New GPU OC, 8400GS

**stressfreesoul** · 06-23-2008, 11:49 AM

The following picture is whilst under the most stressful situations I can try.
Winamp, WMP11, Nvidia stability test. Are there any specific stress testers anyone can tell me about?

**stressfreesoul** · 06-23-2008, 02:12 PM

Temps under Idle...

**stressfreesoul** · 06-25-2008, 03:19 PM

Just tried out Quake 4 (I dont really game on the PC much, I got it free) through this card, and it never stuttered once. Highest graphical settings, all detail.
It didnt go above 42 degrees centigrade either, which is surprising, as its idle is 39-40. Anyone had any experience volt modding one of these? Seems like a damn solid card to me. Half profile too, looks tiny with a Zalman fitted to it!!

**stressfreesoul** · 06-25-2008, 03:27 PM

**grimx133** · 06-25-2008, 11:25 PM

Have you tried Prime95 or Orthos?

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Prime95_d4363.html

**stressfreesoul** · 06-26-2008, 02:26 PM

Yeah, the system pictured above was prime stable for over 30 hours, Orthos doesn't agree with something on my system, every time I run it, even before setting off a stress test, it crashes something in Explorer. I gave up with it and rely on Prime95 now.

**stressfreesoul** · 06-26-2008, 02:50 PM

What I meant was are there any GPU specific testing utilities?

**grimx133** · 06-26-2008, 07:42 PM

Odd, I was just thinking the same thing. Have heard of something, but am drawing a blank at the moment.

This one looks interesting, did a quick scan of the the faq's and the link to the results in the first one. Have to try it when I get home from work. Will look around for a few others and edit, if I can.
http://freestone-group.com/video-car...ility-test.htm

This sounds better, and it's from guru3d.
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1717

Here's the post at Hardware Canucks where I found the guru3d link, also recommended is RivaTuner.
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...s-program.html

06-23-2008, 11:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	New GPU OC, 8400GS The following picture is whilst under the most stressful situations I can try. Winamp, WMP11, Nvidia stability test. Are there any specific stress testers anyone can tell me about? __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!

06-23-2008, 02:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: New GPU OC, 8400GS Temps under Idle... __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!

06-25-2008, 03:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: New GPU OC, 8400GS Just tried out Quake 4 (I dont really game on the PC much, I got it free) through this card, and it never stuttered once. Highest graphical settings, all detail. It didnt go above 42 degrees centigrade either, which is surprising, as its idle is 39-40. Anyone had any experience volt modding one of these? Seems like a damn solid card to me. Half profile too, looks tiny with a Zalman fitted to it!! __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!

06-25-2008, 03:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: New GPU OC, 8400GS __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!

06-25-2008, 11:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,140 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: New GPU OC, 8400GS Have you tried Prime95 or Orthos? http://www.majorgeeks.com/Prime95_d4363.html Last edited by grimx133; 06-25-2008 at 11:27 PM. Reason: added link

06-26-2008, 02:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: New GPU OC, 8400GS Yeah, the system pictured above was prime stable for over 30 hours, Orthos doesn't agree with something on my system, every time I run it, even before setting off a stress test, it crashes something in Explorer. I gave up with it and rely on Prime95 now. __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!

06-26-2008, 02:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
stressfreesoul Semi-Absent (life, eh?) Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: County Durham UK Posts: 1,852 OS: XP, Win7 RC x64, Ubuntu x64 multiboot My System Blog Entries: 7	Re: New GPU OC, 8400GS What I meant was are there any GPU specific testing utilities? __________________ TSF Folding@Home, find out how to do your bit in the fight against Cancer "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut" xbox Live tag: storiedmedal Warning!! GTA IV addict! Join my game at your peril!

06-26-2008, 07:42 PM	#8 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,140 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: New GPU OC, 8400GS Odd, I was just thinking the same thing. Have heard of something, but am drawing a blank at the moment. This one looks interesting, did a quick scan of the the faq's and the link to the results in the first one. Have to try it when I get home from work. Will look around for a few others and edit, if I can. http://freestone-group.com/video-car...ility-test.htm This sounds better, and it's from guru3d. http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1717 Here's the post at Hardware Canucks where I found the guru3d link, also recommended is RivaTuner. http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...s-program.html Last edited by grimx133; 06-26-2008 at 07:59 PM. Reason: additional linkage