Have you ever felt that your graphics card is not giving the performance it used to? Whether it’s massive FPS drops in games or delayed video renders, a slow computer could be an indication of an underperforming graphics card. One reason you might be facing this performance issue is from a high GPU temperature.
Since your GPU handles all graphics-intensive tasks, you may expect a rise in its temperature. And when the PC fails to dissipate this heat, it lowers performance to prevent the GPU chip from any damage.
Therefore, we recommend that you keep tabs on all hardware temperatures.
How to Check GPU Temp?
There are a couple of ways to monitor GPU temperature, using the task manager and using hardware monitoring tools.
Most graphics cards are equipped with thermal sensors that measure real-time GPU temperatures. However, if you have an integrated graphics card, you might not be able to find the GPU temperature.
AMD Radeon Software monitors performance for all AMD products, such as their CPUs and GPUs. The software also allows you to save GPU temperature data to a CSV file if you wish to compare GPU temperature over time.
NVIDIA Geforce Experience
Just like AMD’s Radeon Software, NVIDIA’S GeForce Experience lets you monitor all your NVIDIA graphics cards. This includes real-time temperature, clock speed, voltage,GPU usage, fan speed, GPU power, etc.
Hardware Monitoring Application
Depending on the GPU manufacturer, such as EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI, you may also find their specific application that monitors all your hardware information. However, some of these applications are only specific to a certain manufacturer. So, it is best that youknow your GPU’s manufacturing company.
Keep in mind that these applications only work if you have a dedicated graphics card or GPU/CPU thermal sensors.
Here are some applications that can help you get real-time GPU temperature.
The MSI Afterburneris one of the best applications to measure your graphics card and CPU temperature. Along with this, the application also gives you the ability to control fan speed. Besides this, you may also set a temperature limit using the AfterBurner.
HWiNFOmeasures CPU and GPU temperatures and records real-time hard disk temperature. This application is also compatible with any graphics card.
