What's a good test for stability?

[TheFro]

I installed a new heatsink on my GeForce2 card and wanted to test stability over a long duration. What's a good program/method to do this? I've tried to use the demo mode on 3DMark pro, but after a couple of hours I come back to the computer and it's just at the desktop so I have no clue how long it took or anything. Just so you know, I'm running Windows 2000.

 

[DeeK]

At least one of the newer games should have some sort of continuous run function, but I don't know. The newest that I know of is Quake2 with 3Fingers' Massive1 and Crusher demos that you can find here.

 

[RoboTECH]

test 3dMark2000 @ 1600x1200x32 (or 1280x1024x32 if you have a 32MB), and check the box in demo mode that says &quot;loop&quot;, q3 demo loop from the Upset Chaps Q3 guide, Evolva bumpmapping benchmark, Unreal Tournament (from console - timedemo 1<enter>start cityintro<enter>), Merecedes Benz Truck Racing is VERY stressful, but I'm not sure about looping functions...