How much load does the GPUTool renderer create?

[W1zzard]

Please compare the temperatures achieved by GPUTool to the load generated by Furmark and your other favourite applications.

Report here which card you are using, which drivers, which CPU/motherboard, which OS and which temperatures you reach. If you see large differences between settings (window size / fullscreen) include this information too.

[alexp999]

System
EVGA GTX 260 @ 756 - 1512 - 1224
Windows 7 x64 Driver 185.81
Intel Q6600 @ 3.6 GHz on a P5Q Deluxe

	GPUTool Windowed	GPUTool Fullscreen	OCCT Windowed	OCCT Fullscreen	Furmark Windowed	Furmark Fullscreen
Tops out at	67/68*C	68/69*C	69*C	69/70*C	69*C	69/70*C
With fan at	2700rpm (83%)	3000rpm (95%)	2600rpm (80%)	3000rpm (95%)	2650 rpm (81%)	2850 rpm (90%)
FPS (Furmark 1280x1024 No MSAA)	200	77	115	127	63	70

General things:
OCCT seems to push VDDC a lot more, GPU Tool was consuming, on average about 75A, OCCT was using about 85A. This also meant OCCT pushed the VDDC temps about 7*C higher. Furmark sits right in the middle, uses about 80A and VDDC temps about 4*C higher than GPUTool but about 3*C lower than OCCT

OCCT and Furmark stress test visual moves, GPUTool doesnt (probably by design)

OCCT uses about 80% on Core 4 only, Furmark uses 100% on Core 1 and GPU Tool seems to use about 20% on Core 1 and Core 4

[ShadowFold]

GPUTool's full screen loads both GPU's to 86%-91% for me

[OnBoard]

Vista X64 SP2
182.50 whql
E7200 @ 3.2GHz
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3
Cards with stock clocks

3min burning with 640x480 window for all tests.

Below tests were started with ~50C GPU temp ~60C VDDC temp.

GTX 280		GPU temp	VDDC current	VDDC max temp	FPS avg	Fan Speed
FurMark		67 C	67.7 A	101 C	227 FPS	1412 RPM (40%)
GPUTool		62 C	61.7 A	88 C	180 FPS	1412 RPM (40%)
OCCT		67 C	72.6 A	101 C	250 FPS	1412 RPM (40%)

Below tests were started with 57C GPU temp.

8500GT		GPU temp	FPS avg	Fan Speed
FurMark		66 C	15 FPS	Passive (0%)
GPUTool		67 C	10 FPS	Passive (0%)
OCCT		68 C	17 FPS	Passive (0%)

[Conspirator]

System:
E8200 @ 3800 Mghz
Asus P5K Pro
Sapphire Radeon HD4850 cooled with Accelero S1 (termal compoud AS5) + 2*93mm fans and one 80 mm fan to make air flow direct to backside
Win7 x64 Build 7100
Catalyst ver. 8.612 with default settings (9.5 Beta)
Windowed mode res.: 640x480
Fullscreen mode res.: 1440x900
Time to run test : 10 min
FarCry 2 BenchmarkTool settings: 4xAA, Ultra High Quality, DX10, Demo: Ranch long

HD4850	GPU Stable Clock	Max temps Windowed	Max temps Fullscreen	Power Consumption
GPUTool	730 Mghz	52*C	53*C	246 W
Furmark	730 Mghz	52*C	53*C	250 W
Furmark (xtreme burn mode)	730 Mghz	53*C	54*C	256 W
Furmark (renamed .exe)	705 Mghz	55*C	61*C	292 W
FarCry 2 (benchmark tool)	730 Mghz	46*C	48*C	234 W

Note: GPUtool find my max stable GPU core clock at 730 Mghz. At this clock speed Furmark 1.65 and FarCry 2 also not crash. But if i rename the furmark *.exe for maximum possible stress results, the stable clock drop down to 705 Mghz and temp rise up.

Note 2: To check system power consumption i use Energy Meter EKM 2000 Olympia

[GigaByte]

CPU: E7200 @ 3.8Ghz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4
Videocard: HIS HD4830 512MB @ 660/1050
Drivers: Catalyst 9.4
OS: Vista x64 Ultimate SP2

Temps in OCCT/Furmark (Core/MemIO/Shaders):

59c/70c/67c

Temps in GPUTool Fullscreen/Windowed:

50c/60c/55c

GPUTool keeps my GPU usage at 95.8%.