What's a good program to test OC stability?

[xander5000]

 

[DAPUNISHER]

CPUburn will do it

 

[Jerboy]

SiSoft Sandra

 

[Strawberrymom]

Quake 3
MOHAA
3DMARK 2001

those are a couple

 

[WarCon]

I think Prime95 is still one of the best out there for ultimate stability. I run CPUBurn 4 at the same time to maximize heat. I have had it fail in Prime95, when CPUBurn wouldn't crash your system, which is how CPUBurn lets you know its not stable.

3DMARK is also good to test other factors. Your processor might be stable, but your high fsb is causing your video card to error condition. It tests for those kind of errors.

Funny thing, I get alot of I.E. errors when I am running on the edge of stability, so you might add that to the list.............. J/K

Memtest-86 is a good test for your memory.

 

[THUGSROOK]

for a gaming benchmark - X-Isle (opengl)

for an actual program - flask mpeg

 

[oldfart]

Prime95 is good for CPU and Ram testing. 3Dmark for Video card. CPUburn just heats up the CPU.

I also like Serious Sam. It will crash if there is the slightest hint of instability, UT also.

 

[JustStarting]

Runs Seti@home. It will keep your CPU usage @ 100%. If you pass that overnight you have a stable system. Go to the distributed computing page and check it out!!