How do you check your gpu temp while under load?

[mfh6375]

Sorry if this is a stupid question. I know how to check temps in the nvidia properties. My new eVGA 7900GTX is about 40 to 42 at idle, but how do you check it when it's under load in a game? Do you just alt+tab out and check it? Is there a better way?

 

[professor1942]

Run something in windowed mode - try this http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/

 

[BFG10K]

Any tool that can graph temperatures such as Riva Tuner or ATi Tray Tools can be left running in the background.

 

[mfh6375]

okay, thanks guys.

 

[dug777]

easy 😉

i start up the nvidia temp thing, move it onto my secondary monitor, then start gaming 😀

 

[letdown427]

Originally posted by: dug777
easy 😉

i start up the nvidia temp thing, move it onto my secondary monitor, then start gaming 😀

Seconded.

40-42 is a bit high? Maybe anyway. OK, probably not, but mine was at 34 last night idle?

you know what? I think you can reply to this quite comfortably with a meh. have fun.

 

[amenx]

I use NV Temp Logger. Small app, very little resources, writes temps to a log at 5 second intervals.

 

[Icepick]

Originally posted by: professor1942
Run something in windowed mode - try this http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/

That's the best solution and is what I do. Run the NV temp app, move it to the side of the desktop then fire up rthdribl or your favorite game in windowed mode to keep an eye on it.