Overclocking help, I'd like to do this right the first time. :)

[philodox]

Ok, So I read the Sticky on benchmarking utilities and am slightly overwhelmed...

3DMark01, 3DMark03, 3DMark05, 3DMark06, Aquamark 3, PCMark05, PCMark04, SiSoft Sandra 2005, Super Pi, SP2004, Prime95

...seems a little excessive for finding out if my computer is stable and comparing it's speed to everything else out there. It also seems that many of these applications cost money, so some idea of the important ones would be nice so that I'm not wasting too much.

Basically what I am looking for is some sort of package deal that will cover all my bases. I mean, do I need 01/03/05? It is 2006... will the newer version of the tests be sufficient?

I just finished upgrading my video card and monitor. Got one of those 20.1" Dell widescreens from the Canadian '14 days of deals' sale and picked up a Sapphire Radeon X1900GT. I am loving it. Moving from a turbocached GeForce 6200 and 17" Samsung CRT to this was HUGE. However, over the next little while I will be tweaking my windows install, playing with some video settings and perhaps overclocking it just a tad. I'd like something that would show me the performance gains as well as something to ensure that my computer is still stable.

As for the overclocking itself, I will do my own research on that one and hopefully won't have to ask too many questions.

Thanks in advance,

Jason

 

[Chernobyl1]

sorry, what was the question?

you asked "do I need 01/03/05?"
what does that mean?

 

[philodox]

sorry, what was the question?

I think it was pretty clear, but I basically want to know which of the tools I listed I should bother with.

you asked "do I need 01/03/05?"
what does that mean?

The various versions of some of the pieces of software. ie. 3DMark01, 3DMark03, 3DMark05, 3DMark06

 

[hartman]

Download Prime95, run it for a couple hours, and be done with it. You're overthinking this.

 

[rysher]

get:
3dmark06
and
superpi
these two cover pretty much ur bases, except if u want how fast ur hdd is, etc...
3dmark06 for gpu and superpi for the computing power of the cpu.

 

[philodox]

Thanks a bunch guys, that is exactly what I was looking for. I'll pick up Prime95 to do my stability tests and 3dMark06 & superpi if I feel like figuring out where I rank amongst the masses.

Thanks again!

- Jason

 

[rysher]

btw, use the free version of 3dmark06 so u wont spend a thing.

 

[AMDXP]

i did it again darnit lol


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