I am a performance savvy. I do everything I can to optimize performance including not running background stuff, cleaning the pc, optimizing the drive (trim/defrag) and more.
I am using MSI Afterburner to monitor my GPU as well as a screenshot tool and to apply a small overclock.
I am using GTX 980 SLI.
I use Logitech G510 LCD display to measure temps, fan speeds, fps, clock and memory MHz, and GPU usages - for both cards. I also have a toggle button for OSD.
I have noticed that the new version of MSI Afterbuner's Monitoring Tab has much more options than before (and more than Precision X).
It seem everything is turned on with "V" checkmarks by default - under "graph". So I lead to assume the software monitors everything:
gpu, fans, temps, cpu, ram, pagefile etc.
I am afraid it may reduce my pc overall performance, however slightly..
I am familiar with some properties, but for many of them I have no idea what they mean:
SLI Sync Limit, GPU VID usage, GPU FB usage, GPU Bus usage, GPU OV Max limit, GPU utilization limit and a bunch of other stuff.
My question is,
Does the MSI Afterburner monitoring affects and reduces performance?
Can it cause stutters or instability?
Does it eat up gpu/cpu resources or perhaps even cause crashes?
I don't want to lose even a few frames - if I can avoid it.
But since everything is monitored by default, it may cost no fps at all.
I tried to google this question and found no answers, expect from 1 person who claimed data polling (monitoring) can eat up resources.
Also - should I un-check and disable (remove the checkmark) some of the options in Monitoring to improve performance?
If someone can clear this issue up and perhaps teachme a few things about the monitoring parameters, that would be great!
I am using GTX 980 SLI.
Thanks!
I am using MSI Afterburner to monitor my GPU as well as a screenshot tool and to apply a small overclock.
I am using GTX 980 SLI.
I use Logitech G510 LCD display to measure temps, fan speeds, fps, clock and memory MHz, and GPU usages - for both cards. I also have a toggle button for OSD.
I have noticed that the new version of MSI Afterbuner's Monitoring Tab has much more options than before (and more than Precision X).
It seem everything is turned on with "V" checkmarks by default - under "graph". So I lead to assume the software monitors everything:
gpu, fans, temps, cpu, ram, pagefile etc.
I am afraid it may reduce my pc overall performance, however slightly..
I am familiar with some properties, but for many of them I have no idea what they mean:
SLI Sync Limit, GPU VID usage, GPU FB usage, GPU Bus usage, GPU OV Max limit, GPU utilization limit and a bunch of other stuff.
My question is,
Does the MSI Afterburner monitoring affects and reduces performance?
Can it cause stutters or instability?
Does it eat up gpu/cpu resources or perhaps even cause crashes?
I don't want to lose even a few frames - if I can avoid it.
But since everything is monitored by default, it may cost no fps at all.
I tried to google this question and found no answers, expect from 1 person who claimed data polling (monitoring) can eat up resources.
Also - should I un-check and disable (remove the checkmark) some of the options in Monitoring to improve performance?
If someone can clear this issue up and perhaps teachme a few things about the monitoring parameters, that would be great!
I am using GTX 980 SLI.
Thanks!