MasteR Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 My current task has me detecting and logging a system's (PC's) information. My question is: How much information is too much? What information is useful to know and what isn't? My specific predicaments are: Is the build number of the installed windows version useful? Is the brand (NOT chipset) of the systems video card useful? e.g. Gigabyte, EVGA Is the brand and/or model of the systems CPU useful? e.g. AMD Athlon (Brand Model), Intel Itanium The information gathered is intended for reference with future program troubleshooting. Quote AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ (3.0 GHz) 4 GB DDR2 RAM 2 x NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 512 MB (SLI 1.0 GB) Windows XP Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardia Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 You only need to log things which you can use for troubleshooting. Some important infos: - graphics card driver version ---- to troubleshoot when graphics are bugged or don't work at all - OS name and version ---- the version tells you also what windows/linux version it is, and what and service packs/kernels are installed - graphics card manufacturer and model Some less important infos: - amount of RAM - amount of free mass storage space (harddisk, flash) Some quite useless info: - Computer manufacturer ---- Apple, Alienware, Lenovo, PS3, Samsung Galaxy S2, self-assembled, they are all PCs anyway - CPU manufacturer and model ---- all pentiums and amds can do multi-threading anyway, and 386/486 CPUs wouldn't even support the GPU needed to run the game Quote ■ Ryzen 9 ■ RX 6800M ■ 16GB ■ XF8 ■ Windows 11 ■ ■ Ultra ■ LE 2.5 ■ 3DWS 5.6 ■ Reaper ■ C/C++ ■ C# ■ Fortran 2008 ■ Story ■ ■ Homepage: https://canardia.com ■ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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