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[Feature Request] GPU Usage

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Sylver Cheetah 53
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[Feature Request] GPU Usage

Post by Sylver Cheetah 53 »

Can you please add GPU usage?
Let me know if you will consider this.
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Re: [Feature Request] GPU Usage

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Sylver Cheetah 53 wrote: September 24th, 2024, 2:54 am Can you please add GPU usage?
Let me know if you will consider this.
We really can't provide support for "sensors" that are ring-0 drivers in Windows. There are financial considerations that make that pretty much out of the question for us.

You will want to use HWiNFO to get GPU information.

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

https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?t=33202&hilit=HWiNFOgpuNew#p201342

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Re: [Feature Request] GPU Usage

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Sylver Cheetah 53 wrote: September 24th, 2024, 2:54 am Can you please add GPU usage?
Let me know if you will consider this.
You can, it comes with Rainmeter, Alias=GPU on UsageMonitor
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/plugins/usagemonitor/#Alias
The only problem is the scalar is broken, so you can get 250% GPU usage, it's something Windows has to fix but hasn't so far, for this, jsmorley's suggestion is the solution.
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Re: [Feature Request] GPU Usage

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I don't understand. How can I use it?
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Sylver Cheetah 53 wrote: September 24th, 2024, 10:23 am I don't understand. How can I use it?
There isn't a simple one line answer to that, but this link should help:

https://docs.rainmeter.net/tips/hwinfo/
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Sylver Cheetah 53 wrote: September 24th, 2024, 10:23 am I don't understand. How can I use it?
A simpler, potentially more portable solution would be to use MSI Afterburner, IF it supports your hardware and you're ok with the slightly fewer sensors it provides. Two simple skins showcasing the approach here - make sure you read the info I posted there if you want to add other sensors:
https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?t=42398#p215132
https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?t=42629#p216407
With a little bit of effort, MSI Afterburner / Riva Tuner Statistics Server can be used to also show such data in a skin-like design in games, obviously independent of Rainmeter, see the first screenshot here:
https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?t=17336&start=10#p189003
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