Quote Originally Posted by Cornelious0_0 View Post
There's also nothing saying that random Prime errors aren't just that...and not very dependable. I'm still inclined to stick with IBT for a good while, but i will still be running other stresstesting apps alongside IBT for stability verification for all of those nay-sayers out there.
Cornelious, Singh:

It would be a bit too simple to say one or the other application causes more or less stress when it comes to P95 and IBT.

IBT, for once, uses the whole memory and constantly shoves data through the northbridge. The NB is certainly the main point in Intel systems, and is being involved in everything crucial. Let's take for granted that IBT is putting extremely high stress on the system, and let's also take for granted that P95 is making one's NB hotter. Sure, it should still pass, but is P95 still appropriate for modern chipsets? Does prime stability mean adjusting to the needs of an outdated piece of software? How well does Prime 95 actually work when dealing with completely different ways of taskmanagement in Vista and Windows XP, which came many years after Win95/Win98? And what about 64 bit systems?

Frankly, I have no clue. I just mean to sum up points to be considered. IBT uses original Intel code, and Intel knows what they are doing about their own CPUs and chipsets.

Then again, just as Singh said, there is that P95 instability in the back of my head. I've been building systems for 17 years...mostly for a hobby, but still. It's such an old habit!