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    Best Monitor for temps?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by kyomagi, Jun 23, 2011.

  1. kyomagi

    kyomagi Notebook Enthusiast

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    I tried cupid but it only does the CPU, wont even notice my video card. Any luck finding a good monitor?
     
    kyomagi, Jun 23, 2011
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    I use AIDA64, works pretty well.
     
    vasvas, Jun 23, 2011
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    Video card needs to be active for Cupid to monitor its temps. Its what I use and works fine.
     
    jwolf7722, Jun 23, 2011
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    how to i make sure my video card is active?

    it is showing its using the intel graphics but i cannot detect the nvidia card at all
     
    kyomagi, Jun 23, 2011
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    startup cpuid AFTER you start your game.
     
    0204, Jun 24, 2011
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    Everest Ultimate edition is by far the best.... IMO
     
    ted264, Jun 24, 2011
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    CPUID Hardware Monitor. Definitely.
     
    Nascentes, Jun 24, 2011
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    AIDA64, the new version of Everest UE
     
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    I use Msi afterburner for monitoring as well as overclocking, the nvidia overclocking add-on does an okay job. But for convenience, i use the GPU Observer widget. It's more convenient for me, can have it showing over your game, and it doesn't take up a lot of space. It's probably not very accurate, so if you're overclocking use something more accurate, just to see if you're within the threshold.
     
    niko2021, Jun 24, 2011
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