is 3dmark 11 a more realistic stability tester?

[OJay]

We all know torture testers like furmark/kombustor/occt gpu test are completely unrealistic and I've also read that in some instances gpus at stock settings will give errors with them. So in this case, what is a more 'real world' tester of stability (besides games ofc)? Is stability through a 30 mins loop in 3dmark good enough?

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Just game like you normally would. A two hour session of BF3 64 player multiplayer and call it good. My gtx 480 is at 99% gpu usage and 1400mb memory used during BF3 multiplayer. You can't stress my graphics card anymore than that

 

[Borealis7]

i use Skyrim but its hard to tell since that game artifacts on its own like crazy.

 

[Arkadrel]

furmark/kombustor/occt gpu test are completely unrealistic

plus their power/clock capped with drivers, ect = worthless testing tools.

 

[E6700]

use heaven.

 

[imaheadcase]

The other problem with benchmark programs, mostly 3dmark, is that they release drivers specifically for them. If they had any worth, they would not allow that imo.