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Hello to all and each of you,
I do not have a problem (well, I do have a small situation, but that is not why I post).
How does GPU-z work? Where does it retrieve the data from?
GPU-z (ver 0.5.4, the latest) is showing the wrong videocard. No, it is most likely not GPU-z's fault.
I wanted to replace a 64-bit Radeon HD 3650 with a 128-bit Radeon HD 3650 from Sapphire in an old AGP-based computer that I have (the PC doesn't boot, by the way: lots of beeps and a black screen - but nevermind that).
In another computer, the Sapphire works fine (so, the card is not defective - could it be a PSU issue?), and there GPU-z says it is a VisionTek Radeon HD 2600XT. So does Windows (XP Home) Device manager.
SIW ("System Information for Windows") too says that it's a VisionTek Radeon HD 2600XT.
However, a little lower at "PCI ID" SIW says that that it's a "RV635 Pro AGP / [Radeon HD 3650].
The PCI Sub ID, then, shows "Hightech Information System Ltd" (aka HIS).
The card definitely is (looks like) a Radeon HD 3650 from Sapphire. So, why the different information? Sapphire? VisionTek? HIS?
Consider this as a technical question. I like to know a lot about my computers, so I like GPU-z very much
I do not have a problem (well, I do have a small situation, but that is not why I post).
How does GPU-z work? Where does it retrieve the data from?
GPU-z (ver 0.5.4, the latest) is showing the wrong videocard. No, it is most likely not GPU-z's fault.
I wanted to replace a 64-bit Radeon HD 3650 with a 128-bit Radeon HD 3650 from Sapphire in an old AGP-based computer that I have (the PC doesn't boot, by the way: lots of beeps and a black screen - but nevermind that).
In another computer, the Sapphire works fine (so, the card is not defective - could it be a PSU issue?), and there GPU-z says it is a VisionTek Radeon HD 2600XT. So does Windows (XP Home) Device manager.
SIW ("System Information for Windows") too says that it's a VisionTek Radeon HD 2600XT.
However, a little lower at "PCI ID" SIW says that that it's a "RV635 Pro AGP / [Radeon HD 3650].
The PCI Sub ID, then, shows "Hightech Information System Ltd" (aka HIS).
The card definitely is (looks like) a Radeon HD 3650 from Sapphire. So, why the different information? Sapphire? VisionTek? HIS?
Consider this as a technical question. I like to know a lot about my computers, so I like GPU-z very much

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