How to know the temperature of the GPU?

From the CPUID HWMonitor I can see the temperatures of:

THMO
Intel Core i5
Powers
Hitachi HDD

Are any of these indicative of the temperature of the Video card? If not, how to know it?

 

Try HWInfo064

 

Or GPU Z on the sensors tab

 

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No word from the OP on what kind of GPU he has, it is the i5 internal IGP or what?

Kind of hard to recommend 'solutions' withoug knowing what the problem is.......

 

That. If it's an IGP, i'm not certain there's a temp sensor dedicated for it.

 

The latest versions on HWMonitor won't show the GPU. I use v1.16, which does.

 

I use HWInfo64. A very useful software.

 

Thanks for the replies (sorry for being late!).

One laptop uses Intel® HD Graphics 3000, the other (slightly older) is Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD.

How are the qualities of these two, by the way?

 

The Intel GMA4500 is a real POS by now and the HD3000 is very weak.

 

Most Wanted Windows Gadgets - Windows Vista and Windows 7 has a sidebar gadget that measures quite a few aspects of your GPU and works very well.

 

I don't know what POS means so have no idea which is better

Edit: OK, just guessed POS... so HD3000 is a little better?

FXi, I'll take a look at the gadget. Thanks.

 

yeah, the HD3000 is better but it will struggle with recent games as long as you don't plan to play games, those IGPs are fine though.

EDIT: IGP: integrated graphics processor just in case.

 

Thanks. I don't play games, but watch a lot of videos. Is playing saved videos with VLC, FLV, Window's media player, quicktime etc. less intensive than watching directly from the Internet websites (such as Youtube and other embeded videos)?

 

Your HD3000 can handle any type of video available right now without a hitch so don't worry about that. The Intel IGPs were designed to handle anything but games and 3D rendering. Older Intel IGPs like the GMA900/950 series now struggle, but even a HD4500 should anything any type of video you throw at it nicely.

 

That sounds comforting, thanks.

Still curious: watching embedded videos on Internet or Youtube, versus playing video files using a video player software, which causes more heat?

 

It's not youtube or watching using a video player that will determine what will cause more heat. The encoding format used and the resolution of the video will determine that. It will be easier on the IGP to run a low resolution file than running a 720p h264 encoded video regardless of if you were playing it in an embedded player or a video player. Watching the same video in youtube at 360p or 720p won't require the same amount of processing power either.

Honestly, i don't see why you're worried about overheating. As long as your CPU doesn't overheat it will be the same for the IGP. They are on the same chip after all and use the same heatsink. The IGP isn't a high performance part and thus generates way less heat than a 6990m would for example.

 

Thanks for the explanation. The reason I'm concerned is that I had a laptop whose video card (GMA4500) was fried, and the most I did was watching videos, never games (perhaps high room temp also played a role). Maybe HD3000 does not warrant such worry, as you said.