app to show cpu temps whilst gaming?

[Mithrandir]

Does anyone know if there is an app which will allow me to view the cpu temps live whilst I'm gaming - such as rivatuner/ati tools, etc for graphic cards.

Cheers

[vinnyT]

You could run speedfan or coretemp in the background, alt-tabbing to check when you want to.

[BigFatCat]

ATI Tray tools has a OSD that can flash such things on a preset frequency.

[jeffel]

I ve got a plugin installed on my G15 keyboard which shows that.
I have used an app before which draws a temp graph in the background,cant remember the name though.

[Fraz]

Have you got two monitors? If so, then it's very easy indeed...

Why not just stress test the CPU conventionally? If you use Prime95, you'll get your CPU hotter than any game will.

[Mithrandir]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, will have a look at options for the suggestions.

You could run speedfan or coretemp in the background, alt-tabbing to check when you want to.

I have been doing this but not ideal as switching causes all sorts of slow-downs and sometimes game crashes out (I'm on single core )

ATI Tray tools has a OSD that can flash such things on a preset frequency.

I'll have to look for this as I know they have a fps counter and other gpu related stats, but this'll be good.

I ve got a plugin installed on my G15 keyboard which shows that.
I have used an app before which draws a temp graph in the background,cant remember the name though.

I use ATI tray tools at the moment which has graphing so I can always view when I exit a game. However, on occasions the game crashes and I need to reset the machine which means I can't see the graph.

Have you got two monitors? If so, then it's very easy indeed...

Why not just stress test the CPU conventionally? If you use Prime95, you'll get your CPU hotter than any game will.

Yup, got two monitors but not to same rig.

I use SP2004 which is good for ram and cpu, but when gaming the gpu also generates a lot of heat which can affect the cpu/ram I think.

[Mithrandir]

ATI Tray tools has a OSD that can flash such things on a preset frequency.

I had a look at the options and the OSD had a plugin which you can useto select additional figures to view on screen. CPU is one of them

Useful, but I noticed frames have fallen by 1-4fps using this. Guess my single core is being worked OT.

[eiamhere69]

I have used an app before which draws a temp graph in the background,cant remember the name though.

Speedfan allows for graphs. You can select core1, core2, gpu, hdd - I don't have quad core or sli/crossfire so can't comment on whether those settings are available.

[Splash]

Everest can write to a pretty HTML log, so you can check stuff after the event. It also has an OSD, which I guess you could have overlay whatever it was that you were doing.

[Will404]

Why not get speed fan, and tick the log option (in settings), then you can open the log afterwards, and it displays all the temps/voltages/fanspeeds in a nice big spreadsheet