Windows 7: Video Card - Stress Test with Furmark

Jonathan_King · 28 Jul 2010

How to Stress Test a Video Card with Furmark

1. Download Furmark from the link below.

FurMark: VGA Stress Test,...
Click here to read the entire tutorial

IMAyNeed · 05 Apr 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Jonathan_King

Passed, yes; problem identified, perhaps. 100C is quite high, even for a GPU. nVidia GPUs can supposedly reach 105C safely, but reports have temperatures in the lower 90s causing problems as well.

I'd say work on bringing those temps down; use a can of air to blow out heat sinks, fans, and air vents.

It got to 100 C after half an hour. Is it still a problem?
Can you please explain can of air?
And I would like to remind that this is a notebook.

IownAmoneyPit · 05 Apr 2011

FurMark 1.9.0 - February 25th, 2011

IMAyNeed · 05 Apr 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by IownAmoneyPit

FurMark 1.9.0 - February 25th, 2011

I am not sure if I got your point. Are you referring to 100 C issue. In this version, 100 C has been set as an up limit and plays a sound when reached. Is this what you mean, or there is another thing? Thanks.

IownAmoneyPit · 05 Apr 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by IMAyNeed

Quote: Originally Posted by IownAmoneyPit

FurMark 1.9.0 - February 25th, 2011

I am not sure if I got your point. Are you referring to 100 C issue. In this version, 100 C has been set as an up limit and plays a sound when reached. Is this what you mean, or there is another thing? Thanks.

No I was just posting the newest version of Furmark as it adds support for newer video cards. (eg gtx 500 series)

IMAyNeed · 05 Apr 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by IownAmoneyPit

Quote: Originally Posted by IMAyNeed

Quote: Originally Posted by IownAmoneyPit

FurMark 1.9.0 - February 25th, 2011

I am not sure if I got your point. Are you referring to 100 C issue. In this version, 100 C has been set as an up limit and plays a sound when reached. Is this what you mean, or there is another thing? Thanks.

No I was just posting the newest version of Furmark as it adds support for newer video cards. (eg gtx 500 series)

Oh, ok. Thank you very much for the link. I installed it.

Jonathan_King · 05 Apr 2011

Can of compressed air:

Because you have a laptop, just blow out all the air vents.

IMAyNeed · 05 Apr 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Jonathan_King

Can of compressed air:

Because you have a laptop, just blow out all the air vents.

Thank you for the reply.

Kmerse · 24 Apr 2011

So this test is only for artifacts and temp, right?
Hwo di I recognize an artifact? Because I think (not completely sure) that I saw some gliches or errors or something like that on the lower right corner of the screen, but they were there only for a fragment of a second, so I couldn't take a good look at them. Does this mean that my test failed?

Does it matter if post-FX is on or off by the way?

Jonathan_King · 24 Apr 2011

An artifact is a glitch in the display; if you're unsure about it, snap a picture with a camera and upload it here.

I'm not familiar with the Post-FX option; I'll have to research that. It certainly won't hurt though.

Kmerse · 24 Apr 2011

The glitches was there, that's for sure... But only for a very short time. I don't think that I could make a video by the way, because my computer crashed during the tests. However it didn't crashed with my old card...

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