and I'm a bit lost.... do I have to like register and log in and d/l an assignment or something?
If you are using Prime95 (which can be found here http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm ), then you just go to options and click on Torture test and that is all you need to run for stability checking.
Oh do you guys change the priority of prime when u loop it with 3dmark? i'm going to run 3dmark2k1 and prime together what should the priority be?
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