Apps for overclocking, temperature, burn in, bench marks etc

NVTweak - NVidia GPU OC tool
ATI Overdrive - ATI OC tool
ATI Tool - ATI OC tool
ATI WINCLK - ATI OC tool
Gigabyte Easy Tune 5 - Graphical interface for OC'ing on Gigabyte mobo's
Prime95 - Stability checking tool
CPUz - Checking mobo/cpu/memory info
3D Mark03/05/06 - PC/GPU benchmarking
PC Wizard - PC benching
Aquamark - Same as above
 
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Everest for monitoring Voltages,Temps,Fan speeds and basic system info
3DMark06 for benchmarking
CPU-Z for CPU and Memory info
Orthos for stress testing CPU and Mem
SpeedFan also for Fan speeds and temps..Prefer Everest though
CoreTemp or Intel TAT for core temps
RivaTuner for graphics overclocking
 
dablakmark8 said:
well cpu benchmark and pcmark.there are so many,google bud
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Google is not the point bud. I think its a good idea. But try and update the applications in your first thread as you said. Will be a bit of work but worth it i think.
CPU-z -for checking system specs,processor,mobo etc
GPU-z -for checking GFX card specs
Prime 95-for stressing your CPU(computer stressing?)
Speedfan-monitoring temps
Will add when i think of others but most have been mentioned.
 
dabla why bother posting if all you ever say is use google

there are tons of programs that google may not direct you 2

this is a forum, what would be the point of a forum if everyone googled?
 
Orthos: CPU and memory burning
Ozone3D.net's fur rendering benchmark: Set it at max res, windowed @ 32xMSAA and keep watching your GPU temps...OC as needed :D
RivaTuner: Gfx card OC'ing, FPS meter in games, temp monitoring, fan speed control
Memtest86 for bootup memory stability testing -> no running operating system to use up memory. Good for memory problem diagnostics
SuperPi Modded version (supports multiple cores): To bench CPU
3Dmark06: to bench Gfx card.
Speedfan: Monitors CPU cores and motherboard temps
CPUz: Indicates CPU and clocks, FSB, memory clocks, memory timings, single/dual channel, bios version

To test overall system stability I run Orthos on a CPU/Memory burn-in while running Ozone3D's fur rendering as described above, at the same time. This will heat up CPU, Memory, North bridge, South Bridge and Gfx card at the same time. If you can run that for ~2 hours, you shouldn't have any problems. Remember to keep monitoring your temps while doing this!
 
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Anyway here's a quick list

AquaMark3 (Use for benching and also for testing Strap changes, CPU power and bandwidth benefits) DO NOT USE FOR TESTING STABILITY

3DMark2001se (Use to test CPU strength, and general benchmarking, still relevant even today)

3DMark05 (Use to Test CPU strength again mainly, but also GPU power. Wont' scale well with SLI/CF but will respond to CPU speed increases, timings etc...)

3DMark06 - Benchmark GPU and Multicore CPUs

SuperPi (Benchmark in 1M and 32M calculations. 32M can also be used to test for stability)

Memset (Used to set memory timings in windows and Strap - Very good)

Core Temp (Check temperature on AthlonX2 and Core2 CPUs)

ATITOOL (ATI Graphics Card overclocking and NVIDIA too)

RivaTuner (NVIDIA Graphics card utility, works in a limited way for ATI cards too)

Sisoftware Sandra 2008 IIXc (Used to test memory bandwidth)

AFUWIN 0 Flash Bios Utility for AMI BIOS boards

WINFLASH - Award Bios Flashing utility
 
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carderne said:
Ok, I've started the list. A bit tired now, but will come back tomorrow to add some links and sort it out a bit more. Before anyone thinks I'm being really selfless here, I'm doing this for myself as well :)
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It's looking good so far :) Maybe put in brackets after orthos that it can test memory too or put it under memory as well?
 
I overclock my CPU and RAM through the FSB in the BIOS and use CoreTemp to monitor the CPU temperature with Orthos and Prime95 to test stability. I use SuperPI to benchmark the CPU. I don't overclock my graphics card...
 
Can the mods maybe sticky this thread please? I think it's valuable info for the members on here?
 
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