GPU-Z 0.3.1

• License:

  Free

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  2.0 stars (out of 7 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  38,575

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP

• Additional Requirements:

  No additional requirements

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  January 04, 2009

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version GPU-Z 0.3.0 GPU-Z 0.2.9 GPU-Z 0.2.3 GPU-Z 0.2.8 GPU-Z 0.2.1 GPU-Z 0.1.9 GPU-Z 0.1.5

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Publisher's description of GPU-Z

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.

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Editor's review of GPU-Z

• 4.0 stars

• "No set up necessary"

• Reviewed by: CNET staff
• Reviewed on: January 13, 2009
• Version reviewed: GPU-Z 0.3.1

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.

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• 3 stars

  Version: GPU-Z 0.3.1

  "A Greate Tool for Graphics Processing Unit Reviewing"

  by eladkarako on February 11, 2009

  Pros: Extremely Fast. No Installation is Needed. non Registry residues.
  also produces very clear information panel, power users would find very useful.

  Cons: The exe is protected using peCompact algorithm- which some anti-viruses may falsely be recognized as malware.
  it is not recommended that you use GPU-Z if you had past hardware issues,
  The heavy use of kernel32.dll may cause you a b.s.o.d.

  Summary: I have noticed that downloading through download.com can produce damage GPU-Z.0.3.1.exe.
  In that case you may consider using the "external download link" download.com supplies..
  by the way.. the direct link is:
  http://dl15.techpowerup... read more >>

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• 1 stars

  1 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: GPU-Z 0.3.1

  "Cannot Download"

  by GATOR-HATER on January 22, 2009

  Pros: Zero, nada, nothing

  Cons: Cannot down load from any site

  Summary: I tried both U.S. sites and the U.K. option. In every case got a HTTP 404 error
  (site not found). I'm not having trouble with any site except this, so I don't
  believe it's my hardware or software.

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