EVGA Nerfs FurMark?

[Nardella]

So, I just got off the phone with EVGA Tech Support because I was trying to use FurMark as a stress test for my GTX 660 FTW. Turns out, when FurMark is running the GPU clock is throttled to below the base clock to prevent damage. Is this true for all Nvidia cards? If so what should I be using as a GPU stress test. The person I spoke with recommended 3DMark.

[samcool55]

I don't think this is true HOWEVER i agree with what they do, sort of.

Furmark does stress out a gpu much more than a game ever will, it's an insanely heavy workload for a GPU.

 

3DMark is indeed a better option, the load on the gpu it produces is similar to a game.

[3 Lions]

I'd use Unigine Superposition instead. 

 

https://benchmark.unigine.com/superposition 

[Sakkura]

This is standard for Nvidia cards AFAIK.

 

Furmark is pretty useless anyway. 3DMark is one alternative, Unigine Valley is another.

[i_build_nanosuits]

FurMark should be banned from the internet all togheter, you should never run that piece of garbage.

[Glenwing]

2 hours ago, Nardella said:

So, I just got off the phone with EVGA Tech Support because I was trying to use FurMark as a stress test for my GTX 660 FTW. Turns out, when FurMark is running the GPU clock is throttled to below the base clock to prevent damage. Is this true for all Nvidia cards? If so what should I be using as a GPU stress test. The person I spoke with recommended 3DMark.

Both NVIDIA and AMD drivers are programmed specifically to detect the Furmark exe and throttle down regardless of power or temperature.