How to check cpu/gpu usage?

[Sauf]

I use Core temp for CPU, and GPU observer(win7 gadget) or EVGA precision for Graphics.

[Kakashi]

Originally Posted by Sauf

I use Core temp for CPU, and GPU observer(win7 gadget) or EVGA precision for Graphics.

Using core temp for CPU, how do you get a graph? do you pretty much check it out with the window on top of the game or something?

[Sauf]

Srry Kakashi, I didnt explain properly, I run 2 screens and there is a core temp gadget addon that shows all cores % usage as well as temps and ram %

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/addons.html

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[Kakashi]

Originally Posted by Sauf

Srry Kakashi, I didnt explain properly, I run 2 screens and there is a core temp gadget addon that shows all cores % usage as well as temps and ram %

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/addons.html

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All right buddy this was unacceptable I shall not excuse you for this !!!

Kidding thanks for your help i'll be testing that right away have a nice one

(PS: how much is your CPU being used, I would be interested in knowing as a reference to the values I am about to obtain )

[squidgyb]

This guy's gadgets are awesome - though one or two features don't work for me (could be that the GPU gadget requires rivatuner or something to display GPU core speed, for example) and can show temp graphs if you run coretemp too.

EVGA Precision will do the same job as MSI Afterburner, but I think the latter might have more features - I haven't used it for a while. Precision can show many graphs, I use it mainly for the fps graph, but it does overclocking the GPU too.

http://www.myfavoritegadgets.info/

Here's the corner of my desktop, with GPUZ and CPUZ running as well:



e: I should point out that I've been changing the clocks/HT settings a bit since I entered my sig on 1c forums.

[Rattlehead]

Originally Posted by squidgyb

http://www.myfavoritegadgets.info/

I just downloaded and tried System Monitor 2 and Gpu Monitor...pretty nifty little programs.
Gpu monitor shows my card to be running at over 90% most of the time, but strangely when watching tracks it can run as low as 30%, which I find odd, especially as performance doesn't seem to suffer. (?)

[Kakashi]

Originally Posted by Rattlehead

I just downloaded and tried System Monitor 2 and Gpu Monitor...pretty nifty little programs.
Gpu monitor shows my card to be running at over 90% most of the time, but strangely when watching tracks it can run as low as 30%, which I find odd, especially as performance doesn't seem to suffer. (?)

Well I guess in the track you got the user's input controls which is out of the equation, so there are no surprises.

[Sauf]

Just did a quick test in france free flight (109) and core "0" max's @ 48% (spikes, generally in low 40's high 30's), the rest of the cores are all being used but never seem to get over 30%. I currently have affinity mask disabled (per a beta performance thread) was running it at 14 but havent had a chance try affinity again and compare them yet.

[Kakashi]

I am a noob when it comes to all this, and how much of the hardware should actually being used while gaming... but shouldn't it be closer to 100%? instead of being close to zero?

I don't mean to insult the devs, I'm sure they'll sort it out eventually. But 40% is extremely low isn't it? (If it is that would be good, it would mean that when all problems are fixed my comp would run this game better )

[Sauf]

Mate I'm no guru myself, there are ppl on this thread who can explain a lot better than me, but yeah at the moment I think GPU is the bottle neck for me, that being said I remember it took 4 years or so till the tech caught up with 1946 and I could turn water=4 in config, tbh I'm happy to be in at the start, though I do go through stages of anger and disappointment at times, but that just might be the piss talking.

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