Core i7 920 rev D0 stepping 5 :)

[roller11]

To each their own, but you're not here telling people that their input is garbage so that's an entirely different issue.

Prime lost it's value as a stability tool for me when a 10 hour prime blend stable failed in 1 second of linx, full memory, high work load. And it's not just me who have experienced this...

What is a "stability tool"?

[ReverendMaynard]

What is a "stability tool"?

apps are tools....linx and prime are stability apps. Get it?

[roller11]

apps are tools....linx and prime are stability apps. Get it?

No, I don't. linx/prime are programs that solve linear equations/test integers for primeness, mersenne primes in particular. "Stability" is a state of being that applies only to the instant of time to which it is referenced. So to explain that a 'stability tool' is a 'stability app', tells me nothing. Maybe a better question is "what is 'stability' "because there seems to be a lot of confusion about this easily defineable word.

[bluehaze]

No, I don't. linx/prime are programs that solve linear equations/test integers for primeness, mersenne primes in particular. "Stability" is a state of being that applies only to the instant of time to which it is referenced. So to explain that a 'stability tool' is a 'stability app', tells me nothing. Maybe a better question is "what is 'stability' "because there seems to be a lot of confusion about this easily defineable word.

Stable to me essentially means that when a game or app crashes I know it's not due to my overclock and I dont have to mess with it. For instance if I haven't passed Prime overnight for at least 12 hours then when an app crashes it could be because of my overclock or it could be because of any number of other things and it makes troubleshooting way too time consuming. I'd rather just get it out of the way up front and never have to deal with it again

[roller11]

For instance if I haven't passed Prime overnight for at least 12 hours then when an app crashes it could be because of my overclock or it could be because of any number of other things and it makes troubleshooting way too time consuming. I'd rather just get it out of the way up front and never have to deal with it again

And what if you have passed prime for at least 12 hours, and your computer crashes? What then? Could still be your OC.
You can pass 100 hours of linpack and see a BSOD the next day when you boot up and go into email.

[bluehaze]

And what if you have passed prime for at least 12 hours, and your computer crashes? What then? Could still be your OC.
You can pass 100 hours of linpack and see a BSOD the next day when you boot up and go into email.

In my experience over the past 10 years or so of OC'ing If i've got my system stable for over 12 hours of prime then my OC is stable. If it does crash it has always been drivers, buggy games/apps that need patches etc...never because of my OC.

[ReverendMaynard]

No, I don't. linx/prime are programs that solve linear equations/test integers for primeness, mersenne primes in particular. "Stability" is a state of being that applies only to the instant of time to which it is referenced. So to explain that a 'stability tool' is a 'stability app', tells me nothing. Maybe a better question is "what is 'stability' "because there seems to be a lot of confusion about this easily defineable word.

What purpose other than stability do you use these for dude? Didn't think so, now please lay off the bullsh**. Thanks for the much needed lesson :P

[roller11]

What purpose other than stability do you use these for dude? Didn't think so, now please lay off the bullsh**. Thanks for the much needed lesson :P

I answered this in my post, I'll state it once more just for you:

Prime95 tests integers of the form (2^n) -1 for primeness
Linpack solves systems of linearly independent equations. As to "stability",
there is no such thing as a program that guarantees stability.
And that's no bullsh**.

[DerekT]

Who mentioned or spoke of guaranteed stability? What are you arguing about?

I answered this in my post, I'll state it once more just for you:

Prime95 tests integers of the form (2^n) -1 for primeness
Linpack solves systems of linearly independent equations. As to "stability",
there is no such thing as a program that guarantees stability.
And that's no bullsh**.

[roller11]

[QUOTE=DerekT;3752864]Who mentioned or spoke of guaranteed stability? [QUOTE]

ReverendMaynard mentioned a "stability tool", presumably a tool that determines "stability".