Video Card stresstest?

[greyt_Autumn]

I'm looking to stresstest my video card I keep hanging in EAW, but not FS2004. EAW I can get about an hour in before I hang up. FS2004 will run overnight.

I wan tto stress my card as I just recieved a new case (winner of an Ultra Defender- not a bad case. All of my temps are down by 10C) So I want to pummel my X800XL refurb now just in case I need to RMA it as defective.

Thanks.

 

[jebo_4jc]

atitool - made specifically for testing and overclocking ati cards (use the "3d preview pane" or whatever it's called...this is a great way to heat up your GPU real quick).

rthdrbl - neat 3d test

3dmark 05

 

[MrGlobe]

Pretty much any newer game will have some kind of stress test. HL2 is a good example. I think that 3dmark would stress the system as a whole more than just the gfx card. ATI tool is a good idea.

MH

 

[greyt_Autumn]

I'll try ATITool. I've alrady got it installed to monitor GPU temps.

I thought that Empire At War would be less GPU stress, but apparantly not. I have not had a chance to play any games since moving everything to the new case. Maybe tonight.

 

[jebo_4jc]

RTS games like empire at war are very dependent upon the CPU and RAM, because it takes a lot of processing power to keep track of all the units on the screen and their attacks and etc.

3dmark does not stress the CPU much in the game tests because the AI and physics is all pre-calculated, only the CPU tests in 3dmark are dependent upon the CPU.

 

[Anti-Hero]

I'm having the same problems on my x800xl. Hangs in CS:S all the time, but runs fine in Oblivion Temps are a little high (about 90C underload) but then again it's summer and my room tends to be around 80F. We'll see how it works when I get my x1900xt on Thursday.