Video card load with GPU-Meter read-out
The Desktop GadgetGPU Meter shows you all the relevant data for your graphics card on your Desktop.
- Under Windows Vista, you must double-click the file to start the Installation. Then the Gadget appears on your Desktop.
- Under Windows 8, and Windows 10 you must first find the 8Gadget Pack install. Our praxisti tip helps.
- The display of the Gadgets is very clear: at the Very top you find the name of your graphics card.
- Below that you will see in yellow, the timing and the temperature of the GPU.
- Below you will find the timing, the size and the load on the graphics card memory, in blue.
- The green indicator indicates the number of revolutions of the GPU-cooler and tells you how much percent of the maximum voltage of the cooling fan is operated. In the case of passive coolers, this indicator is set to "0".
- These values are plotted below in a diagram over time.
- Right-click on the display you can set under options, the "Alert GPU Temperature" to "on". Then you will be warned with a beep, if your video card exceeds a critical temperature.
- In a practice tip we will explain to you, what is the temperature of the graphics cards do not exceed should.
- It is regularly too hot, it can help your graphics card to clean or errors to check.
Capacity utilization in the GPU Meter
Should you have the GPU Meter problems, try as an Alternative to GPU-Z. Here you can get more information about your graphics card. The best graphics cards in the Test , as well as a ranking of the graphic cards you find at CHIP Online.
