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Last updated:
11 Sep 2012
no longer updated regularly - see addldiag.html or hwdiag.html for current version
FurMark Video Stress Test
- free from here: http://www.ozone3d.net/benchmarks/fur/
[b][u]FurMark
Setup:[/b][/u]
- If you have more than one GPU, select Multi-GPU during setup
- In the Run mode box, select "Stability Test" and "Log GPU Temperature"
Click "Go" to start the test (Looks like it's "BURN-IN test" now)
- Run the test until the GPU temperature maxes out - or until you start
having problems [b](whichever
comes first)[/b].
[b]NOTE:[/b] Set the alarm
to go
off at 90ºC. Then watch the system from that point on. If
the system doesn't display a temperature, watch it constantly and turn
it off at the first sign of video problems. [b][u]DO NOT[/u][/b] leave it it
unmonitored, it can [COLOR=Red][b][u]DAMAGE[/u][/b][/COLOR]
your video card!!!
If the temperature gets above [COLOR=Red][b]100ºC[/b][/COLOR], quit the
test - the video card is [u]overheating[/u].
- Click "Quit" to exit[/quote]
What you are looking for:
- excessive heat from the GPU (report back with anything over 90ºC)
- problems with the video display (picture is distorted or jumbled, picture turns black, etc)
- problems reported by the program (I haven't seen this, but "just in case")