Windows 7 - Video Card - Stress Test with Furmark

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Hello Novbert,

If you look in the upper-left corner, you'll see your FPS is pretty low. Try running at a lower resolution, or running a less intensive test.

Hi Jonathan,

I am having a similar experiance with FurMark as Novbert appeared to have had and I am wondering what FPS should I be aiming for when running the test?

Really appreciate the help.

Hi Robert,

A good FPS without the Xtreme burn-in test selected would be around 30 FPS. If you are running the Xtreme burn-in, expect a frame rate of around 15 or so, depending on your video card.

Thanks for the quick reply Jonathan,

I have a Radeon HD 6850 graphics card that I purchased and installed last week.

Here is a screen shot of FurMark with XtremeBurn-in. FPS are averaging at 13 after 15 minutes.



Here is a screen shot of Furmark with just Burn-in. FPS are averaging at 25 after 15 minutes.



As you can see both shots are quite distorted, is this a good indication that the graphics card is faulty and should be returned?

Again really appreciate the help.

To be honest, both screenshots seem quite normal. Here are screenshots I just took of Furmark running on my GTX480:

Burn-in:



Xtreme Burn-in:



I don't see any distortion, and your frame rates are within the range, so I wouldn't worry about anything.

Thanks, that's definitely good to know. I thought it might be the cause of my computer crashing during the loading of Shogun 2. Guess not. I should have just followed the BSOD posting instructions.

In case you have time to look at it I just posted my problem here.

BSOD During Shogun 2 Loader

Cheers,
Robert

I have posted a reply in your BSOD thread.

Hi there,

Here is my last test with Furmark 1.9.1:



Can you please tell me if you see something wrong in it.

Thank you in advance

Hello myzrael,

I don't see any artifacts or anything. It is poor quality in the middle, but I'd think that's related more to the amount of strain you're putting on the card vs. how powerful the card is.

Hello,

I checked your screenshots with mine and i think i have a problem.. it differs a lot

Could this be the problem for the bsods i am experiencing ?

The bsod thread is here