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System Name | ICE-QUAD // ICE-CRUNCH |
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Processor | Q6600 // 2x Xeon 5472 |
Memory | 2GB DDR // 8GB FB-DIMM |
Video Card(s) | HD3850-AGP // FireGL 3400 |
Display(s) | 2 x Samsung 204Ts = 3200x1200 |
Audio Device(s) | Audigy 2 |
Software | Windows Server 2003 R2 as a Workstation now migrated to W10 with regrets. |
First off, the SCREENSHOT tool to upload directly to TPU is brilliant and saves a lot of time However, isnt a .png file format preferred? Anyway, .gif is working just fine.
Issues: I think the BIOS version reported is the ATI Atom BIOS, ie. the BOOT (VGA) BIOS on the card that works WITHOUT driver, and is provided by ATI. I think what we also need, is the BIOS version/date (string?) that is used when NOT in VGA mode, and is essentially the BIOS that is used by windows drivers specific to each card vendor. Hope you understand what I mean...
Take a look at the output from RBE for the 3850 AGP cards, as example. The Atom BIOS is the same for all cards, 10.077.... but the BIOS version strings and dates and the .bin is different from different manufacturers. It would be useful to show these BIOS strings/dates in GPU-Z
But I'm no expert, I might be miunderstanding how it works.
Issues: I think the BIOS version reported is the ATI Atom BIOS, ie. the BOOT (VGA) BIOS on the card that works WITHOUT driver, and is provided by ATI. I think what we also need, is the BIOS version/date (string?) that is used when NOT in VGA mode, and is essentially the BIOS that is used by windows drivers specific to each card vendor. Hope you understand what I mean...
Take a look at the output from RBE for the 3850 AGP cards, as example. The Atom BIOS is the same for all cards, 10.077.... but the BIOS version strings and dates and the .bin is different from different manufacturers. It would be useful to show these BIOS strings/dates in GPU-Z
But I'm no expert, I might be miunderstanding how it works.