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    Furmark on the P-7811FX?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by MedievalZeus, Oct 20, 2008.

  1. MedievalZeus

    MedievalZeus Notebook Consultant

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    Should I run it just to see, even if it's too late, that my system is stable?

    If so.. where's the download link? I've only seem the 32bit.
     
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    Furmark seems to be the devil to GPUs. I think a better test would be 3DMark, but that's me. Furmark will easily get my GPU up to higher temps that what my games will ever do. Folding@Home GPU2 on my GTX 280 gets me up to 84C. Furmark got my GTX 280 up to 105C.
     
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    Wow... 3 years later and Nvidia still can't beat ATI's temperature record. You guys remember the x800-850 series. Those things ran 120-130c. :cool:
     
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    Syngensmyth In All Seriousness

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    Furmark pushed my 7811 around 95! and that within 5mins!...3dmark06 and vantage took it to 78-80c.
     
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    I may be wrong..but Furmark is opengl, no? And most games run DirectX. At least with this system they will.. And, NVIDIA = DirectX ATI=OpenGL. Or, am I misguided? Granted, furmark is a great stress test..it won't be the same as running crysis, bshock, or most other modern games utilized for NVIDIA chips. Not a good benchmark util IMHO for the 7811
     
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  7. royk50

    royk50 times being what they are

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    maybe not as benchmark but as a stress utility it rocks

    as to openGL it has nothing to do with nvidia or ati, it is a programing platform for 3d apps originally by silicon graphics.
    all said, nowadays nvidia drivers seems to have better support than their ati equivalents .

    moreover, OpenGL is about two years behind directX as taking advantage of the hardware available.

    so yes its not the best benchmark around.

    no facts were stated in this post ;)
     
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    Back in the day, OpenGL was the way to go. You got the best performance out of your SLI'd 3dfx Voodoo2 cards that way. (yes, I still have a couple)
     
    fiziks, Oct 22, 2008
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