3DMark for overclocking test

[Kayn]

I forgot that when I got my MSI 7950 I got a free copy of the advanced edition of 3DMark and might as well put it to use. I know that its shameful that I haven't overclocked my GPU yet (don't judge me) since I have a 7950 (stock clock @960Mhz) but will 3DMark be a good tester/benchmarcher for overclocks so see any artifacts or see if the overclock is stable?

[Wats]

Yes it will be good, but not good enough. 

 

You should use your games and/or what ever you're doing to test stability along with all of the benchmarks you can find. All the benchmarks.

[Kayn]

Yes it will be good, but not good enough. 

 

You should use your games and/or what ever you're doing to test stability along with all of the benchmarks you can find. All the benchmarks.

Ok I have games to test the overclock (Crysis 3, BF3, Bioshock infinite) but what other benchmarking programs do you suggest?

[Bad2049]

Unigine Valley and Heaven. I always find my artifacts if I'm trying for higher OC's using these two applications.

[Wats]

Ok I have games to test the overclock (Crysis 3, BF3, Bioshock infinite) but what other benchmarking programs do you suggest?

Those games will be good. Along with what @Bad2049 suggested, Catzilla and 3DMark2013. ...and Youtube videos or movies. Crashes don't always occur at 99% load.

 

If you really want stable, F@H. But F@H will make babby overclocks fail sometimes sooo.... Keep in mind.

 

 

 

Something like Kombuster is only good for finding out if your heatsink can handle the maximum heat your card can output. Use with some caution.

[Kayn]

Those games will be good. Along with what @Bad2049 suggested, Catzilla and 3DMark2013. ...and Youtube videos or movies. Crashes don't always occur at 99% load.

 

If you really want stable, F@H. But F@H will make babby overclocks fail sometimes sooo.... Keep in mind.

 

 

 

Something like Kombuster is only good for finding out if your heatsink can handle the maximum heat your card can output. Use with some caution.

Great thanks but I'm not going for the highest clock speed that my card can go but something mild. Right now I have it 1000/1300 from 960/1250 and testing it out still.

[Wats]

Great thanks but I'm not going for the highest clock speed that my card can go but something mild. Right now I have it 1000/1300 from 960/1250 and testing it out still.

Pretty good. But make sure you're only messing with either core speed or memory when you make changes. Makes it a whole lot easier to figure out what caused a crash.

 

 

Edit:  leave memory at rated speeds while overclocking the core and leave core at rated speed while touching memory. Then combine.

[Kayn]

Pretty good. But make sure you're only messing with either core speed or memory when you make changes. Makes it a whole lot easier to figure out what caused a crash.

 

 

Edit:  leave memory at rated speeds while overclocking the core and leave core at rated speed while touching memory. Then combine.

Yup yup I did the core clock first and then messed with the memory clock.