Quality of Life & AMD Parity
Following the massive architectural rollout in v0.2.0, this release is a smaller Quality of Life (QoL) update. The primary focus here is bringing the AMD user experience perfectly in line with the new NVIDIA features, alongside a handful of under-the-hood detection improvements and a workaround for the broken TechPowerUp search engine.
✨ Highlights & AMD Parity
- Dynamic Performance Metrics (AMD): The Graphics Card tab now features dynamic GPU performance metrics for AMD graphics cards, bringing the real-time experience into full parity with NVIDIA.
- Accurate Radeon Clocks: Overhauled how AMD clock speeds are calculated in the Graphics Card tab. GPU-T now natively reads
pp_od_clk_voltageto fetch highly precise clock speeds. For systems without that file, a new boost calculation algorithm has been introduced to ensure the data remains as accurate as possible and aligned with how NVIDIA handles boost states. - Realistic AMD Base Clocks: For modern Radeon GPUs, the static "Default Clock" field now utilizes the official "Game Clock" from the database rather than the traditional base clock. This provides a much more realistic and useful baseline of the card's actual operating speed.
- RustiCL Detection: Added explicit checking for the RustiCL OpenCL implementation on the Graphics Card tab for AMD users.
🐛 Bug Fixes & Under-the-Hood
- Web Lookup Workaround: TechPowerUp's custom search engine recently broke/restricted external queries. To ensure the "Lookup" button remains functional for unknown GPUs, it has been temporarily repointed to use a targeted Google Search.
- Strict Vulkan Detection: Vulkan support on the Graphics Card tab is now much more accurate; it explicitly requires a Device ID match to show as supported (provided
vulkaninforuns properly on the host OS). - UEFI (GOP) Heuristics: Improved the UEFI detection algorithm by implementing a simple heuristic based on the GPU's original release date combined with the presence of
/sys/firmware/efion your host system. - Expanded OpenCL Parsing: Enhanced the OpenCL detection capabilities for AMD to accurately catch
.icdfiles that use non-standard naming conventions. - Legacy NVIDIA Fillrates: Fixed a math issue where pixel and texture fillrates weren't calculating correctly for older NVIDIA GPUs that do not utilize Boost clocks.
🗄️ Database Updates
- Added hardware specs for: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (new variant), RTX 4070 Ti (new variant), Tesla PG503-216, GeForce 315 OEM, GeForce 6600, GeForce 7200 GS, and GeForce 7500 LE.
Installation: Download the .AppImage, make it executable (chmod +x), and run! For detailed instructions or alternative installation methods, check the README.