What software are you using to monitor CPU temps during gaming session?

Easy Rhino · Mar 29, 2024

There seems to be a lot of options for Windows 11 when it comes to monitoring HW temps. However I have not found any that allow you to see the CPU temps while gaming. AMD Adrenaline only shows GPU temps and CPU utilization. Any suggestions?

Shihab · Mar 29, 2024

A second monitor.
(Not being facetious. That is what I use, even for GPU temps. I used to have GPU-Z and/or CPU-Z running on a side monitor back when I was running Windows).

I believe MSI Afterburner (Rivatuner?) can show CPU temps on screen.

Super Firm Tofu · Mar 29, 2024

Either Afterburner, or HWiNFO64.

On the Linux side, MangoHud

adilazimdegilx · Mar 29, 2024

I also normally use a second monitor. MSI Afterburner's OSD was very useful. It does however cause some issues with Adrenaline tuning settings. That's why I stopped using it.
Nowadays, I just put hwinfo on second monitor and/or sometimes also use AMD's own OSD ingame. Hwinfo is great since it also records Max values and has generally more info as well.

In the best of both worlds though, you can technically set up Hwinfo with RTSS and let it show whatever you want on OSD. But it takes quiet some time to set up, and very tedious to work with so admittedly I gave up using that.

Double-Click · Mar 29, 2024

HWInfo, and you won't need to setup RTSS much longer, its getting it's own OSD soon (or now w/ Beta).

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HWiNFO v7.73-5370 Beta was released yesterday—the newly updated version includes a fully integrated On-Screen Display (OSD) feature. In the past, users have had to rely on external tools—for example; RivaTuner Statistics Server (RTSS)—to get vital information displayed on their monitor(s) of...

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Tomgang · Mar 29, 2024

Msi afterburner works great for showing gpu and cpu temp while gaming. Testet on Windows 10, but i can not se it should not work on Windows 11 as well.

Here are two screen shot from my pc with MSI afterburner overlay. Enlarge image to se it more clearly as its a 4K screenshot. So not enlarge, text is small.
Here it shows overall cpu temp, core clock and wattage use. You can also set it up to show temp and core clock for each core. But i chose to not have that, as showing for all 16 cores becomes confusing while gaming.

Lew Zealand · Mar 29, 2024

Afterburner or Adrenalin as I see you're using a 6750 XT. One thing I've noticed on my 6600 XT and slower AMD GPUs is both overlays seem to make my GPU stutter a bit, especially at higher fps like in eSports titles. I don't remember if my 6700 XT did that as it's already in a system someone else is using but keeping the onscreen data to a minimum (only %GPU and Temp, %CPU and Temp) eliminates this on the 6600 XT.

TahoeFred · Apr 25, 2024

core temp has been running in my taskbar for many years. It starts with windows. If anything ever is going bad i know about it . Super low on resources. https://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

P4-630 · Apr 25, 2024

Afterburner/RTSS.

Dorek · Apr 25, 2024

None, im not too obsessed with extra stuff on screen.

GerKNG · Apr 25, 2024

A second Monitor with HWInfo.

dirtyferret · Apr 25, 2024

on my second monitor I will occasionally run CPU-Z, GPU-Z, or HWinfo but for the most part I don't care. I see the fans spinning & everything works as it should, I assume all is well

cvaldes · Apr 25, 2024

I just let HWiNFO continue running (configured to autostart at login). My setup is configured to run a bunch of graphs: CPU & GPU temperatures, CPU & GPU power, system/motherboard temp, various fan speeds, sometimes VRAM or DRAM usage.

I won't look at PC hardware stats during gameplay though, too many other things to focus on.

Keullo-e · Apr 25, 2024

I've used Afterburner for that as long since I learned that it has an OSD feature.

neatfeatguy · Apr 25, 2024

I don't monitor temps while gaming. I have MSI Afterburner running in the background at all times, but I don't put any info on the screen nor do I have it open on the second monitor.

If I'm really curious I'll open up GPUZ and keep it up on the second monitor for GPU temps and I'll have CoreTemp open for the CPU. But that's rare that I do that. I know temps on the GPU never exceed 82C in all the games I've played and CPU temps never exceed 75C so I don't really bother checking.

ShiBDiB · Apr 25, 2024

None?

I don't monitor anything unless I'm actively debugging an issue. Otherwise it's just superfluous information.

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What software are you using to monitor CPU temps during gaming session?

Easy Rhino

Linux Advocate

Shihab

Super Firm Tofu

adilazimdegilx

Double-Click

Latest HWInfo64 Beta Arrives with OSD, Drops Windows XP Support

Tomgang

Lew Zealand

TahoeFred

P4-630

Dorek

GerKNG

dirtyferret

cvaldes

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

neatfeatguy

ShiBDiB

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