Stress testing is generally a good idea, but everyday gaming is a pretty good test for gpu stability, temperatures, etc.

You could download a free trial of AIDA64 to test CPU and mem for a few hours, but not totally necessary. Use a monitoring program to watch CPU and gpu temps (hwmonitor, realtemp, gpu-z, etc)

If you used the CDs tha came with your hardware to install drivers, go online and download the latest drivers-- especially the video card drivers. Try the latest beta.

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Posted by LSU Coyote

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Posted on 11/5/13 at 12:45 pm to ILikeLSUToo

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Stress testing is generally a good idea, but everyday gaming is a pretty good test for gpu stability, temperatures, etc.

Yea because that is all which matters for most. Sythentic benchmarks do a shtty job testing stability since they love high overclocks.

Games generally hate high overclocks. Most titles like to stay below 1150 on the core.

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Posted by ILikeLSUToo

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Posted on 12/9/13 at 6:26 pm to ILikeLSUToo

Did a quick update to the GPU table. It's getting a little confusing with the huge price differences. I might work on a more explanatory chart.

Of course, it should be noted that all of the AMD cards recommended in this guide are not relevant at the moment. The LTC mining frenzy has made it difficult for retailers to keep AMD cards in stock, and people are just selling them at ridiculous markups on eBay, so you'll be overpaying significantly unless you can find one in stock at a legitimate retailer.

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