HWiNFO GPU Skin

[jsmorley]

This skin uses the HWiNFO application and Rainmeter plugin to monitor information about your graphics card / GPU.

I have this configured for my card, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, but it can be altered to match the sensors for your card.

Get the HWiNFO application here:

https://www.hwinfo.com/

The Rainmeter plugin will be installed by the .rmskin.

HWiNFOgpu_1.2.rmskin

Right-click the skin to open the HWiNFO "Shared Memory Viewer", where you can get the values for the sensors for your system, and put them in HWiNFOVariables.inc.

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Version 1.2 changes some cosmetics and automatically gets the card name.
Version 1.1 corrects an error in calculating the Bar gradients.

[jsmorley]

Version 1.2 changes some cosmetics and automatically gets the card name.
Version 1.1 corrects an error in calculating the Bar gradients.

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[tsumihoroboshi]

This has never worked for me. Any gpu plugin has never worked for me.
I have hwinfo v7.00 running with shared memory and rainmeter running as admin.
When I click "view Hwinfo sensors" in your skin it says "failed to connect to hwinfo", but hwinfo is running.

Even if it worked I don't understand why it does not use the nvidia dll's instead of having to keep a 3rd party app running on background.

[jsmorley]

This has never worked for me. Any gpu plugin has never worked for me.
I have hwinfo v7.00 running with shared memory and rainmeter running as admin.
When I click "view Hwinfo sensors" in your skin it says "failed to connect to hwinfo", but hwinfo is running.

Even if it worked I don't understand why it does not use the nvidia dll's instead of having to keep a 3rd party app running on background.

Be sure you have Shared Memory Support checked in the Settings dialog in order to use the old Shared Memory / Plugin approach.

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I don't particularly recommend that however. I think you might want to see this:

https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=37160

[tsumihoroboshi]

yes , i'm sure

[tsumihoroboshi]

nvm I've modified a skin to make it work with UsageMonitor plugin.
https://www.deviantart.com/noelperal/art/GPU-Monitoring-for-CircuitousTwo-UsageMonitor-874626357

[SovereignGFC]

jsmorley you seem to be a walking rainmeter knowledge machine and I love this skin so I updated it to accommodate HWiNFO 7.x.

https://www.deviantart.com/sovereigngfc/art/HWiNFO-Gadget-GPU-1-0-886568711

[fantasyrap]

Hello jsmorley,
I would like to know if a version of this skin would be released without having to use Shared Memory Support.
I read your other posts explaining the differences and that this can be done by exporting the values to registry, but I don't know how to do it.

Thank you!

[jsmorley]

Hello jsmorley,
I would like to know if a version of this skin would be released without having to use Shared Memory Support.
I read your other posts explaining the differences and that this can be done by exporting the values to registry, but I don't know how to do it.

Thank you!

Let me look into that, probably today sometime.

[jsmorley]

Hello jsmorley,
I would like to know if a version of this skin would be released without having to use Shared Memory Support.
I read your other posts explaining the differences and that this can be done by exporting the values to registry, but I don't know how to do it.

Thank you!

Here is a re-working of that skin using the new Registry approach:

https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=37160

HWiNFOgpu_1.3.rmskin

Red Dead Redemption 2 running at max quality:

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Just the desktop and Microsoft Edge running:

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Code: Select all

[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
AccurateText=1
OnRefreshAction=[!SnapEdges "0" "#CURRENTCONFIG#"]
ContextTitle=Display Sensors
ContextAction=[!ActivateConfig "HWiNFO_New\ShowReg" "ShowReg.ini"]

[Metadata]
Name=HWiNFOgpu
Author=JSMorley
Information=Description:|HWInfo Graphics card information | Current settings are for my NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080-Ti 
Version=December 7, 2021
License=Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0

[Variables]
; * Skin Authors
; The easiest way to do this is to create variables for each of the values you 
; will be using in the skin. Give them easy to understand variable names.
; * Skin Users
; Right click this skin and select "Display Sensors"
; That will create a list of all the sensor elements you are "outputting" from HWiNFO in your default browser.
; Find the Index number for each of the elements the skin needs and set the variables accordingly.
; Note that if you later go back into HWiNFO and add or remove elements to "output",
; these Index numbers will change!

; Sensor Variables - You will certainly need to change these
GPUName=207
GPUTempDegrees=207
GPUFanSpeedRPM=216
GPUCoreClockSpeedMHz=231
GPUPowerW=217
GPUCoreLoad=235
GPUMemoryMB=253
GPUMemoryPercent=239

; Font Variables
TextFont=Fira Sans

; Color Variables
LabelColor=250,250,250
ValueColor=255,255,255
FrameColor=120,120,120,255
BarBackColor=#LabelColor#,75
BackgroundAlpha=200
BackgroundColor=0,0,0,#BackgroundAlpha#
BarW=216

; Unit Symbol Variables
Temperatures=°C
FanSpeeds=RPM
Percents=%
ClockSpeeds=MHz
Memories=MB
Powers=W

[MeterAllBackground]
Meter=Shape
Shape=Rectangle 0.5,0.5,250,235,12 | Fill Color #BackgroundColor# | StrokeWidth 1.5 | Stroke Color #FrameColor#

; Measures

[MeasureCardName]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB
RegValue=Sensor#GPUName#
UpdateDivider=-1
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^.*]:":""

[MeasureTempDegreesLabel]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB
RegValue=Label#GPUTempDegrees#
UpdateDivider=-1
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^.*]:":""

[MeasureTempDegrees]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB
RegValue=ValueRaw#GPUTempDegrees#
MinValue=30
MaxValue=90
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^.*]:":""

[MeasureFanSpeedLabel]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB
RegValue=Label#GPUFanSpeedRPM#
UpdateDivider=-1
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^.*]:":""

[MeasureFanSpeedRPM]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB
RegValue=ValueRaw#GPUFanSpeedRPM#
MinValue=0
MaxValue=3500
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^.*]:":""

[MeasureCoreClockSpeedLabel]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB
RegValue=Label#GPUCoreClockSpeedMHz#
UpdateDivider=-1
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^.*]:":""

[MeasureCoreClockSpeedMHz]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB
RegValue=ValueRaw#GPUCoreClockSpeedMHz#
MinValue=0
MaxValue=1935
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^.*]:":""

[MeasureGPUPowerWLabel]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB
RegValue=Label#GPUPowerW#
UpdateDivider=-1
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^.*]:":""

[MeasureGPUPowerW]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB
RegValue=ValueRaw#GPUPowerW#
MinValue=0
MaxValue=400
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^.*]:":""

[MeasureGPUCoreLoadLabel]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB
RegValue=Label#GPUCoreLoad#
UpdateDivider=-1
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^.*]:":""

[MeasureGPUCoreLoad]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB
RegValue=ValueRaw#GPUCoreLoad#
MinValue=0
MaxValue=100
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^.*]:":""

[MeasureGPUMemoryMBLabel]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB
RegValue=Label#GPUMemoryMB#
UpdateDivider=-1
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^.*]:":""

[MeasureGPUMemoryMB]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB
RegValue=ValueRaw#GPUMemoryMB#
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^.*]:":""

[MeasureGPUMemoryPercent]
Measure=Registry
RegHKey=HKEY_CURRENT_USER
RegKey=SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB
RegValue=ValueRaw#GPUMemoryPercent#
MinValue=0
MaxValue=100
RegExpSubstitute=1
Substitute="^.*]:":""

; Meters

[MeterTextStyle]
FontFace=#TextFont#
FontColor=#ValueColor#
FontSize=11
StringStyle=Normal
AntiAlias=1
NumOfDecimals=0

[MeterCardName]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureCardName
MeterStyle=MeterTextStyle
FontColor=118,211,0,255
X=125
Y=10
StringAlign=Center

[MeterCoreLoadLabel]
Meter=String
MeterStyle=MeterTextStyle
MeasureName=MeasureGPUCoreLoadLabel
X=15
Y=10R
StringAlign=Left

[MeterCoreLoad]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureGPUCoreLoad
MeterStyle=MeterTextStyle
X=235
Y=0r
StringAlign=Right
Text=%1 #Percents#

[MeterCoreLoadBar]
Meter=Shape
X=17
Y=2R
Shape=Rectangle 0,0,#BarW#,2 |  Fill Color #BarBackColor# | StrokeWidth 0
Shape2=Rectangle 0,0,([MeasureGPUCoreLoad:%]*#BarW#/100),2 | Fill LinearGradient1 MyGradient | StrokeWidth 0
MyGradient=180 | 118,211,0,255 ; 0.0 | 118,211,0,255 ; (0.5 + (100-[MeasureGPUCoreLoad:%])/100) | 235,227,21,255 ; (0.85 + (100-[MeasureGPUCoreLoad:%])/100) | 240,19,19,255 ; (1.0 + (100-[MeasureGPUCoreLoad:%])/100)
DynamicVariables=1

[MeterTempLabel]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureTempDegreesLabel
MeterStyle=MeterTextStyle
X=15
Y=10R
StringAlign=Left

[MeterTempDegrees]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureTempDegrees
MeterStyle=MeterTextStyle
X=235
Y=0r
StringAlign=Right
Text=%1 #Temperatures#

[MeterTempDegreesBar]
Meter=Shape
X=17
Y=2R
Shape=Rectangle 0,0,#BarW#,2 |  Fill Color #BarBackColor# | StrokeWidth 0
Shape2=Rectangle 0,0,([MeasureTempDegrees:%]*#BarW#/100),2 | Fill LinearGradient1 MyGradient | StrokeWidth 0
MyGradient=180 | 118,211,0,255 ; 0.0 | 118,211,0,255 ; (0.5 + (100-[MeasureTempDegrees:%])/100) | 235,227,21,255 ; (0.85 + (100-[MeasureTempDegrees:%])/100) | 240,19,19,255 ; (1.0 + (100-[MeasureTempDegrees:%])/100)
DynamicVariables=1

[MeterFanSpeedLabel]
Meter=String
MeterStyle=MeterTextStyle
MeasureName=MeasureFanSpeedLabel
X=15
Y=10R
StringAlign=Left

[MeterFanSpeedRPM]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureFanSpeedRPM
MeterStyle=MeterTextStyle
X=235
Y=0r
StringAlign=Right
Text=%1 #FanSpeeds#

[MeterFanSpeedRPMBar]
Meter=Shape
X=17
Y=2R
Shape=Rectangle 0,0,#BarW#,2 |  Fill Color #BarBackColor# | StrokeWidth 0
Shape2=Rectangle 0,0,([MeasureFanSpeedRPM:%]*#BarW#/100),2 | Fill LinearGradient1 MyGradient | StrokeWidth 0
MyGradient=180 | 118,211,0,255 ; 0.0 | 118,211,0,255 ; (0.5 + (100-[MeasureFanSpeedRPM:%])/100) | 235,227,21,255 ; (0.85 + (100-[MeasureFanSpeedRPM:%])/100) | 240,19,19,255 ; (1.0 + (100-[MeasureFanSpeedRPM:%])/100)
DynamicVariables=1

[MeterCoreClockSpeedLabel]
Meter=String
MeterStyle=MeterTextStyle
MeasureName=MeasureCoreClockSpeedLabel
X=15
Y=10R
StringAlign=Left

[MeterCoreClockSpeedMHz]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureCoreClockSpeedMHz
MeterStyle=MeterTextStyle
X=235
Y=0r
StringAlign=Right
Text=%1 #ClockSpeeds#

[MeterCoreClockSpeedBar]
Meter=Shape
X=17
Y=2R
Shape=Rectangle 0,0,#BarW#,2 |  Fill Color #BarBackColor# | StrokeWidth 0
Shape2=Rectangle 0,0,([MeasureCoreClockSpeedMHz:%]*#BarW#/100),2 | Fill LinearGradient1 MyGradient | StrokeWidth 0
MyGradient=180 | 118,211,0,255 ; 0.0 | 118,211,0,255 ; (0.5 + (100-[MeasureCoreClockSpeedMHz:%])/100) | 118,211,0,255 ; (0.85 + (100-[MeasureCoreClockSpeedMHz:%])/100) | 118,211,0,255 ; (1.0 + (100-[MeasureCoreClockSpeedMHz:%])/100)
DynamicVariables=1

[MeterPowerWLabel]
Meter=String
MeterStyle=MeterTextStyle
MeasureName=MeasureGPUPowerWLabel
X=15
Y=10R
StringAlign=Left

[MeterPowerW]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureGPUPowerW
MeterStyle=MeterTextStyle
X=235
Y=0r
StringAlign=Right
Text=%1 #Powers#

[MeterPowerWBar]
Meter=Shape
X=17
Y=2R
Shape=Rectangle 0,0,#BarW#,2 |  Fill Color #BarBackColor# | StrokeWidth 0
Shape2=Rectangle 0,0,([MeasureGPUPowerW:%]*#BarW#/100),2 | Fill LinearGradient1 MyGradient | StrokeWidth 0
MyGradient=180 | 118,211,0,255 ; 0.0 | 118,211,0,255 ; (0.5 + (100-[MeasureGPUPowerW:%])/100) | 235,227,21,255 ; (0.85 + (100-[MeasureGPUPowerW:%])/100) | 240,19,19,255 ; (1.0 + (100-[MeasureGPUPowerW:%])/100)
DynamicVariables=1

[MeterMemoryMBLabel]
Meter=String
MeterStyle=MeterTextStyle
MeasureName=MeasureGPUMemoryMBLabel
X=15
Y=10R
StringAlign=Left

[MeterMemoryMB]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureGPUMemoryMB
MeterStyle=MeterTextStyle
X=235
Y=0r
StringAlign=Right
Text=%1 #Memories#

[MeterMemoryBar]
Meter=Shape
X=17
Y=2R
Shape=Rectangle 0,0,#BarW#,2 |  Fill Color #BarBackColor# | StrokeWidth 0
Shape2=Rectangle 0,0,([MeasureGPUMemoryPercent:]*#BarW#/100),2 | Fill LinearGradient1 MyGradient | StrokeWidth 0
MyGradient=180 | 118,211,0,255 ; 0.0 | 118,211,0,255 ; (0.5 + (100-[MeasureGPUMemoryPercent:])/100) | 235,227,21,255 ; (0.85 + (100-[MeasureGPUMemoryPercent:])/100) | 240,19,19,255 ; (1.0 + (100-[MeasureGPUMemoryPercent:])/100)
DynamicVariables=1