On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Samstag 01 November 2008, Andrey Vul wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Samstag 01 November 2008, Andrey Vul wrote: >> >> I just bought a new laptop: >> >> http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=019626&ci >> >>d=8 96.645 Which packages should I emerge (and run) as a burn-in test? >> >> Note: I will run the burn-in off either a stock or custom-mastered >> >> Gentoo LiveDVD. >> >> If the disc needs custm mastering, please outline the steps required. >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> > >> > use systemrescuecd (a gentoo based livecd - incredible good one), and >> > start cpuburn once for every cores. burnK7 on an amd k7 or k8 system,, >> > burnP6 on a p4,core,core2 system. >> >> No GPU testing :( unless mprime/gpuburn can work in GPGPU mode. > > if your laptop has onboard nvidia graphic the last thing you want is a hot > gpu. How bad is it?
>> > > If you want to 'test' the gpu (and seeing a picture should be test enough for > a laptop) then run cpuburn AND unigine. Seeing as I will most likely be playing around with GPGPU, a picture is not enough. Some kind of fancy redering loop is needed. -- Andrey Vul A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
