Want to know exactly what your graphics card and driver support? GPU Caps Viewer shows the GPU model, video memory, driver and temperature, and organizes OpenGL, OpenCL, and CUDA capabilities into separate views for checking which graphics features the hardware and drivers expose.
GPU and system panels show hardware details
The GPU view reports the graphics adapter, video memory, driver version, and core temperature. A separate system view includes processor and memory details, giving support staff or developers a compact snapshot of the machine running a graphics application.
The OpenGL capabilities panel includes items such as the API version, maximum texture size, and texture-unit count. Its extension view can show the extensions supported by the installed card, or the broader OpenGL extension list; individual entries link to technical descriptions.
OpenCL and CUDA views identify compute support
Dedicated capability panels show OpenCL support and extensions, along with the NVIDIA CUDA support level. These details help developers identify whether a graphics feature or compute API is exposed on a particular system when diagnosing compatibility issues. GPU Caps Viewer can also produce a full system report in plain text or XML for sharing configuration details during technical support.
GPU Burner and demos put the card under load
GPU Burner runs a graphics stress test to check card stability while the GPU is working. The program also includes graphics demos that exercise particular rendering and compute features, including tessellation, ray-traced Julia imagery, particle simulation, and surface deformation. Several stress-test demos can run at once, increasing the load during a stability check.
The Tools area also includes graphics-card validation. Submitting validation sends the card data to a server and returns a web link to the validation page.
Pros
- Separate OpenGL, OpenCL, and CUDA capability views
- OpenGL extension list includes links to extension descriptions
- Text and XML system reports
- GPU Burner stability tests and graphics demos
What information does GPU Caps Viewer report?
It reports graphics-card details such as the GPU type, video memory, driver version, temperature, and supported OpenGL, OpenCL, and CUDA capabilities. System details can also be included in text or XML reports.
How does GPU Caps Viewer test graphics-card stability?
Run GPU Burner or one of the graphics stress-test demos to put the GPU under load and observe its behavior.
Can it show OpenGL extension details?
Yes. The OpenGL extension view can list supported extensions or the broader extension set, with links to descriptions for individual entries.