I was just wondering what is the best program to use for testing GPU stability after an overclock? For my desktop PC I'm used to using Furmark, however when I tried to use it on the M11x it's only detecting/showing the intel integrated GPU and not the 335M. Is there a fix for this or another program I could use?
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Peter Bazooka Notebook Evangelist
It works for me, are you sure that you have the gt335m enabled?
Or do you have a m11xR2 with Optimus? In that case I think there is a way to force furmark (or almost any 3d program) to utilize the gt335m but since I don't have one I can't help you out there, sorry. -
Thanks for the quick reply.
Yes I'm using an M11x R2, I should've specified that in my original post.
EDIT: Well I just tried forcing Furmark to use the 335M through the NVidia control panel but no luck, it still only shows the Intel Media Accelerator. -
Check you pointed it at the correct exe as I think there are two in the folder, so set for both of them.
You can also try right click on the exe and select which GPU to run with also. -
Well it will switch to 335M automatically when you start the test......
btw intel gfx getting 6.5k~8k sounds inlogic isn't it? -
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Apparently it was a driver issue. The 257.3 from Dell and the newly posted 259.47 caused my Optimus to screw up, even when I forced it to run with the 335M it would still use the Intel Media Accelerator. Unfortunate for me because I would like to use the newest driver.
I've switched back to 258.96 and now it seems to be working fine (Furmark still shows the Intel GPU but when I start the test it uses the 335M correctly).
Thanks guys!
Side note: Looks like my GPU isn't so great when it comes to OCing, it crashes on anything above 515Mhz. -
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I'm sorry, but how are you guys getting 8k etc? With the Nvidia GPU on, I'm getting 2k+. Note, I am getting 8.2k on 3DMark2006.
Edit: Hmm, well I was getting 4100 on my desktop with an OC'ed 8800GT so I'm guessing 2.1k is normal for these laptops. -
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Furmark has a benchmark test included (it's basically the stability test run on a fixed number of frames). That's where I'm getting my number from.
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Every GPU is different.
GPU Stability Test?
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