Question re: graphics card usage

[MSIC]

Given that Vista, as well as various Linux flavours are now using 3d graphical capabilities as the norm for running the OS, i was wondering if there was some tool/utility for monitoring the GPU activity in the same way that Task Manager does currently for the CPU(s)?

The main thing that got me thinking of this was that i had downloaded a 720p Simpsons movie trailer from the apple website, but playing the file in Quicktime resulted in very very jerky playback, despite the max CPU load on either CPU being around 45%. When played in Media Player Classic, all was smooth.

Cheers

[d3fiant]

not aware of anything that would give u GPU usage in the same way as CPU usage but agree that would be a nice feature