GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.

What is the big deal about this program?

This freeware allows you to check the status of your video card and GPU. It will give you a snapshot of those items and presents the information in a dialog box-style window. It is an executable file that you run directly – there’s no installing or configuring necessary. GPu-Z is a small file program and it does not take up much system resources. It automatically scans your system and reports the card name, GPU, release date and transistors, BIOS version, ROPs, memory type, and memory size.

GPU-Z support NVIDIA and ATI cards, displays adapter, GPU, and display information, overclock, default clocks, 3D clocks (if available), and validation of results. Some of the main features of this program include: Support NVIDIA and ATI cards, Displays adapter, GPU and display information, Displays overclock, default clocks and 3D clocks (if available), Includes a GPU load test to verify PCI-Express lane configuration, Validation of results, No installation required and Support for Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 (both 32 and 64 bit versions are supported).

Techpowerup.com, the author of this program has added a few changes to this version. The changes are: Added readout for texture mapping units (TMUs), Window position is now restored on startup, When GPU-Z is minimized, the tray icon tooltip will show some sensor data and Added support for AMD Tahiti LE, HD 7870M, HD 8000M Series.

Downsides?

Works great and does what it is supposed to.

To learn more about this program, please do visit TechPoweru.

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