14 DAY TRIAL // A new version of GPU-Z comes with detection of fake NVIDIA graphics cards, warning users as to whether the hardware installed in their systems come with manipulated specs or not.
GPU-Z 1.12.0 currently works with just a limited selection of video cards, but parent company TechPowerUp says this feature is forward compatible.
“This capability is forward compatible for the supported GPUs (listed in the changelog), so for example, it will be able to detect a fake RTX 2060, which in reality uses a GK106 GPU,” it says.
The supported graphics cards are NVIDIA GPUs (G84, G86, G92, G94, G96, GT215, GT216, GT218, GF108, GF106, GF114, GF116, GF119, GK106).
While detecting an NVIDIA graphics card whose model and technical capabilities have been manipulated to be disguised as a more expensive board isn’t possible when holding it in hand, GPU-Z can help with a [FAKE] tag in the main UI, as well as with a big exclamation mark next to it.
Other new features available in this update
The new version also introduces features to extract and upload graphics card BIOS of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2000.
“Graphics cards with multiple independent fans (each with its own speed control) are gaining popularity, and we've added the ability to read and log fan-speeds of individual fans on NVIDIA "Turing" graphics cards that support the feature, in addition to fan speed percentage monitoring,” the developing team says.
Just as expected, there are also several fixes coming in this version, including a system hand caused by the Valve anti-cheating system, as well as memory bandwidth on Turing cards with GDDR6.
You can download GPU-Z 2.212.0 with all the new features from Softpedia right now. It works on all Windows versions available right now, including even on Windows XP, which no longer receives support since April 2014.