Changelog :

Version 1.8.9

•  New : added the support of OpenGL   4.1
•  New : added in OpenCL panel, the selection of the current device index for the demos.
•  New (PRO version only) : a command line option allows to select the OpenCL device on which running the OpenCL kernels. This option is useful if you have several OpenCL capable GPUs. By default the first device is used (OpenCL device 0). The command line param is /cl_device_index=n where n ranges from 0 to # of GPU/CPU – 1.
•  New : added NVIDIA Quadro 5000 to the database.
•  Update : minor changes in OpenCL related code.

Version 1.8.8

• New : added the support of GTX 465 and 460.
• New : a button to launch an advanced GPU monitoring tool has been added in the first panel (GPU/CPU).
• New : in OpenGL panel, the number of GL and WGL extensions is displayed.
• New : added new subvendors : Zotac, Palit and Gigabyte.
• Change : OpenGL extensions are now fetched with the method described here
• Change : now the max values of CPU, memory and shader   (shader : NV only) clocks and VDDC are displayed for Radeon and GeForce cards.
• Change : minor updates in the code of the OpenCL demos for a good working with latest NV and AMD drivers.
• Bugfix : in the first panel, only the features of first OpenCL device are displayed.
• Update : compiled with the latest version of ZoomGPU and GLEW.

Version 1.8.6

• New : added support for GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470.
• New : added the TDP   (thermal power design) for recent NVIDIA and ATI graphics cards.
• New : added the number of SM (NVIDIA) or SIMD (ATI).
• Bugfix : GL 3.x demos could not start with and GL 4.0 context…
• Bugfix : Windows version detection (Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7).
• Bugfix : in main panel, the clock speed of CUDA engines was wrong.
• Bugfix : in the OpenCL surface deformer demo, the type (size_t) of some kernel arguments has been replaced by unsigned in

Version 1.8.3

• New : added GeForce GT 320/330/340, Radeon HD 5450, HD 5830 and HD 4290 (AMD 890GX) to GPU database.
• New : GPU clocks reading is now regularly updated (interval = 2sec).
• Change : updated with PhysX   2.8.3 SDK  .
• Change : temperature reading for ATI graphics cards.
• Change : clocks reading for ATI graphics cards (now for example, under WinXP, Radeon HD 4850 clocks are displayed).
• Bugfix : number of geometry shader texture units was wrong in OpenGL tab.
• Bugfix : crash in first panel when an OpenCL platform had no OpenCL devic

Version 1.8.2 Décembre 2009

• Bugfix : OpenGL 3 context creation with old OpenGL 3.0 drivers like forceware 186.18. The bug led to an infinite loop.
• Bugfix : number of shader processors of Radeon HD 4830 in GPU database fixed.
• New : if OpenCL CPU is supported, the OpenCL checkbox caption is renamed in OpenCL(CPU).
• Change : improved OpenCL platforms management for the creation of OpenCL context in demos.

Version 1.8.1 Décembre 2009

• Change : added the use of the GL interop preview available in ATI Stream SDK v2.0.0 for Julia 4D and 1M Particle demos. Due to some instability, the GL interop is not enabled by default. To enable GL interop, start GPU Caps with the batch file Start_OpenCL_With_GLInterop.bat.
•  New : added a command line parameter to disable OpenCL support (/disable_cl_support).
•  Bugfix : added the specification of context properties in clCreateContextFromType (instead of NULL) for ATI Stream SDK v2.0.0.

Version 1.8.0 Décembre 2009

• New : added four OpenCL GPU / CPU demos. These demos use an OpenGL 3.1 or 3.2 code path.
• New : added two OpenGL 3 demos.
• New : added OpenCL panel for OpenCL capable devices.
• New : for Radeon, display of core and memory frequencies (idle / UVD / 3D).
• New : added GPU Computing checkboxes.
• New : reorganization of the first panel to display essential information.
• Change : reorganization of the first panel to display essential information.
• Change : updated OpenGL extensions database links.
• Change : updated GPU database with latest GeForce, Radeon and Intel.
• Change : Mb in MB…
• Removed Show PhysX Properties button
• Bugfix : Bugfix : OpenGL version in xml report fixed.
• Bugfix : wrong system memory size for system with more than 2GB

Version 1.7.0 Avril 2009

• New : added NVIDIA CUDA panel for GeForce 8/9/GT200 videocards.
• Change : furry torus replaced by a furry box !
• Change : updated OpenGL extensions database links.
• Change : update graphics cards database with ForceWare 185.xx and Catalyst   9.4 (support of GeForce GTX 275 and Radeon HD 4890).
• Change : version 1.7.0

Version 1.6.2 - November 2008

• This new version of GPU Caps Viewer fixes a small bug in online submission (this feature has been accidentally disabled in version 1.6.0) and adds the detection of Radeon HD 4850 X2. Some dialog boxes (OpenGL extensions and XML report) have been resized to fit the screen of some ultra laptops like the eeePC (1024×600).

Version 1.6.0 - October 20, 2008

• New : button in first tab to display PhysX control panel.
• New : graphics hardware detection code is now done by the ZoomGPU engine.
• Change : Geometry Instancing support detection for ATI Radeon graphics cards (read more HERE). Now with Catalyst 8.11 the geometry instancing demo works fine on Radeon.
• Change : added ForceWare 178.24 and Catalyst 8.10 to database.
• Bugfix : in driver version detection.
• Change : version 1.6.0

Version 1.5.2 - August 28, 2008

• Change : added ForceWare 177.92 and Catalyst 8.8 to database.
• Change : updated OpenGL extensions database.
• Change : version 1.5.2
• More information on this version : GPU Caps Viewer 1.5.2 @ Geeks3D



Version 1.5.0 - July 24, 2008

• New : added new demo : HW Geometry Instancing. Works with GeForce 8 (and higher), S3 Graphics Chrome 400 series (430 GT, 440 GTX). This demo requires the support of Shader Model 4.0
• New : added command line parameters to set the default size of demos’s window. Example : c :\>gpucapsviewer /width=1920 /height=1200
• Change : improved HDR demo with radial blur.
• Change : density of mesh plane (500k triangles) in the Vertex Texture Fetching demo. This demo works fine with NVIDIA GeForce 6+, S3 Graphics Chrome 400 (430 GT and 440 GTX) and should work one day with Radeon 2k/3k (bug in Catalyst ?).
• Bugfix : render target init for ATI and S3 Graphics (HDR demo).
• New : added a simple splashscreen to give some startup information.
• New : added NVIDIA PhysX driver detection.
• Bugfix : msaa was set to 2X at initialization and this value prevents a correct init of S3 Graphics Chrome 430 GT.
• Bugfix : small bug in the detection of GPU Caps Viewer version.
• Bugfix : in opengl extensions list box, driver information was not correct.
• Bugfix : small bug in drivers detection (XP and Vista).
• Bugfix : small bug in GPU Caps Viewer installer (new version tries to install into old folder).
• Change : added ForceWare 177.66 and Catalyst 8.7 to database.
• Change : added detection of GeForce GTX 260/280 and Radeon 4850/4870/4870 X2.
• Change : version 1.5.0
• Known issue : under Vista the temperature for GeForce based graphics cards is not displayed.

Thanks to NVIDIA and S3 Graphics for their hardware support. Thanks to Dr Spankenstein (techPowerUp ! Forums), Stefan (oZone3D.Net Forums) and Steph3D for their betatests.




Version 1.4.2 - January 17, 2008

• Change : added Catalyst 8.1 to database.
• Change : web links updated
• Change : version 1.4.2



Version 1.4.1 - January 10, 2008

• Bugfix : crash when graphics card was not recognized (some non-NVIDIA/ATI cards such as Intel, SiS, XGI, ...).



Version 1.4.0 - January 8, 2008

• New : added graphics card validation in Tool panel.
• New : added new OpenGL demo with HDR and DoF.
• New : added MSAA selection for each OpenGL stress test demo.
• New : GPU core temperature in degrees Celcius and Fahrenheit.
• New : added vendor id/device id info in [Main Caps/GPU/CPU] panel.
• New : new logo designed by Steph3D.
• New : added file version information.
• Update : added ForceWare 169.28 and Catalyst 7.12 to database.
• Update : new weblinks (graphics cards reviews)
• Change : OpenGL demos selection is now done via a list.
• Change : [Main Caps/GPU/CPU] tab slightly changed : added OpenGL version and removed NVIDIA specific stuff.
• Change : version 1.4.0
• Bugfix : the button More System Information in [Tools] panel is now functional.



Version 1.3.0 - October 27, 2007

• New : added four new OpenGL stress test demos.
• New : GPU core temperature available for all NVIDIA cards (Geforce 5/6/7/8+) and for ATI Radeon 2k series and up. Under Vista, the GPU temp is not displayed for NVIDIA boards due to a bug in Forceware.
• New : added new GPU codenames for NVIDIA/ATI boards
• New : check for new version done at startup.
• Updated : weblinks
• Improved NVIDIA drivers detection.
• Changed : Sytem CPU tab merged with Graphics Adapter GPU tab
• Removed : redondent information in Graphics Adapter /GPU panel (video memory size and drivers version).
• Removed : GPU ambient and upper limit temperatures (Graphics Adapter /GPU panel).
• Changed : version 1.3.0



Version 1.2.0 - June 27, 2007

• Feature : added new links (reviews, latest forceware and catalyst drivers).
• Feature : added GLSL shaders validation test in Tools tab. You can test the loading of a vertex or pixel shader written in GLSL.
• Feature : added AMD/ATI R600 GPU detection .
• Changed : version 1.2.0



Version 1.1.2 - May 5, 2007

• Feature : added number of Multiple Render Targets in "OpenGL Capabilities" tab and in XML report.
• Feature : added in "System / CPU" tab a new button to get more system information.
• Feature : added the latest Forceware drivers links in Drivers Links.
• Feature : added the new reviews (8800 Ultra) in Reviews Links.
• Feature : added the GPU codename detection for S3 graphics cards (Chrome S2x, DeltaChrome and UniChrome). Thanks to Stefan B. from www.chrome-center.com
• Changed : GPU Caps Viewer main windows has been reduced to be used with low resolution desktops (1024x768 for exemple). "Tools" group has been transfered to the new "Tools" tab.
• Changed : Under Vista wit some system/PC, some information about NVIDIA video cards are not correctly fetched and causes GPU Caps Viewer to crash. So currently, the "OpenGL Thread Control" group in "OpenGL Capabilities" tab and "NVIDIA Specific" group in the "Graphics Adapter / GPU" are disabled under Vista until I fix the bug. Thanks to Grant James / www.zeuscmd.com
• Bugfix : With some graphics cards / drivers under Windows Vista, the OpenGL extensions list was not well-formed (empty strings). These cases are now managed. Thanks to Stefan B. from www.chrome-center.com
• Bugfix : "ATI Catalyst Version String" and "ATI Catalyst Release Version String" were written in the XML report even with non-ATI graphics cards. Thanks to Stefan B. from www.chrome-center.com
• Bugfix : improved gpu codename detection for NVIDIA geforce 7300 series.
• Bugfix : in the xml report [Graphics Adapter / GPU] section read "Device Description" in place of "Devive Description". Thanks to Michael.L.K for the bug report !
• Changed : version 1.1.2



Version 1.1.0 - April 26, 2007

• Feature : works now on Windows Vista !
• Feature : added new GLSL demo : fur demo
• Feature : added NVIDIA G80 support (number of geometry shader texture samplers, texture buffer size)
• Feature : added NVIDIA board type : geforce, quadro or nvs
• Feature : added new NVIDIA and ATI GPUs detection.
• Feature : added latest Forceware and Catalyst drivers links
• Feature : added new NVIDIA reviews.
• Feature : added new ATI reviews.
• Feature : added new useful links
• Change : improved multitreading management
• Change : improved graphics adapter data detection (drivers version)
• Change : improved cpu data detection
• Change : improved system data detection (DirectX   version)
• Change : improved GUI (graphical user interface) organization. Change : GPU Caps Viewer logo has been designed by ID3D : www.id3d.ch. Thanks for their contribution ! —>
• Change : version 1.1.0



Version 1.0.4 - February 27, 2007

• Feature : added new GPUs detection.
• Feature : added a checkbox to display all reviews.
• Feature : news links added to Reviews Links.
• Feature : news links added to Useful Links.
• Feature : news OpenGL GL_EXT extensions added.
• Change : improved multithreading management and rendering context switching
• Bugfix : management of non-opengl 2.0 compliant graphics cards (multitexturing, vbo, glsl...). Non-OpenGL 2.0 video cards made GPU Caps Viewer to crash ! Now GPU Caps Viewer works fine even on an OpenGL 1.1 video card. OpenGL 1.1 means no graphics drivers !
  Thanks to Riccardo aka ’.XtC.’ for his countless tests !
• Bugfix : GPU Codename field was incorrect in case of unknown GPU.
• Bugfix : minor dialog box control bugs.
• Change : version 1.0.4



Version 1.0.2 - February 22, 2007

• Feature : added new Inno3D 7900 GS link to Reviews list box
• Feature : added Catalyst 7.2 links to Drivers list box.
• Feature : added old graphics card reviews (9600, X800, 5800, 6200, ... ) to Reviews list box.
• Change : in the Check For Update dialog box, the jump url now points to http://www.ozone3d.net/gpu_caps_viewer/
• Change : version 1.0.2



Version 1.0.0 - February 19, 2007

• First release !