Map loading monitor. Monitoring the processor and video card in the game
Hi all! Recently I wondered if there is a computer with a graphics program and sometimes it slows down when working with projects. I looked in the task manager to boot the computer and I see that it is straining RAM, but the video card may also be loaded ... But how to see the loading of the video card? Now I will show 3 programs in which you can see all the statistics!
How to see the load on the video card?
I have selected 3 of the best programs, and consider each of them.
Process Explorer
In this program, the load graph is best seen, when analyzing a computer for what the computer lacks, I would choose it. To see the graphs, you need to select System Information.
There are 3 parameters here, this is GPU Usage - loading the video card chip.
GPU Dedicated Memory is the RAM of the video card
GPU System Memory - I did not fully understand this point. They write that it is RAM, but no. Graphics system memory. But where it comes from is not entirely clear) Hike, this parameter is important if there is no external video card and the built-in memory is used together with the RAM. All in all good program, in which you can track the load graph.
After reading the reviews of the previous program, many complained about compatibility. But this one seems to work on all operating systems. You can see brief information and detailed.
There is no load in this picture.
And here I strained the video card a little with a graphic editor.
If you click View - Detailed mode, you can see detailed statistics.
GPU-Z
This program is in demand by many gamers and overclockers)) I liked it that you can track the minimum and maximum load on the video card.
For example, if you click in any window with a value, you can see that min, max appears in the corner ... For example, you noticed that the video card began to slow down the graphics and the cooler began to spin quickly. We look at idle time, for example, the temperature is 36 °, set the value to max and start a hard game.
If we see that the temperature is more than 80-90, then you should think about replacing the thermal paste. But depending on the firm of the assembler, the temperature may be different. For example, I overclocked mine to a maximum of 76 °. I have an Asus assembler, and a friend, for example, Palit, and the exact same video card heats up to 86 °.
This is how you can find out the load on the video card. In the first program, you can not only check the load on the video card, but also monitor the load of the processor, memory, hard drive and video card in games and any programs.
This material is intended to orient readers in today's variety of software for tuning, evaluating the performance and overclocking of system components, as well as tracking monitoring data. This article is based on useful download links for related applications.
Drivers: platform
The correct choice of drivers for various components of the system, in particular the elements of the motherboard and the GPU of the video card, is extremely important for the stable operation of the PC. Where special “creativity” is not required is when installing the drivers that come with the motherboard. However, you can always find and install the latest drivers for the chipset, audio controller, and Wi-Fi card (if any).
Benchmarking
There are a lot of methods for evaluating the performance of system nodes, and each experienced enthusiast has his own. Listed below are the most simple ways, and you can conduct in-depth testing using a set of applications from among those mentioned in the reviews of processors, video cards, memory modules and other components on our website - website.
Representing the rendering of a 3D scene, it is quite popular. It's free, shows consistent results, and can load up to 256 CPU threads (256 AMD Bulldozer cores or 128 Hyper-Threaded Intel Core cores). More or less relevant, especially in the context of competitive benchmarking, previous version this application -
Auxiliary utilities RivaTuner Statistics Server (RTSS) and Fraps will help you measure frame rate in games that do not have a built-in benchmark. With their help, you can record game videos. The Fraps interface is simpler, but updates to this utility have not been released for almost two years.
So, above we have reviewed the most useful and popular programs for tuning, monitoring, overclocking and testing PC nodes by enthusiasts. To date, the choice of utilities for these purposes is huge, and the article most likely does not mention all of the applications that you personally use. Write about your preferences in the comments to this material.
Version 12.3 released on 03/08/2020
GPU Monitor is a handy Windows 10 sidebar gadget lets you monitor the most recent stats of your NVIDIA or/and ATI Desktop Graphic Card. It made especially for the overclockers and gamers. Though GPU Monitor is just a gadget, it provides many information that you need about Graphics Processor Unit (GPU) installed on your system including Vendor (with icon), Model, GPU and PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Temperatures, Fan speed (% and RPM), GPU, Video Engine and Memory Controller load, Video memory usage, GPU core, shader and GPU memory clock, PCI Express and mode (NVIDIA SLI or ATI Crossfire) if you have more than one GPU. A comprehensive graph is provided to maximize the delivered details such as virtual memory, temperature, and interface.
No third party software is required to display all of this data. Only newest graphics driver must be installed. GPU Monitor supports most NVIDIA and AMD/ATI video cards. You can also write all data provided by gadgets to log file for easy documentation.
You can easy customize the interface by changing the color, background and detail of the graphs, if there are multiple GPUs, you can determine which characteristics you want to control, switching between them is done by scrolling the mouse wheel. There are a lot of settings, and if you want to customize everything to your liking, you will have to spend some time on it. GPU Monitor works on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
GPU Monitor features explained:
special features
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Version 12.3 - Updated Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified translations by akjz. (Released at 03/08/2020)
Version 12.2 - Improved code. (Released at 02/24/2020).
Version 12.1 - Fixed bug with autoscale DPI under Windows 10. (Released at 08/12/2019).
Version 12.0 - For security reason ixternal link to NVIDIA Smart Scan now use SSL protocol. (Released at 06/03/2019).
Version 11.9 - Improved work with languages in settings. (Released at 03/31/2019).
Version 11.8 - Cosmetic changes in code. Update Polish translation. Improved usability settings. (Released at 09/15/2018).
Version 11.7 - Some minor optimizations and code cleanup. Update Japanese translation. cosmetic changes. (Released at 09/06/2018).
Version 11.6 - Improved code. minor changes. (Released at 07/13/2018).
Version 11.5 - Minor changes. (Released at 05/09/2018).
Version 11.4 - Allow hide graphics adapter identification string. Few cosmetic changes. (Released at 03/28/2018).
Version 11.3 - Fix AMD crash with driver 18.2.3 and higher (special thanks to Hiten Parmar). (Released at 03/18/2018).
Version 11.2 - New wrapper library added (special thanks to Hiten Parmar). (Released at 02/24/2018).
Version 11.0 - Fixed wrong detect multi GPU with AMD 17.12.1 and higher (thanks to Hiten Parmar). improved usability. cosmetic changes. (Released at 01/24/2018).
Version 10.8 - Added some information to log file. improved code. improved usability. (Released at 01/05/2018).
Version 10.7 - Improved code. Fixed bugs in settings. (Released at 12/01/2017).
Version 10.5 - Fixed bug with "All-in-one graph type".
Version 10.4 - Overhauled HTML. fixed bug. Added Dutch translation by Marcel Keiman (The Rambler).
Version 10.3 - Fixed bug.
Version 10.2 - Improved code. Improved usability settings. fixed bugs.
Version 10.1 - Minor improvements.
Version 10.0 - Added German translation by Jörg Bornwasser.
Version 9.9 - Support Crimson drivers for AMD videocards.
Version 9.8 - Improved HTML-code. Change any default colors.
Version 9.7 - Fixed Belorussian translation by Kanstantsin Melnikau.
Version 9.6 - Added Belorussian translation by Kanstantsin Melnikau.
Version 9.5 - Improved code.
Version 9.4 - Minor improvements.
Version 9.3 - Improved code. Change update notifier algorithm.
Version 9.2 - Allow user select custom sound.
Version 9.1 - Added Japanese translation by Kosuke Kaizuka.
Version 9.0 - Improved code. Hover mouse to fan section to see fan speed in percents.
Version 8.9 - Allow change graphs height from 20 to 99px.
Version 8.8 - Fixed problem with main timer.
Version 8.7 - Press NVIDIA icon for smart scan your system - Automatically Detect NVIDIA Products.
Version 8.6 - "Show GPU1...GPUn instead of the video card name" option added (#2 settings tab).
Version 8.5 - Fixed wrong output long videocard name. Improved main timer algorithm.
Version 8.4 - Improved code.
Version 8.3 - Improved code.
Version 8.2 - Added Czech translation by Jiří Škorpil.
Version 8.1 - Fixed Polish translation by Andrzej Mazurkiewicz.
Version 8.0 - Added Polish translation by Andrzej Mazurkiewicz.
Version 7.9 - Added Hindi translation by Raunak Dutta. Improved work with multi GPU systems.
Version 7.8 - Improved work with multi GPU systems.
Version 7.6 - Added Slovak translation by Ivan Očadlík.
Version 7.5 - Added Italian translation by Carlo Adami.
Version 7.4 - Added Indonesian translation by elda taluta.
Version 7.3 - Improved code.
Version 7.2 - Fixed Brazilian Portuguese translation by Rafael "R4to0" Maciel Alves.
Version 7.1 - Fixed determining CrossFire.
Version 7.0 - Added support newest videocards. Added many settings for multi GPU systems. Added French translation by Pascal Legendre. Added Autoscale DPI option (#1 settings tab). Added Catalonian translation by Jordi Bartrina.
Version 6.4 - Added Brazilian Portuguese translation by Rafael "R4to0" Maciel Alves.
Version 6.3 - Added Macedonian translation by Vasil F. Bachovski.
Version 6.2 - Added Spanish translation by Diego Manuel Vazquez.
Version 6.1 - Added Turkish translation by Celal Osmanbas.
Version 6.0 - Added Ukrainian and Russian languages. Added Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified translations by Ellis Chang.
Version 5.7 - Change "Restore factory default settings" function behavior.
Version 5.6 - Different ini files for different GPUs added. Added "Restore factory default settings" button.
Version 5.4 - Added custom refresh rate (1-999 sec).
Version 5.3 - Fixed bug with NVIDIA Optimus technology.
Version 5.2 - Fixed bug with fill graph type.
Version 5.1 - Added update notifier.
Version 5.0 - Added view MAX GPU & PCB temperatures.
Version 4.9 - Improved code.
Version 4.8 - Fixed bug.
Version 4.7 - Fixed bug.
Version 4.6 - Added "All-in-one graph type" option.
Version 4.5 - Added change graph line width and hide gridlines on a graph.
Version 4.4 - Allow hide "PCB temp" only.
Version 4.3 - Allow hide "Title" and "Copyright".
Version 4.2 - Added logging.
Version 4.1 - Allow temperatures graphs scaling.
Version 4.0 - Added color changeable for all gadget's elements.
Version 3.5 - Many settings added.
Version 3.4 - Change size adjustable method.
Version 3.3 - Plays sound when overheat. Save settings to file. (File will be created - Path: %APPDATA% File: gadgetname_Settings.ini).
Version 3.2 - Fixed bugs.
Version 3.0 - Added size adjustable.
Version 2.0 - Check for update button added.
I want to introduce you to another very handy gadget for your desktop, which runs on operating system Windows 7 or Vista. With it, you can easily view the status of your graphic card from the manufacturer ATI or NVIDIA, in full news it is possible download GPU Monitor who is interested, please go there.
As with other gadgets from this developer, you don’t have to install any additional applications, just launch it and you can immediately view all the necessary parameters on the desktop. GPU Monitor supports a variety of graphics processes, for example, it can work with different generation NVIDIA cards from 7 to 400, ATI HD cards from 2 to 5 generations, it also works with different portable NVIDIA cards. Although I have ATI of the sixth series and everything seems to be displayed normally, maybe I don’t understand something, or the author simply forgot to update the official information on his website, I think it’s still the case, in any case, I think there will be no problems.
The gadget can be configured in detail, in fact, like others from this developer, in the settings you can view detailed information, you can also change appearance GPU Monitor, adjust the color gamut and other other values, you can also make a small donation to the authors of the gadget. All your settings will be saved in the .ini file.
So, you can view the name of your card, the speed of rotation of the cooler, you can view the overall workload of the card, the frequency at which the card operates, and other other data. There is nothing special to add about the GPU Monitor, the gadget is quite convenient, you can change its size and transparency level, of course you can put it on top of all windows or vice versa, minimize it to tray, change its location, plus it does not require money from you. In general, if you want to be aware of how heavily loaded the map is in real time and find out other parameters, then I think you will like the development, in general there is a lot of good stuff on the official website, I think soon everything will migrate to our project.
License: freeware
Language: Multi + Russian
The size: 335 KB
OS: Windows
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