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Thud · March 13th, 2002, 10:22 AM

There was a very good thread on this a while back, but I can't find it now....I wish I could remember the title.

One good one that'll put a big load on your CPU, and is said to be very good at testing overall stability is Prime 95. It's actually a distributed computing client, but has the option of being run as a "torture test". You can find it here: http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm

Another good one to try would be 3Dmark2001. As the name states, it's more of of a video benchmarking tool, but I think you could run it in a loop for a good burn in. It's available here: http://www.madonion.com/products/3dmark2001/

I don't know if either would run off of a CD, but I've installed and uninstalled both with no problems at all. There are others, but those are the first two that come to mind.

Best of luck!

March 13th, 2002, 10:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Thud Ultimate Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Midwest City, OK Posts: 2,206	There was a very good thread on this a while back, but I can't find it now....I wish I could remember the title. One good one that'll put a big load on your CPU, and is said to be very good at testing overall stability is Prime 95. It's actually a distributed computing client, but has the option of being run as a "torture test". You can find it here: http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm Another good one to try would be 3Dmark2001. As the name states, it's more of of a video benchmarking tool, but I think you could run it in a loop for a good burn in. It's available here: http://www.madonion.com/products/3dmark2001/ I don't know if either would run off of a CD, but I've installed and uninstalled both with no problems at all. There are others, but those are the first two that come to mind. Best of luck!