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Change from Celsius to Fahrenheit?

Would others agree with me that GPU-Z should have an option to display BOTH CELSIUS & FAHRENHEIT

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acuraice

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I love your program besides the fact that it directs me to the wrong gpu when you select the " look up" feature (i understand the look up feature is new and can be buggy) but what drives me most crazy is that all the temperatures are only listed in Celsius !!
There are no options or preferences files i can access to change from Celcius to Fahrenheit. Is this possible with GPU-Z?? Am i just missing something??? Thank you in advance.
 
Right click on the icon in the upper left corner.
 
OMG!!! i feel so stupid now!! Thank you very much for helping me. I would have never noticed that the options were a hidden menu. Im sure others have made the same mistake also. At least 1 other person voted Yes to my poll, so i know im not alone
 
Yeah it probably takes a bit for everyone to find that meny. I dunno where a good place for it would be otherwise though.
 
I thought manufacturers specced thermal limits were always shown in Celsius?
 
Yeah it probably takes a bit for everyone to find that meny. I dunno where a good place for it would be otherwise though.
A normal menu (at top of window) or an Options/Settings button? Lots of options exist. :)
For Options/Settings button, a 2nd window to set various options would appear when the button is clicked. Most other Windows programs have separate Settings/Options screens, not quite sure why GPU-Z does not??
 
Fahrenheit is an outdated imperial measurement and should be scrapped.
 
Fahrenheit is an outdated imperial measurement and should be scrapped.

Not only that, but it also creates confusion because the vast majority of people will assume the temperatures displayed are displayed in °C, in a screenshot related to fixing PC problems.

Personally I havnt come across pc-forum posts where °F is used, even in predominantly north american forums.
 
Fahrenheit is an outdated imperial measurement and should be scrapped.

Regardless of that for countries that still use some or all Imperial measurements, I do think Fahrenheit should not even be an option for GPU-Z, because computer hardware is predominately specced in metrics. Celcius is always used in every forum or publication I have ever come accross when discussing computer part temps.
 
Metric is more precise easier for me to understand, water freezes at 0ºC (32ºF) and boils at 100ºC (212ºF). Simple.

edit: changed my statement after realising I'm no way as smart as some of you.
 
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Regardless of that for countries that still use some or all Imperial measurements, I do think Fahrenheit should not even be an option for GPU-Z, because computer hardware is predominately specced in metrics. Celcius is always used in every forum or publication I have ever come accross when discussing computer part temps.
Exactly...........
 
We should just use the Kelvin scale and be done with it.
 
Metric is more precise, water freezes at 0ºC (32ºF) and boils at 100ºC (212ºF). Simple.

i get your angle but would you not say if your looking for the most accurate or precise fluctuations in temp with a fast polling rate f is the way to go?

i wouldnt say outdated just has its place and most people dont need such a precise measurement.

edit-actually i think science got left outside the circle on this one being that f can actually be over twice as precise as c depending how and what it is used for haha
 
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i get your angle but would you not say if your looking for the most accurate or precise fluctuations in temp with a fast polling rate f is the way to go?

i wouldnt say outdated just has its place and most people dont need such a precise measurement.

edit-actually i think science got left outside the circle on this one being that f can actually be over twice as precise as c depending how and what it is used for haha

You may be right, ºF may be more precise depending on what it's used for but for these applications, the standard should be in ºC imho as it's probably a more widely accepted measurement.
 
Fahrenheit is an outdated imperial measurement and should be scrapped.
There are two different kinds of countries in this world. Countries that use the metric system and countries that went to the moon.

murica_17.jpg
 
There are two different kinds of countries in this world. Countries that use the metric system and countries that went to the moon.

murica_17.jpg
But unfortunately 2 of the 3 countries that have been to the moon are metric :)
 
His pic says flags, not people :p
 
Numbers is so confusing. Let's adopt a scale like NTAS:
  1. Low Condition (Green).
  2. Guarded Condition (Blue).
  3. Elevated Condition (Yellow).
  4. High Condition (Orange).
  5. Severe Condition (Red).
:rolleyes:
:roll:
 
Metric is more precise, water freezes at 0ºC (32ºF) and boils at 100ºC (212ºF). Simple.

Technically, that's more convienient, but not more precise.

ºF is actaully a more precise (smaller unit) of measurement... That's about its only benefit though.
 
Technically, that's more convienient, but not more precise.

ºF is actaully a more precise (smaller unit) of measurement... That's about its only benefit though.
Although if I can remember that far back, I am sure I was taught at school that Fahrenheit is only accurate to 2 decimal places whilst Celsius goes to 3 decimal places...... dunno maybe senility is setting in..... ohhh wait...... too late!
 
That sounds more like a limitation of whatever tool you were using than an actual limit.

Just look at the difference in units between freezing and boiling point of water. F crams many more units into the same space.
 
Meh, it's a measurement, nothing more. If whatever scale works to indicate the measurement it's fine. I don't care one way or the other.
 
I understand where you are coming from, and you are right, just not sure of the actual relevance in real world scenarios, what I mean by that is, if you go out this weekend and run a marathon, some might say you have run 42.195km, others may say they have run 26 miles and 385 yards, whichever way you care to call it, you have run the same distance . Of course if you were getting dirty with something like micro physics where you were talking tiny fractions of a unit then yes most certainly having that added detail will make life easier, but not sure if it makes it more accurate.
 
There are two different kinds of countries in this world. Countries that use the metric system and countries that went to the moon.

murica_17.jpg
Facepalm, lol.
 
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