The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    looking for a *free* Windows 7 64bit GPU stress tester / benchmark

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by discothan, Dec 2, 2010.

  1. discothan

    discothan Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    71
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    There are a few threads out there for overclocking GPU and memory.
    Can anyone recommend a Windows 7 64bit GPU stress tester and/or benchmarking program?

    I did some googling around, but the ones currently out there are XP based.
     
    discothan, Dec 2, 2010
    #1
  2. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

    Reputations:
    7,383
    Messages:
    8,222
    Likes Received:
    182
    Trophy Points:
    231
    Furmark and 3Dmark Vantage
    /thread ;)
     
    DR650SE, Dec 2, 2010
    #2
  3. DaneGRClose

    DaneGRClose Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    1,805
    Messages:
    2,550
    Likes Received:
    30
    Trophy Points:
    66
    Furmark, 3Dmark Vantage is free once, or Unigene heaven benchmark works as well. Furmark is the best for stress testing, the other two will stress but are more benchmarking/performance monitors than stress testing.
     
    DaneGRClose, Dec 2, 2010
    #3
  4. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    7,395
    Messages:
    7,964
    Likes Received:
    25
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Ask here,
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m11x/492232-m11x-r2-benchmarks.html
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m11x/459834-official-m11x-benchmark-thread.html (post 1 has a list of apps)
    or,

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/gaming-software-graphics-cards/

    Note,

    A word of caution concerning benchmarking... While benchmarking / number chasing can be quite a bit of fun, please be aware that benchmarking your system is pushing your system to its limits. It can and will stress your components. Do so at your own risk - nobody is responsible for this but you.
     
    BatBoy, Dec 2, 2010
    #4