When MWO is released, i'm going to download, install and run MWO on my current rig and see how it runs before i upgrade the hardware or make the decision to build a new one from scratch. I know that i will have to do one or the other.
Is there any freeware ya'all are aware of in which i can monitor my hardware's temperature, how much wattage my video card uses while being pushed beyond it's limit, etc? I'm currently using Vista 32bit so the freeware would have to be compattable with that.
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how do i monitor the temperature on my hardware?
Started by SouL Winner, May 12 2012 08:47 AM
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Posted 12 May 2012 - 09:22 AM
Piriform's Speccy software is pretty good all-in-one general monitoring software.
http://www.piriform....wnload/standard
It may well someday obsolete other software altogether, but for now, there are more narrowly tailored programs that'll give more detail, but none will tell you so much about all your different hardware in one single program.
For GPU information, GPU-Z is the best, imo
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
It'll tell you GPU temperature for every diode on the card, give you video RAM usage (which very few programs do), it'll tell you the fan speed, the % GPU usage, and it'll let you select between minimum, maximum, and average values for anything it reads. It'll also log to a file.
It also tells you a lot of general information about the card, it's fabrication process, clocks, driver, bios, etc. Pretty much everything you'd ever care to know, and a lot more.
-A good CPU-specific program is Core Temp
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
It's a very small and light program that does what it needs to; what more can one ask?
http://www.piriform....wnload/standard
It may well someday obsolete other software altogether, but for now, there are more narrowly tailored programs that'll give more detail, but none will tell you so much about all your different hardware in one single program.
For GPU information, GPU-Z is the best, imo
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
It'll tell you GPU temperature for every diode on the card, give you video RAM usage (which very few programs do), it'll tell you the fan speed, the % GPU usage, and it'll let you select between minimum, maximum, and average values for anything it reads. It'll also log to a file.
It also tells you a lot of general information about the card, it's fabrication process, clocks, driver, bios, etc. Pretty much everything you'd ever care to know, and a lot more.
-A good CPU-specific program is Core Temp
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/
It's a very small and light program that does what it needs to; what more can one ask?
Edited by Catamount, 12 May 2012 - 09:22 AM.
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Posted 12 May 2012 - 08:02 PM
I personally use open hardware monitor (opensource)
from openhardwaremonitor.org and it's done me well. Has a convenient widget to use and monitors just about everything. fairly light on the system too.
Cnet bit is here; http://download.cnet...4-75217106.html
from openhardwaremonitor.org and it's done me well. Has a convenient widget to use and monitors just about everything. fairly light on the system too.
Cnet bit is here; http://download.cnet...4-75217106.html
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Posted 13 May 2012 - 04:33 AM
I can recommend the Speedfan.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
I am using it for a long time now, and i'm satisfied with it.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
I am using it for a long time now, and i'm satisfied with it.
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Posted 14 May 2012 - 12:02 PM
I like MSI afterburner ( http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm ) for GPU monitoring, and Coretemp for CPU.
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