x4 860k remains stable in Prime95 yet fails in Gang Beasts.
x4 860k remains stable in Prime95 yet fails in Gang Beasts.
So this might seem odd, but for some reason, when I overclock my X4 860k to [email protected] it stays perfectly stable in Prime95 for a few hours with normal temperatures, yet it randomly crashes in the game 'Gang Beasts'. I really don't get how that's possible since I run Prime95 stably for hours but experience a CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT crash when playing the game for an hour. I increased the voltage and it still crashes, sometimes with DPC_WATCHDOG_ERROR at higher voltages. My PSU is an EVGA 650GQ and my motherboard is Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H. It's clear this never happened when I was using a [email protected] OC, so it seems like a stability issue. I'm curious if there are other steps I could take to fix this.
I upgraded my secondary PC from 2.83ghz to 3.6ghz recently. It took Prime95 more than five hours to detect an issue. The system runs smoothly at 3.5ghz, but 3.6ghz is a bit too high and causes occasional crashes during games. It seems you might need to extend the Prime95 test time or settle for 4ghz, as increasing to 100mhz probably won’t help much at those speeds.
I upgraded my secondary PC from 2.83ghz to 3.6ghz recently. It took Prime95 more than five hours to detect an issue. The system runs smoothly at 3.5ghz, but 3.6ghz is a bit too high and causes occasional crashes during games. It seems you might need to extend the Prime95 test time or settle for 4ghz, as boosting to 100mhz probably won’t help much at those speeds.
Prime95 is likely the top choice for stress testing an OC system at 100% CPU load. However, it only covers a limited range of instructions and doesn't assess GPU, RAM, or overall stability. For comprehensive stability evaluation, a tool like Asus ROG RealBench that fully utilizes the system is necessary.