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[Crazy Homeless Guy]

Have you used Stress Prime? http://sp2004.fre3.com/download.htm

 

Its a simple but a good way to stress your system to the max. Just run an instance for however many cores you have.

 

And to watch temps, just run Core Temp at the same time. http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

 

I'm not sure if there is any one program that will stress your system, and then give you a report with temps, etc. at the end.

 

I wasn't exactly sure how to use Stress Prime, so as I was searching for directions on Google, I came across another CPU load application. Core Damage. Sounds dangerous enough.

 

It is a little easier in that I simply hae to tell it how many threads I want to run, and then it maxes those out until you say mercy.

 

I ran Core Damage for half an hour and monitored the temps with Core Temp. The core temps maxed at 57-60 degrees Celsius. Only 1 core hit the 60 degree mark, and that took the full half hour before it hit it, and then backed off again to 58. In general the Core 1 ran about 2 degrees warmer than the others.

 

The ambient temperature in my office is probably hovering around 64 degrees Fahrenheit right now. Not exactly warm itself.

[ihabkal]

what you would need to monitor is the graphics card GPU temperature: I had a case where I took off the cover, I had artifacts and dots playing all around on my screen, turned out the GPU was overheating, put the cover back, the air flow got much improved and artifacts were gone. suction effect is necessary for the air flow...

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

what you would need to monitor is the graphics card GPU temperature: I had a case where I took off the cover, I had artifacts and dots playing all around on my screen, turned out the GPU was overheating, put the cover back, the air flow got much improved and artifacts were gone. suction effect is necessary for the air flow...

 

I did a quick Google search, and turned up these two apps... "Real-time HDR IBL" and "TechPowerUp GPU-Z."

 

The Real-Time utilizes the GPU by running a basic animated rotating ball scene lit by a slide show of HDRI files. It has flares, AA., DOF, Bloom, etc... I can't say it is the best app, but it is something.

 

TechPowerUp GPU monitors the cores of the GPU processor. It monitors GU temp, fan speed, memory used, etc...

 

I have let the test run for more than half of an hour now, and it seems fine. The 1st GPU slowly climbed to 75 degrees Celsius over a ten minute span, but has held steady for the last 20 plus minutes at 75. I am not sure how that ranks statistically, but the GOU an is only running 45% its maximum speed, so I don't feel the temperature rank is that bad.

 

All of this said, ....in the end, these are just tests. Not real world experience. I need to execute a production project of some type to get a real feel for it. If it is sluggish, then the stress tests don't matter. A dog is a dog in the end.

Edited January 13, 2010 by Crazy Homeless Guy