[Dev] Overtaxation of PC Hardware

[Ilean]

Load isn't the only consideration

There are programs that use 100% of your CPU/GPU and don't heat up your system as much as other programs that cause max load

Proof please.

That's a new one...

[Rydin]

Proof please.

That's a new one...

Thats the idea behind a stress test...
In modern CPU's there are floating point ALU's and integer ALU's... depending on your architecture, different programs with the same %usage can cause differing levels of heat based off of how optimized they are for that specific CPU architecture and which operations are being handled....

ALSO

A DX9 graphic intensive program could run your system at 100% load but relies on the CPU for many things that the GPU could do much more efficiently.... whereas a DX10 or DX11 game that is equally as complex will still push your system to %100 but will (In theory, it obviously depends on the coding also) run more efficiently and produce less heat.... because each process is sent to the processor that is best equiped to handle it

Like I said... run Prime95, OCCT, Furmark and Cinebench nonstop for a week and see what happens

[Elkwood]

Like I said... run Prime95, OCCT, Furmark and Cinebench nonstop for a week and see what happens

HeHe I can only imagine what they would do if ran for a week personally I don't like to even do the 24 hour test they recommend.