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Help with setting up a bencher
Ok, so I had a bench session about two weeks ago and it was catastrophic. Runs sucked, overclock was crap, forgot a whole bunch of connectors and stuff so it just wasn't my night. I'm trying to give it another shot soon, maybe tomorrow night. Now my question is, what software needs to be installed to bench other than the obvious benchmarks and chipset/gpu drivers etc.
I'm talking like, .net framework stuff like that. I just have a feeling I'm forgetting something I need, my runs were really off!
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It all depends on what you want to bench. I mean you cant just install one OS and try benching everything. You need a goal for you benching session and prepare everything for this. That way you wont see any surprises you are not ready for when go cold. 
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Give us a rundown of the hardware thats to be benched on the rig.
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I have a USB stick with files for new OS's.
Brief summary of what's on it:
AM3 (with patch), 01, 03, 05, 06, Vantage
Microsoft.net framework 2.0 (needed on a lot of stripped OS's to run 06)
CPU tweaker
Rivatuner
Afterburner (several different versions for different cards)
pifast, superpi, wprime
NVIDIA drivers (a number of them, depending on what cards I'm currently using)
Catalyst Control Center (multiple versions for different 32 and 64 OS's)
CPUZ
GPUZ
Eleet, Precision
SetFSB
ImageBurn
And a bunch of random other things that I haven't yet used, but want handy when I do. Like OCXspitweaker.
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Well, I'm going to be doing a bit of everything.
Since I now am running tri channel as opposed to before when I had a dead RAM slot, I want to try and set a new personal best in wprime. But I also have some 5770's and a 2900xt to bench. The only operating systems I have is W7, and XP. I have both, 32 and 64 bit available for each.
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Dont forget Faststone capture 5.3 for grabbing screenshots 
I also have some monitoring/stress software in my benching folder Prime 95 and 64 coretemp, AOD, hwmonitor and rivatuner (with patches for certain video cards) for brand new archs I am trying to learn about.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Neuromancer
Dont forget Faststone capture 5.3 for grabbing screenshots
I also have some monitoring/stress software in my benching folder Prime 95 and 64 coretemp, AOD, hwmonitor and rivatuner (with patches for certain video cards) for brand new archs I am trying to learn about. |
I got something for screenies already Looks like I am really not missing anything, guess I'll have to give it another crack at it.
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Load it up, and let it rip bro ....
See what you get, then start building on those results ...........
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Witchdoctor
Load it up, and let it rip bro ....
See what you get, then start building on those results ........... |
 I'll give it a shot.
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uggggh, this is so frustrating. Matching clocks, and i'm about .4 seconds off my best in wprime. WTF is going on? The only difference is that the only spare HDD i have to load up a bench ready OS is a 1tb HDD, could that be it? I really need to invest in a SSD for my bencher :(
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