Performance Monitoring Software (free)

[Zorba]

I know I had some freeware that did this way back in the day but I can't remember what it was called or if it was built into windows even.

My in-laws run a photograph business and we are trying to decide if their almost 1.5 year-old computers need a small upgrade (E6600 to a Q6600+, more RAM). I was wondering if anyone knew of a utility I could run in the background that would track and record processor usage and memory usage for a whole day? I have watched task manager while she does some work but I don't think that is giving me a true representation of her real workload.

BTW: I just found the Performance tool in Windows, is there anything better than that?

Thanks

 

[mc866]

You could check out Process Explorer, not sure if it will do the logging or tracking you are looking for but it's a much more robust version of the one that comes with windows.

 

[Nothinman]

BTW: I just found the Performance tool in Windows, is there anything better than that?

It'll save the data that you want and graph it, what more do you want?

 

[Zorba]

Originally posted by: Nothinman

BTW: I just found the Performance tool in Windows, is there anything better than that?

It'll save the data that you want and graph it, what more do you want?

Well I was looking at it more, I think it'll probably work for what I need it for but it would be nice if there was a program with a better interface for my in-laws to use.

 

[nordloewelabs]

i dont think that your planned CPU upgrade is worth the effort. RAM maybe -- since you might have Vista on 2GB. wait another year and do a real upgrade to an E8500. also, make sure their photography software can truly benefit from a quad core CPU.... sometimes the improvement in performance over a Core 2 Dual isnt worth the trouble or money.

 

[vanvock]

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