Author Topic: GPU monitor? - also Crossfire within SW:TOR (Read 2727 times)

likwidtek · « **on:** March 09, 2012, 01:04:30 pm »

I've googled this up and down and just can't seem to find a program or gadget that will do this right.

I need a piece of software, either gadget or a regular application that will show me stats about my 2 GPUs while in crossfire I'd like to see as much info as possible but at least load percentage (usage) of each card at the same time. The closest WORKING thing I've foind is GPU z but you have to click a drop down to switch between GPUs. I'd like this data side by side.

The reason for this is I'm troubleshooting crossfire issues within SWTOR and need to see the load of each card while the game is running.

So far I've discovered that crossfire with SW:TOR will not work in windowed or fullscreen windowed mode. It must be in fullscreen mode. But for those that like to alt tab or who have multi monitor setups, this is retarded. If you're in windowed mode the second GPU gets powered down.

With that in mind, I need to be able to have this app up on my other screen so that I can monitor the load of each video card while in the game without clicking out of the game to switch GPUs. From what I can tell, there's more buggyness where I'll be getting something like 40-50 frames per second but the card is only at 20% load. Something's screwy but I need more data.

So yeah, if you guys know of a good app please let me know.

Ratio · « **Reply #1 on:** March 09, 2012, 01:13:18 pm »

Run GPU-Z twice, noob.

likwidtek · « **Reply #2 on:** March 09, 2012, 01:22:34 pm »

I tried that, there's some weird issue with doing that. It reports back identical data on both instances of the app. I figured well MAYBE they just happen to be running exactly the same but there's no way I could be sure. I'd rather use an app that was design to display both sets of data side by side.

Info about my system:

Core i7 920 2.66 (4 cores - 8 logical)
6GB RAM
Windows 7 64bit
2x Radeon 6950 in Crossfire
WD VelociRaptor 10000 rpm HD

I'm running the most recent driver 12.3 I believe with the most up to date Catalyst application profiles available.

This game should NOT be slowing down to 10-30 FPS in populated areas with my setup. Especially now that I have crossfire.

So two things, if you guys have any ideas in how to boost my FPS but most importantly, if you guys know of a good multi GPU monitor software that would be amazing. Thanks in advance everyone!

Tecknik · « **Reply #3 on:** March 09, 2012, 02:22:06 pm »

Did you switch one GPU-Z to GPU #2?

Ratio · « **Reply #4 on:** March 09, 2012, 03:30:12 pm »

It kind of doesn't surprise me that ATI drivers aren't properly reporting individual GPU states. But that's an ATI issue, not a GPU-Z issue. ATI hardware may at times be superior to NVIDIA hardware, but their software (especially driver software) is always inferior.

Afterburner might be able to do it, but I dunno if it bitches about non MSI cards or not.

likwidtek · « **Reply #5 on:** March 09, 2012, 04:15:03 pm »

I think I got the gpu-z issue sorted out. After a few reboots it may have just happened naturally, not sure. Either way they're displaying different data now so that's good.

But I did find afterburner and that shit works perfect, plus it has an in game overlay.

I'm still so irritated about crossfire only working in fullscreen mode. What the shit? Bah.

One other weird bug, even though the driver reports crossfire is working perfectly, GPU-Z reports that crossfire is disabled. ugh. Bug? or is something actually wrong here?

I'm going to keep hunting for the bottleneck though. The i7 920 is pretty low clocked compared to others but it's very OC friendly. I just ordered a closed loop liquid cooler and am going to test my luck getting it up another Ghz. My other alternative is to drop $600 on a gulftown 980 6 core with a faster clock.

Meh. I loath shitty engines. I had the same struggles with friggin Age of Conan. I can play everything else under the sun at max everything but NoooOOoooo... MMOs wanna be jerk faces.

likwidtek · « **Reply #6 on:** March 09, 2012, 04:17:42 pm »

Not sure if I'll lose much by not going Sandy Bridge if I do decide to upgrade. They're different engines but pretty much the same chip. meh... stuff to research and think about I guess.