Love the GPU-Z

dcloud · Feb 27, 2009

Hi everyone. I saw the TechPowerUp GPU-Z on a graphic card review page and thought it was pretty cool so I did a Google search for it and it brought me here. I am just trying the utility out tonight and took a snapshot of it....

I am not sure what the release date is for my card, but I did notice that for Shaders it only shows 12/5 when I know the card is 12/8. Perhaps its one of those things I have to "unlock" on the card. I am a complete n00b when it comes to these type of things so forgive my ignorance in these areas.

I picked up my card last summer from Buy.com when I built this computer. It was a sweet deal at $25 (with free shipping to boot) so I'm not complaining. I just wanted to say "thank you" to whoever made this nifty utility and perhaps I can learn more about my card from you knowledgeable folks here.

Castiel · Feb 27, 2009

Welcome to the Forum! :toast:

Mussels · Feb 27, 2009

welcome.

and you might be surprised at how often some manufacturers rip people off with less shaders/ram bandwidth on budget models - if GPU-z says you're at 12/5, i'd be checking if your ATI drivers report the same thing.

dcloud · Feb 27, 2009

Thanks for the welcome

I dont know how to check the drivers, but Everest reports 12/5 as well.

MohawkAngel · Feb 27, 2009

It sucks that GPU-Z dont shows the fillrate for onboard videocards

W1zzard · Feb 27, 2009

why do you think x1650 has 8 vertex shaders?

InnocentCriminal · Feb 27, 2009

Welcome to the forums!

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MohawkAngel · Feb 27, 2009

Are you talking to me :pimp:

W1zzard said:
why do you think x1650 has 8 vertex shaders?

DrPepper · Feb 27, 2009

Welcome to techpowerup

X1650 only has 5 vertex according to amd
http://ati.amd.com/products/RadeonX1650/specs.html

crtecha · Feb 27, 2009

Welcome to TPU you should join the michigan club.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=70704&highlight=michigan

dcloud · Feb 27, 2009

DrPepper said:
Welcome to techpowerup

X1650 only has 5 vertex according to amd
http://ati.amd.com/products/RadeonX1650/specs.html

Thanks. I was checking the wrong specs then on another site.

DrPepper · Feb 27, 2009

dcloud said:
Thanks. I was checking the wrong specs then on another site.

It is very possible that one of AMD's partners released the card with increased specifications.

W1zzard · Feb 27, 2009

as far as i remember there are 5 vs units in the gpu, not more, so nothing partners could enable.

DrPepper · Feb 27, 2009

W1zzard said:
as far as i remember there are 5 vs units in the gpu, not more, so nothing partners could enable.

Maybe the cut some off from another core ? I'm not sure about how they go about doing these things.

KainXS · Feb 27, 2009

yea, only the X1650XT and GT have 8 vertex shaders and have different cores

dcloud · Feb 27, 2009

Thanks for the info everyone - and the welcomes. I love learning about these things. Considering the card was only $25 I'm not complaining. It works great and does an awesome job with my 22" widescreen LG panel.

DrPepper · Feb 27, 2009

I remember that was going to be my second graphics card then I got a great deal on an x850 pro.

dcloud · Feb 27, 2009

I used to be a huge Nvidia fan until the day I bought an ATI card (it was one that snapped into the PC slot - if that's what its called) for $25 which is still going strong in my old computer, which I gave to my mom. It was after that I thought perhaps I'll give ATI a go for my new computer and I got the Diamond card.

Now I'm not bashing Nvidia, so don't get me wrong, but I always held back on the Radeons because their video card utility was always wiggy. And then when I was putting together my new rig I came across an article that said "Do not install the CD software that comes with your card, instead visit the ATI website and get it from there."

I did this and viola! - video utility tool that works. I must say that now after using it since last summer I am indeed impressed. Never a hiccup with this card or the cheapie one I put in my old computer. Has to say something about ATI, ya know.

InnocentCriminal · Feb 27, 2009

It's advised to fill out your system specification dcloud, plus I think it's fun to do.

^^

dcloud · Feb 27, 2009

Thanks, I just added it. I dont know how to do a benchmark so i left that blank.

dcloud · Feb 27, 2009

I just found out that my card has Crossfire, and i was reading about my mobo and it says it supports Crossfire. From the Gigabyte site....

With support for ATI CrossFireX, GIGABYTE pushes the envelope once again by delivering highly optimized performance and flexibility demanded by power users and extreme gaming enthusiasts. Designed to provide unmatched multi-GPU support with dual PCI Express connectivity, the GA-P35-DS4 REV.2.1 allows users to take advantage of the ultra smooth 3D rendering, blazing-fast frame rates and enhanced visual quality possible with a dual graphics card solution.

Is this something I need to turn on? Or should I leave it be?

DrPepper · Feb 27, 2009

dcloud said:
I just found out that my card has Crossfire, and i was reading about my mobo and it says it supports Crossfire. From the Gigabyte site....

Is this something I need to turn on? Or should I leave it be?

Crossfire is when there is two graphics cards, that are connected to the same motherboard and run syncronised. It is only possible on crossfire motherboards, E.g a motherboard with two pci-e slots. Your motherboard has two pci-e slots but it wouldn't be worth the cost for you to get another card. You would be better off getting a new card which perform much better than two X1650's.

dcloud · Feb 27, 2009

Thanks. Just out of curiosity what ATI card would you recommend?

DrPepper · Feb 27, 2009

dcloud said:
Thanks. Just out of curiosity what ATI card would you recommend?

For gaming - 4830 or 4850 or 4870.
If you don't game at all then - 4350.

Either one of these will be 5x more powerful than 2 X1650's. Pick one of them depending on your budget.

dcloud · Feb 27, 2009

I just downloaded and installed the latest ATI update to my card (ver 8.582.0.0) and now I'm starting to get this little screen that pops up and says, "VPU Recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics driver commands." There is an option to send the error report to ATI. The last time this happened (about ten minutes ago) my screen went black for a couple seconds.

Anyone know what this is about?

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