Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I change my gpu from an old ATI 9200 to a better supported NV7600
>
> Me being computer sound adverse, both are silent i.e. I am fortunate
> that I can go by without gpu cooling fan noise.
>
> However from what I feel with my fingers and see via different tools
> (via (k)sensors, hdtemp and the nvdock/nvidia settings) the new card
> runs slightly "hotter" than the older, usually at 62° celsius, according
> to nvdock.
>
> While this is not a reason for concern in itself, it surely heats up my
> motherboard more than before. According to ksensors, this runs now about
> 8° hotter than before, still no concern, but apparently, better GPU
> perfonrmance comes at a prize. ;-))
>
> Now I would like to really stress the Graphics Card, just to see how
> this affects my cooling and in order to do some "GPU cooling baselining".
>
> While on Windows there are lots of "Demo softwre" and benchmarking tools
> around, all of which really stress the graphics card, I cannot find
> anthing for Linux.
>
> Extensively googling did not help and the repositories also do not have
> something for me, as far as I can see.
>
> How can I heat up my graphics card? How do you do it.
>
> Thanks and kind regards
> Eberhard
>
>
Don't know much about bench marking, but a couple of years ago I heated
a card to the point that the heat sink fell off, rendering graphics with
POV- ray.
Also rendering animations loads it pretty well.
-ED-
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