CNET Editors' review
Checking the status of your video card and GPU is a good idea in these days of graphics-intensive PC games and Web sites. This little application will give you a snapshot of those items.
GPU-Z is a basic tool that launches a small, tabbed interface with no bells and whistles, just information in a dialog box-style window. The download is simply an executable file that you run directly - there's no installing or configuring necessary. This free utility supports Nvidia and ATI cards. At launch, it automatically scans your system and reports the card name, GPU, release date and transistors, BIOS version, ROPs, memory type, and memory size.
This utility performed quickly in our tests. It doesn't include a Help file, but its function is limited to describing a single element of your system, and it performs automatically, so a Help feature really isn't necessary--but a readme file would be a nice addition. Although the tool didn't allow us to tweak our system's video performance, we liked that it displayed the driver version, GPU clock, default clock, as well as pixel and texture filtrates. We also liked that we could log sensor data to a file for later comparisons and had the option of disabling polling for individual sensors.
GPU-Z doesn't offer a wide feature set, but it does one thing and does it well. Novices may be a bit overwhelmed by the type of data this tool displays, but if your system's video card is acting up, this utility may help identify some necessary info.
Publisher's Description
From TechPowerUp:
GPU-Z application was designed to be a lightweight tool that will give you all information about your video card and GPU. Main Features: support NVIDIA and ATI cards; displays adapter, GPU, and display information; displays overclock, default clocks and 3D clocks (if available); validation of results.
What's new in this version: Version 0.5.8 added explanation about PCI-Express power savings and 3D render test to accurately measure bus config under load and added function to display ASIC quality for Fermi and Southern Islands. (Located in the GPU-Z system menu).
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"Not Much Here"
Version: GPU-Z 0.5.8
Pros
If you want info on your gpu than this program will give you the info you need
Cons
It it what it is
Summary
Not much here to talk about, if you want a lot of info on your gpu than download it, its a safe program and wont harm your computer,
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"Simple, works great, very detailed info!"
Version: GPU-Z 0.5.8
Pros
Shows me everything I would need to know about my video card plus things I didn't know I would want to know. Includes graphs to show usage history such as GPU load, temperature, and memory usage.
Also it doesn't need installed, just a stand alone program.Cons
Nothing whatever!
Summary
If you're into overclocking and such I imagine this tool would be invaluable!
If you just need to know something about your video card, get it!
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