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thegatekeeper   12-03-2007 at 12:02:54 AM

Can anyone suggest a good program to monitor my graphic card temperature with? Apart from nTune (which i read some very bad things about, like corrupting bios or killing hardware), i couldn't find a program that could do so.

Also, for stability testing, is it safe to simply run the graphic tests on 3dMark?

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hughyhunter   12-03-2007 at 12:05:25 AM
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If you really dont like NTUNE than get speedfan. It monitors everything and you can minimize it to the tray.

3dmark06 is the best for stability tests besides obviously NTUNE...

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charlesg99   12-11-2007 at 02:41:42 AM
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Orthos for stressing the cpu and memory, Rthdribl for your gpu. Two great stress tests: http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/
http://sp2004.fre3.com/

Rivatuner for watching your gpu temp: http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=rivatuner
To monitor your temp, on the main page of rivatuner, next to your card model click the small arrow next to "customize" and click on the last button (the magnifying glass)

Hope it helps

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Zorg   12-11-2007 at 03:06:50 AM
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With Riva you can also monitor your CPU core temps with the plugin.

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No1sFanboy   12-11-2007 at 04:57:22 PM
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ATItool

Stresses, scans for artifacts and displays temperature. Despite the name it is a good tool for Nvidia cards.

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Zorg   12-11-2007 at 05:08:29 PM
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Be aware both Rivatuner and ATItool can damage your card, be careful.

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jtt283   12-11-2007 at 05:38:21 PM
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ATItool won't work on my Diamond HD3870; installs but hangs on loading and/or displays garbage characters in the little info bubble when you mouse over the system tray icon, like "J.#". Have tried loading it twice. No other video drivers on my system.

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Zorg   12-12-2007 at 07:54:32 AM
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It probably needs an update. They will get to it sooner or later.

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No1sFanboy   12-12-2007 at 05:10:22 PM
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Zorg wrote :

Be aware both Rivatuner and ATItool can damage your card, be careful.



I've used and use both and have never damaged a card. How do they cause damage, over overclocking? You really should explain that more.

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m1ddy   12-12-2007 at 06:47:38 PM
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love the piccy NO1sFanboy :) Clarkson rocks! and so does the atom hes driving in that pic

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No1sFanboy   12-12-2007 at 10:27:45 PM
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Thx, living here in the colonies I have to resort to You-tube and torrents for my Top Gear. I always refer my two wheel loving friends to the Atom vs. bike race. And Clarkson, only he and my dog can make jowls flapping in the wind look like fun.

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ganpachi   12-13-2007 at 01:31:27 AM
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http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/ is a great GPU stress tester. It will crash a card if you got your settings too high for sure.

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Shadow703793   12-13-2007 at 02:25:22 AM
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^Not really. The ATiTool's "San For Artifacts" is able to heat up the GPU more than the Rthdribl .

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Zorg   12-13-2007 at 07:51:36 AM
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No1sFanboy wrote :

I've used and use both and have never damaged a card. How do they cause damage, over overclocking? You really should explain that more.

I'm no expert on this, so that's why I use caution when I use either. Mainly it is overclocking and stress testing that can fry them. Also the fan settings can stop the fans spinning which will also fry them. Apparently soft modding in Riva to unlock pipes can also damage the cards. This is a warning that comes up when you select the "Power User" tab in Riva, and I don't think they are joking.

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thegatekeeper   12-13-2007 at 02:09:45 PM
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It all depends on how you do it i guess, overclocking too much can damage your hardware no matter what you use. I never had any damage with NTune, but reading all the bad things about it made me uninstall it. I never messed with the power user tab, as I'm not that experienced, but its good for basic clock increase.

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