Stress Test that can detect OC Failure?

no it gives you a score based on your hardwarfe performance

It may. If you see artifacts on the screens that shouldn't be there, your o/c of the video card may be unstable. You can back off your o/c & if the artifacts disappear, your o/c may be stable. Run it in a loop for 8 hours.

If you d/l ATi Tool or are already using it, it scans for artifacts. Run that for 10 -20 mins if it says no errors your laughing   . 3D Mark is ok for checking gfx o/c if it won't run you've got a bad overclock but it is more of a general benchmark prog than a stability test. Plus tiz massive d/l for those of us not on uber BB.

Hi Alky1

ATI tray tools is a good egg. It has a built in rending loop to automatically detect rendering artifacts which is very useful to check OC stability:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/atitraytools/189/


It's a very stable program and runs under Windows XP x64 as well!! I like the way it can constantly print my current frame rate in the top right of the screen while gaming (really useful).

I apologise if you have an Nvidia card... Uhm no I don't!! You should really have said what card you are working with...!!

Bob

i heard u can use ati tool with nvidia cards as well.

Yea I play around with it on my 7600 GT AGP to learn it before trying it on my main system. Still learning that and RivaTuner.

For GFX tests I just use like a Far Cry or HL2 Demo and loop it. I've also used Lost Planet PC Test to test tangible frame rate benefits.

If something doesn't look right, it's an artifact.