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  Intel Thermal Analysis tool. Or TAT. Only works in XP. : IHATEDUST
  • Maybe you are looking for CPUz http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php http://www.overclock.net/downloads/138... : IHATEDUST
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  Orthos or Prime95 : Simulacrum
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    ahh Prime95! That's the one I was thinking of. Thank you! : sanchez
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      prime95 by default only kills one core - i think 15.2 does multiple cores. orthos does multiple cores. OC... : xsoulbrothax
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        Prime95 does multiple cores by default. : Reavers!
        • You can also just run two copies of it, which is what I remember doing years ago. : DinK
      • You should take a look at some of the newer Prime95 releases. : Sapiens
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        Intel Burn Test is good if you want to really stress your CPU
        
        http://downloads.guru3d.com/IntelBurnTest-v2.2-download-2047.html
        
        read the description for how it compares to Prime95, and be careful if you use it, it can really get the CPU hot very quickly

        Jul 15, 2009 2:20am PDT
        Intel Burn Test is good if you want to really stress your CPU http://downloads.guru3d.com/IntelBurnTes... : jonas54
    • I always used wPrime which runs across multiple cores. It's also a single exe, no install just goes. : biofrog
• Bonnie++ ? : ghostmac
• cpu-burn? http://users.bigpond.net.au/CPUburn/ : xxx2xxx
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  adobe flash player. : abrasion
  • bl : moe6
  • hahaha : dmason
  • hahahah : Old_Fart
  • oh shit lol : warpdude
  • sad but oh so true : imperator
  • badum ching! : reverend~heresy
  • bahahaha : zdiddy85
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    jesus if i had any part in making that piece of software reading this post would probably make me kill my... : DrFlammable
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      It was that or pdf reader, it's a win win for adobe. : abrasion
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        you should see the OSX flash oh boy. : imperator
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          It's slower than the windows version by quite a margin, but it seems a LOT more stable to me. : Toraz Chryx
          • May be, personally i dont really have stability issues with it at all on either platform. : imperator
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        yeah adobe makes terribly fucking bloated products. i remember there was one version of reader that woul... : dantastic
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          Foxit Reader FTW! : spazzium
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            too bad it has issues with displaying layouts and the like perfectly (or at least it used to). Not a prob... : zakazi
            • Yeah, this was my experience with Foxit too. : Goblin au
  • lol'd : TabsAZ
  • *golf clap* : chazums
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    so true. didn't they promise hardware acceleration like two years ago and then never delivered? : Perturbation
    • I think GPU stuff is already in. It's just not what you think. : lcizzle
  • Are you saying that Flash / Flex is a bad choice for a heavyweight application? : CRasterImage
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    Adobe's programmers are some of the most horrible decision makers in the known world. : mrwolf710
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      I think their plugins for browsers are even worse :/ I still hate flash video even if everyone on the sha... : abrasion
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        Basically the sole reason I have Chrome installed is because flash video is a steaming pile, and Chrome s... : Helter Skelter
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          That's exactly the only reason I have chrome at work too, so I can run the second monitor window with a f... : abrasion
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            It'll only crash with flash videos. Doesn't matter if it's Hulu, Youtube, Vimeo, or whatever. If it invol... : Helter Skelter
            • Imagine that same experience, only you can download 25gb per month (between the hours of midday till 2:00... : abrasion
  • nice : lightly inclined
  • I hate it so much. : pgharavi
  • from downtown! : silent prophet
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    Let he who has never enjoyed a Flash web game cast the first stone.. : owly
    • I enjoyed plenty of flash games. I'd have enjoyed them more if they didn't run slower than Crysis. : hawkeye
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      What does this have to do with it being ridiculously slow? : walker270
      • Joke reply to joke post slamming Flash. Try some bran in your diet. : owly
  • sick burn : arizona bay
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    Does it do this in Windows too? I thought it was just OSX, where my laptop's fan will eventually spin up ... : rudds
    • It doesn't for videos in Windows. Only uses crazy CPU with poorly designed advertising, TBH. I'm not sure... : nudel
  • flash burn : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • good god yes. Esp with Firefox on Mac. Constant spiking and stuttering. : zakazi