GPU OC torture test

[bennyino]

Hello everyone!

the title is preety self explanatory, what should i use to stress test a gpu overclock?

thank you and i hope this helps other newbs like me

[Duffman]

"Fur Marks" a good GPU stress tester.

LINK

www.majorgeeks.com/FurMark_d4183.html

[bennyino]

thank you, i will try it

[Helltech]

Furmark and OCCT.

[bennyino]

Running furmark as we speak :) i will try games later to see if it's trully stable, om just running the 1080p 15min burn test, should i run it longer?

[bennyino]

i ran furmark and it didn't crash, launched css and it crashed as soon as i joined a game am i testing it wrong?

[fishymamba]

No, furmark is really bad for testing over clocks. Try 3D Mark or Unigine Heaven

3DMark: http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark

Heaven: http://unigine.com/products/heaven/

Heaven starts up faster, so it is better in my opinion. But run 3DMark a couple of times to be sure.

Furmark is very inconsistent, it is best for checking how hot your GPU can get.

[mgsstar]

Furmark can damage your GPU because the temperature can spike and overheat your GPU in an instant. The test is more like a worse case scenario kind of thing and to test it if it can handle it and finding out the maximum power consumption. I would use 3DMark and Heaven like fishymamba said.

[bennyino]

i ran an oc on both furmark and 3d mark11 and it completed it just fine but launched css and crashed. the temperature didn't spike, i got 70ºC on my hd7770 oc edition from saphire which is just 6ºC more than when running 3d mark. i'll try unigine later today

[Wats]

3DMark 11 and Unigine are too soft. Run it through 3DMark (Just 3DMark) at least 3 times.

[bennyino]

i ran through unigine, css and crysis 3 beta and it hasn't crashed. is that the new one that come out like 3 days ago? i was having some issues with that, couldn't start it sometimes, midway crash at stock, didn't show results...