Stress Tests for Mac

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Stress Tests for Mac

What are some stress tests for Mac (OS X).

I am looking for CPU stresses in attempt tp produce major CPU activity and heat from CPU.

thanks
-Topher

PowerMac G4 Dual 1.25, Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Posted on Dec 31, 2005 1:08 PM

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ds store

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Dec 31, 2005 1:21 PM in response to TopStuffing

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set it on one of the higher renders and use

MacUpdate.com>Hardware Monitor for the charts

set the room to a consistant temp, 75ºF is ideal as any hotter and the heat seems to build up.

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Dec 31, 2005 1:57 PM in response to ds store

Agreed. My quad scores about 36k Mflops while my dual 867 was about 6.5k and 12" Pb around 3.5k. Run one of the higher number count's to see how hot the processors and fans will get.

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