how to test for artifacts?

[ThePanda]

hi, i just got a gainward geforce3 ti200, and i was wondering how to test for artifacts when i overclock it? i remember reading in a thread about that evga card that there was some program designed for it that i think could test for 2d artifacts as well?, but i can't find the thread now. can someone please give me some info?

 

[dabhpr]

Go to: http://www.3dcenter.de/downloads/artifact-tester.php and download Artifact Tester, version 5. It has 4 testing levels, from "Weak" to "Hardcore" that take varying times to run... and it very thorough IMO.

Alternative download site: http://www.benchmarkhq.ru/b_e.html#artifact

Enjoy...

 

[DAICA]

I think you're just gona have to use your own judgement on this one. Overclock the memory and Gpu separately. take the Gpu speed up first until you start to see artifacts on the screen and back down till you have a stable setting. Do the same with the memory and combine the two together.

 

[ThePanda]

Thanks for the info. Before I saw the responses I tried gradually jacking core and memory both really high, and I didn't notice any artifacts in 3dmark 2001, but my computer just locked up after about a minute.