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Comparing stress test to taking the new Camry to the track might not be fair comparison as, to my knowledge, graphics cards are designed to be able to perform under heavy load while Camry, as far as I know, aren't designed to be running in the track In my opinion, stress test would be more akin to inspecting a new house, buyer might be able to get by living with zero problem, but if there is to be some problem like insulation issues that would be a problem under abnormally extreme weather for example, then I believe discovering the issue early should be preferred

Hi, Recently one of my friend, "A", asked if he should do a stress test on his new graphic card even if he's not planning on overclocking I answered that stress testing is a good idea as that would let him know if the card has any abnormality running under heavy load so he can RMA right away, not to mention it would let him know his card's limit in case he want to extend the graphic card's lifespan in the future when the card gets old by overclocking instead of buying a new one. All these without any disadvantage other than the time it takes Another usually tech-savvy friend, "B", argued that stress testing is made specifically to stress the GPU to it's limit, normal gaming usage won't be the same so it's a bad way to test it and it's just a waste of time and money in doing so similar to throwing money into the ocean That's why I'd like PC enthusiasts to enlighten me if I miss something and whether or not my understanding is, like B said, incorrect so that I wouldn't give wrong advice to A if that is the case Thanks! P.S.: I posted this in General Discussion before but here I am posting in Graphics Card as there might be something more specific to graphics cards

Hi, Recently one of my friend, "A", asked if he should do a stress test on his new graphic card even if he's not planning on overclocking I answered that stress testing is a good idea as that would let him know if the card has any abnormality running under heavy load so he can RMA right away, not to mention it would let him know his card's limit in case he want to extend the graphic card's lifespan in the future when the card gets old by overclocking instead of buying a new one. All these without any disadvantage other than the time it takes Another usually tech-savvy friend, "B", argued that stress testing is made specifically to stress the GPU to it's limit, normal gaming usage won't be the same so it's a bad way to test it and it's just a waste of time and money in doing so similar to throwing money into the ocean That's why I'd like PC enthusiasts to enlighten me if I miss something and whether or not my understanding is, like B said, incorrect so that I wouldn't give wrong advice to A if that is the case Thanks!

I'm using R9 290x ref. and I'd love to upgrade to Polaris mainly because of HEVC support. I love to record and make videos and I think HEVC could help me doing it faster and more efficienly.

I'd love to try out recording software other than free MSI Afterburner I currently using.

Thanks to Intel for this giveaway. I would love to get one of this fit-in-the-pocket PC.

I found LinusTechTip from suggsted videos from YouTube while viewing video describing about how RAM work. And I love these kind of videos. I'd be good if there will be more of these in the future.