furmark destorys GPU?

[olds442]

i was running furmark 1.7 and i got a huge amount of articfacs on my OC HIS radeon 6790. but when in games like BC2 or BF3 or even in 3D mark its fine is my card bad or is furmark killing it?

[Ack-Ack]

benchmark programs put a lot more stress on your video cards than games do, especially if the benchmark is designed to put so much stress on your card that it overheats it and causing the artifacts you see in the tool.

It is very important to read the disclaimers and instructions before using these types of programs.  Don't claim you did, if you had then you wouldn't have posted this thread in the first place.

FurMark is a very intensive OpenGL benchmark that uses fur rendering algorithms to measure the performance of the graphics card. Fur rendering is especially adapted to overheat the GPU and that's why FurMark is also a perfect stability and stress test tool (also called GPU burner) for the graphics card.

ack-ack

[Butcher]

i was running furmark 1.7 and i got a huge amount of articfacs on my OC HIS radeon 6790. but when in games like BC2 or BF3 or even in 3D mark its fine is my card bad or is furmark killing it?

Why on earth do you need to run furmark? Especially on a home computer!

You are quite capable of running a game like Aces High - and test your settings in game to find the best settings.

[YamaRaja]

i was running furmark 1.7 and i got a huge amount of articfacs on my OC HIS radeon 6790. but when in games like BC2 or BF3 or even in 3D mark its fine is my card bad or is furmark killing it?

Ack Ack is correct, benchmark programs are designed to stress your hardware to the limit.
This useful when overclocking to test for stability.
Most hardware has "headroom" (not a room in your house Silat) built into it for stability and longevity.
When overclocking (as I do) we see how much of that we can get away with using.
That's where programs such as furmark are useful.

All hardware is NOT created equal. Differences in quality of ram, capacitors, ic's, VRM's, in fact all of the electrical components of a given piece of hardware determine how overclockable a component is, or is not.

When it comes to video cards brands like XFX, EVGA and Sapphire use fairly high quality components.
Lower brands such as HIS in particular do not. The actual graphics chip is made by ATI, the rest, well you get the point.


Herein lies your issue. You have an OC version of a card made by a brand known for using inferior components.
As well as inferior cooling.

On a factory OC component the bios are flashed to run higher than a standard card. Meaning its overclocked a bit and there is nothing you can do about it that I would recommend.

The artifacts you are seeing I would bet are from poor quality overclocked memory with cooling not up to the task.

Stop benching that card, it will kill it.

Yama

[olds442]

Why on earth do you need to run furmark? Especially on a home computer!

You are quite capable of running a game like Aces High - and test your settings in game to find the best settings.

how is this a "normal home computer"
furmark is a tool used for overclocking the video card and that is what I'm doing. i bought the HIS radeon 6790 because i like making underused cards preform better its in the fun for me. like making my very old HIS radeon 5670 run BC2 on high settings.( note it ran furmark fine). also the HIS radeon 6790 turbo 1GB game STOCK from the factory with a over clock. see below

Radeon HD 6790: core clock 840MHz/memory clock: 1105 per cell (4 cells) (stock card)
HIS radeon HD 6790 1GB turbo ICE Q (card i have now) core clock 900MHz/memory clock 1100 per cell (4 cells) (HIS card)

Ive bumped the HIS radeon card to 950MHz core clock and 1150MHz memory clock per cell (4 cell)
I'm trying to get to the 1GHz mark with the core clock and 1250MHz memory clock.
that's why I'm using stress testing programs
                                           

[olds442]

Ack Ack is correct, benchmark programs are designed to stress your hardware to the limit.
This useful when overclocking to test for stability.
Most hardware has "headroom" (not a room in your house Silat) built into it for stability and longevity.
When overclocking (as I do) we see how much of that we can get away with using.
That's where programs such as furmark are useful.

All hardware is NOT created equal. Differences in quality of ram, capacitors, ic's, VRM's, in fact all of the electrical components of a given piece of hardware determine how overclockable a component is, or is not.

When it comes to video cards brands like XFX, EVGA and Sapphire use fairly high quality components.
Lower brands such as HIS in particular do not. The actual graphics chip is made by ATI, the rest, well you get the point.


Herein lies your issue. You have an OC version of a card made by a brand known for using inferior components.
As well as inferior cooling.

On a factory OC component the bios are flashed to run higher than a standard card. Meaning its overclocked a bit and there is nothing you can do about it that I would recommend.

The artifacts you are seeing I would bet are from poor quality overclocked memory with cooling not up to the task.

Stop benching that card, it will kill it.

Yama

i will stand by HIS day and night because of 3 things. one i have to say is how much preformance i can get from lower end cards from them such as my old 5670 that ran this game almost all settings up. and another thing i KNOW HIS has one of the best coolers because on a stock clock (well stock for HIS as the card i have is pre overclocked) my highest temps are around 130. and if i max fan to 100 (and i do this as another case vent) the temps stay well below 130. and the RADEON 5670 card from HIS i had was soaked in water when a window broke out in my room during a storm. that card still works to this day yet the whole card had water on it. that sold me for life when that happend to HIS i really love there cards.

[olds442]

this is my exact card im useing right now http://www.hisdigital.com/un/product2-607.shtml

[SIK1]

You're right.

Run it till it smokes. 

[Shamus]

But remember...don't let the smoke out!!!

shamus

[MrRiplEy[H]]

You should never blame anything to destroy anything if you mention OC in the same sentence. Your OC card couldn't handle the heat quite literally.

[YamaRaja]

i was running furmark 1.7 and i got a huge amount of articfacs on my OC HIS radeon 6790. but when in games like BC2 or BF3 or even in 3D mark its fine is my card bad or is furmark killing it?

Why would you ask this question and than post some of your following comments??

We all like or dislike certain companies, try getting warranty service on an HIS card. No fun
I ran HIS 4870's in CF, so I am familiar with HIS

Wet cards still live = luck, no matter which brand

Temps of 130 are to high, if my Sapphire CF 6950's bios modded to 6970's 910/1375 run over 90 I consider them to hot for acceptable longevity. They are reference cards at that, with dual flashable bios

Pushing hardware to the limit is fun. Then backing it down to match the maximum performance need for the given application = smart.

Next time I buy XFX = lifetime warranty = cross ship replacements

Is Furmark destroying your GPU? No grasshopper that would be you

Yama

[olds442]

Why would you ask this question and than post some of your following comments??

We all like or dislike certain companies, try getting warranty service on an HIS card. No fun
I ran HIS 4870's in CF, so I am familiar with HIS

Wet cards still live = luck, no matter which brand

Temps of 130 are to high, if my Sapphire CF 6950's bios modded to 6970's 910/1375 run over 90 I consider them to hot for acceptable longevity. They are reference cards at that, with dual flashable bios

Pushing hardware to the limit is fun. Then backing it down to match the maximum performance need for the given application = smart.

Next time I buy XFX = lifetime warranty = cross ship replacements

Is Furmark destroying your GPU? No grasshopper that would be you

Yama

not in Celsius. but 130 fahrenheit

[guncrasher]

not in Celsius. but 130 fahrenheit

no temps are in c in farehheit would have to be about 260.


semp

[olds442]

no temps are in c in farehheit would have to be about 260.


semp

no i have speedfan to show in farehheit.

[Masherbrum]

i was running furmark 1.7 and i got a huge amount of articfacs on my OC HIS radeon 6790. but when in games like BC2 or BF3 or even in 3D mark its fine is my card bad or is furmark killing it?

Sounds like you trashed your Video Card RAM.