Want an application that gives you information about your video card and GPU? What ypou need is GPU-Z.

What is the big deal about this program?

This is a lightweight program that is designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU such as the card name, GPU, release date and transistors, BIOS version, ROPs, memory type, and memory size. GPU-Z provides you snapshots of your video card and GPU. This freeware displays the following info- adapter, GPU, and display information, overclock, default clocks, 3D clocks (if available), and validation of results.It does not require any installation- it’s an executable file you can run directly. It supports Nvidia and ATI cards and is very fast.

Some of the main features of this program are: 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 ahs added a few changes to this version: they include: Added support for AMD Radeon HD 7990, HD 8550M, HD 7340, HD 7290, HD 8670D, Added support for NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M, 680MX, 675MX, GT218 based 9400 GT, Fixed TMU count for RV620 and Fixed voltage monitoring on HD 7790.

Downsides?

Yet to discover any. A very small and useful utility that provides you all the relevant info about your video card and GPU.

To find out more, please go to TechPowerup.

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