GPU-Z can't monitor fanspeed/temps for non-primary cards?

[VirtualLarry]

Just curious. I recently re-configured one of my Skylake G4400 rigs, un-overclocked it, hooked the monitor up to the Intel iGPU, but left my 7950 installed. Oh yeah, I think I updated the drivers for the 7950. Don't recall if I rebooted. Anyways, GPU-Z won't read temps/fanspeed on the 7950. I guess I'll try rebooting?

Edit: Nope, rebooting didn't help. Still no fanspeeds/temps on my 7950 in GPU-Z. Weird. If anyone knows how to fix this, feel free to give a shout-out.

Edit: More weirdness, I got a notification from the Radeon Crimson drivers in the systray, and then I get a dialog saying "No AMD graphic driver is installed, or the AMD driver is not functioning properly. Please install the AMD driver appropriate for your AMD hardware."

Yet, Milkyway@Home is doing WUs in BOINC just fine... (Edit: and the WUs mention ATI/AMD GPU)

Edit: I'm going to stop crunching. I'm not sure if the AMD drivers are actually loaded, and controlling the fanspeed according to temps. Normally I hear the fans ramp up and down while crunching on MW@Home, and I'm not hearing that. So something isn't right here.

 

[kowalabearhugs]

I can report a similar situation with my 2500k + 7970 + GTX760 setup. My monitor is hooked up to the Intel iGPU and I receive the same notification about no graphic driver installed for the AMD card. I get no such warnings about the Nvidia drivers.

GPU-Z 0.8.8 (and 0.8.7) reports everything for the AMD card except GPU core clock, mem clock, GPU temp and fan speed (% + rpm). However, I can hear the fan ramping up and down when WUs are being swapped - specifically Collatz WUs because they're so short.

Windows 10 with AMD Driver version 15.300.1025.1001. Device Manager does not report any issues. I've been running in this configuration since January of this year and BOINC has been running ~24/7.

 

[TennesseeTony]

Use MSI afterburner to control the fans and remove the worries?

 

[kowalabearhugs]

At least in my case I'm not sure that will work. I've tried using Sapphire Trixx and while the card was detected and the program displays the general specs under the 'Card Info' section it does not show any info on the main screen besides the vrm temp eg. No clocks, voltage, temp, fan readings.

The 7970 GPU driver is loading because detection and processing on BOINC works normally, but it appears the system is prevented from reading out the hardware state or allowing user manipulation of the settings.

The 7970 was the first card installed and used to be the primary video output, but I switched the system to the Intel integrated graphics after installing the GTX760.

The 760 is set to a temp target of 80C and I am able to fully control it via the EVGA Precision software. Based on the VRM temps on the 7970, I believe it is also default targeted at 80C.

 

[TennesseeTony]

I've not had much luck in the past with Trixx, although i prefer the simpler layout, I always end up using Afterburner, which usually works when Trixx doesn't.

 

[kowalabearhugs]

Thanks for the suggestion, Tony.

Unfortunately, Afterburner faces the same issues as Trixx. So there appears to be an issue with AMD drivers and Win10 when the installed AMD card is not used for graphic output.

Afterburner reads out the info (core+ram mhz, load, fan speeds, etc) for the Nvidia card (gpu2), but does not provide any details on the 7970 (gpu1) or a way to modify it's current settings.

@VirtualLarry Are you on Windows 10?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Thanks for the suggestion, Tony.

Unfortunately, Afterburner faces the same issues as Trixx. So there appears to be an issue with AMD drivers and Win10 when the installed AMD card is not used for graphic output.

Afterburner reads out the info (core+ram mhz, load, fan speeds, etc) for the Nvidia card (gpu2), but does not provide any details on the 7970 (gpu1) or a way to modify it's current settings.

@VirtualLarry Are you on Windows 10?

No, I'm on Windows 7 64-bit SP1.

 

[kowalabearhugs]

Yesterday, I swapped the monitor from the Intel iGPU to the 7970 then booted into Win10. No other changes were made and the Radeon Crimson app now opens and functions normally.

I updated the Nvidia drivers to 368.22. EVGA PrecisionX has functioned correctly the entire time and continues to work fine.

With the 7970 as primary display GPU-Z reports accurate info for both cards and I am able to control the card via MSI Afterburner.