any new artifact testing programs?

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Kaldskryke

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I'm not sure why but since switching to an HD4870 1GB, AtiTool runs extremely slowly and is unusable, especially since ending the program via Task Manager (since it's too slow to close normally) seems to consistently hard-lock my computer. So I'm looking for an alternative program to check for overclocking artifacts, since I don't really trust CCC's Ati Overdrive's 5 second test to be thorough.
 
Furmark, perhaps.
But it's also quite short.

I usually just run a bunch of 3dmark loops.
 
Furmark is probably one of the most stressful things you can run, but it doesn't 'detect' artifacts like ATITool did - you'll have to watch for them.

The good news about that is that because FurMark is so damned stressful to the GPU by using it as part of your overclock testing procedure you'll end up with a much more stable overclock.
 
Furmark is crazy.I just downloaded it 2 days ago and boy o boy.That thing really heats your gpu up like no other.Ati tool hasn't a shot against furmark when it comes to stressing the gpu.

You do have to watch for the artifacts since it does not detect them like ati tool.Did you try to uninstall and then reinstall ati tool? Maybe that will work for you
 
I tried Furmark a while ago and hated it, it hurt my eyes really bad watching it the whole time because it doesn't have it's own detection system. I wouldn't recommend it AT ALL unless you really want some terrible eye strain, and even then it's not guranteed you'll actually spot any yourself, but they might be there.

Also, unless you plan on running Furmark 24/7 there's no reason to use that as artifact detection anyway. Nothing will ever, ever stress you card that hard, there's just no reason too go by that, it's way overkill.
 
No reason to run ati tool then.I get artifacts in ati tool but I dont in cod waw or with furmark at the same clock speeds on my gpu.I dont know I am gonna say it is just gonna come down to personal preference.
I can get 804 core-2000 shader-1200 memory without artifacts in games and furmark but ati tool artifacts.
 
Bman123 said:
No reason to run ati tool then.I get artifacts in ati tool but I dont in cod waw or with furmark at the same clock speeds on my gpu.I dont know I am gonna say it is just gonna come down to personal preference.
I can get 804 core-2000 shader-1200 memory without artifacts in games and furmark but ati tool artifacts.
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I personally would back off those clocks a little. theres no point in putting your hardware right on the edge of stability and risking damaging it.
 
I left all the clocks at stock since I am not getting a big difference in my framerate at my low res.I just wanted to see what the card could do
 
Yeah I am just testing the card to see what it can do.The OC really makes no difference at my res so I am leaving it stock.I just wanted to see how far it can go
 
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