Your requirement for overclock stability?

[LordBritish]

What's your requirement for video card overclocking stability?

Mine is pretty simply and stringent - 3 hours using ATItool artifact testing with NO errors.

Is that a pretty good stability test?

 

[jakescakes]

Try using Rivatuner as well, also play a game for 20-30 min to see if it freezes.

 

[Hagrid]

I say play some games, hellgate, cod4, crysis, etc for an hr or so.

 

[Forceman]

AtiTool should find errors in less than 3 hours. If I can go 15 or 20 minutes I consider that fine. Once the card reaches its stable temps without error it should be fine. But even with overclocks that cause artifacts on AtiTool, games still work without apparent defect, so I'd say play some games and see if anything happens.

 

[0ptional]

I've had overclocks that were prime stable for 24 hours and could loop 3dmark06 forever if it had to, but about 10 minute into crysis would give artifacts and errors, so if crysis is good, my system is good.

 

[LordBritish]

AtiTool should find errors in less than 3 hours.

I've seen AtiTool give errors after around 2 hours of artifact testing in the past.

At that point I would consider the video overclock unstable and lower the speed.

That's why 3 hours is my min.

 

[cantankerous]

My card would error anytime around the 4h mark on numerous occasions. I lowered my clocks and tested again for 11h+. Now I am satisfied