[Stress test for] GPU?

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[Stress test for] GPU?

Post by lethul » Tue May 27, 2008 4:04 pm

I used Everest to stresstest my CPU/memory/hd. But i didn't find any way to stresstest my GPU. Soon i will be reciveing my accelero S2 and i wanna stresstest my GPU before and after install to take note of temps. Anyone know a program i could use?

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Post by porkchop » Tue May 27, 2008 5:24 pm

i use the newest beta version of atitool(despite the name, nvidia cards are supported too)- a great little program that gives you full access to your video card.

click on the artifact scan to stress- it actually loads the gpu more than most games do :wink:

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Post by tehfire » Tue May 27, 2008 6:19 pm

+1 for AtiTool

Have been using it for years (On my old 9800PRO) and the newest beta works on my 8800GTS 512.

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Post by tehcrazybob » Tue May 27, 2008 6:52 pm

I've always been a big fan of RTHDRIBL, but ATiTool is a perfectly suitable choice as well.

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Post by lethul » Wed May 28, 2008 1:38 am

ATi Tool 0.27 b2 <-- newest version? :)

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Post by FartingBob » Wed May 28, 2008 1:47 pm

ATItool is good in that it stresses your system and shows temps and any errors.
However, i get higher temps when i stress with the nVidia program 'GeoForms'. Its basically just like a very stressful screensaver, put it on fullscreen max settings and it can heat my card up 5 or 6c more than ATITool.

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Post by sjoukew » Wed May 28, 2008 2:00 pm

I sometimes use 3dmark 03 and 05 and let it run for a while in loop mode :)
If the hardware survives it I think it is OK. But there is nothing wrong with the above mentioned :)

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Post by spookmineer » Wed May 28, 2008 2:22 pm

3DMark or even looped demos in games will do the real life trick.

If you have an nVidia 8800 card, the most stressing program is the smoke demo: box of smoke

Using the hardware monitor in RivaTuner (which will show you the temps of a few minutes back too) this demo reaches the highest temps by far. 3DMark has some down time as well (when loading a new test) which will let the GPU cool off a bit.

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Post by burebista » Wed May 28, 2008 11:24 pm

FUR test from GPU Caps Viewer.
Run it at your monitor resolution and max. MSAA and it will heat up your GPU like no tommorow. :)

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Post by lm » Thu May 29, 2008 12:36 am

Atitool 0.26 with my Asus 8800GTS 512MB creates a loud ringing whine from my computer, wtf?

My computer is meoowing at me like this: "iiiiieoooooeiiiiieooooeiiiieooooo" from inside the case somewhere.

This when the hairy box on the atitool spins.

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Post by Elvellon » Thu May 29, 2008 12:51 am

That's the dreaded coil whine. While you're gaming, it is less loud, less regular and more masked by fans ramping up.

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Post by Gillian Seed » Thu May 29, 2008 1:49 pm

mariosimas wrote:I use this one: http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/
It sure looks a lot nicer than atitool, but I found it doesn't load the card as much as atitool.

I was testing a suspect X1950 Pro, that would repeatedly crashed after long sessions of test drive unlimited or CoD4. The same card would run rthdribl indefinitely, but could only run atitool for a number of seconds.

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Post by lethul » Thu May 29, 2008 2:17 pm

Good news for me :)

On my x1650 XT, tested with the ATi Tool test:

Stock:
Idle: 52 C
Load: 71 C
Delta: 19 C

Accelero S2:
Idle: 45 C
Load: 57 C
Delta: 12 C

This is without a fan on the Accelero. Just case fans. Im more than happy :)

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Post by lemmy » Thu May 29, 2008 8:57 pm

lethul wrote:Good news for me :)

On my x1650 XT, tested with the ATi Tool test:

Stock:
Idle: 52 C
Load: 71 C
Delta: 19 C

Accelero S2:
Idle: 45 C
Load: 57 C
Delta: 12 C

This is without a fan on the Accelero. Just case fans. Im more than happy :)
Nice information - that's quite a change.

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Post by Modo » Thu May 29, 2008 9:20 pm

lm wrote:Atitool 0.26 with my Asus 8800GTS 512MB creates a loud ringing whine from my computer, wtf?

My computer is meoowing at me like this: "iiiiieoooooeiiiiieooooeiiiieooooo" from inside the case somewhere.

This when the hairy box on the atitool spins.
This is called coil whine, and it's a known problem, especially at higher frame rates. Turning vertical sync (VSync) on in the graphics card drivers usually helps a little, but probably won't make it go away completely.
Gillian Seed wrote:
mariosimas wrote:I use this one: http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/
It sure looks a lot nicer than atitool, but I found it doesn't load the card as much as atitool.
You can do that by using a higher resolution (i.e. full screen or close to it), and maxing out all effect options. This can be set permanently in rthdribl.ini.

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Post by dragonfire » Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:26 pm

IN case this interests anyone:

I installed ATI Tool to stress test a new ASUS HD4850. It worked fine for a day, then broke. It would start up in the tray, but would use 100% of one CPU core and would never load the actual control window.

I found after significant grief that exiting the Catalyst Control Center (the ATI logo next to the clock) solved the problem.

Hope this saves someone some trouble.

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