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A GPU usage widget for your Windows desktop

Spacedash's GPU widget shows graphics load on your Windows desktop as a percentage with a live graph, the average or clock speed, the recent peak and your card's name. It's free and works with NVIDIA, AMD and Intel graphics.

Like the CPU card, it has a tall Card design and a Wide one.

The GPU widget in Spacedash, with sample data

Shown at its default size, with sample data.

What it shows

  • Load, live

    Current GPU load over a graph of recent readings.

  • Average or clock speed

    The recent average, or the GPU's clock speed where the PC reports it.

  • Recent peak

    The highest load of the last half minute.

  • Your graphics card

    The name of your display adapter; with more than one, the one with the most memory.

Where the numbers come from

Load comes from Windows' GPU performance counters, which cover every vendor, so there is no NVIDIA or AMD software to install for it.

Clock speed comes from NVIDIA's own library, which arrives with the NVIDIA driver, or from HWiNFO for other cards.

Setups that use it

  • Three cards in a row

    CPU, GPU and Memory side by side.

  • Load and temperature

    The GPU card for load, with Sensors beside it for GPU temperature, hot spot, fan and power.

  • While you play

    Game Mode, a Premium widget, adds the game's FPS and frame times next to the load.

What you can set

Alert at
The figure turns red from here. 0 turns it off.
Left detail
Average · Clock speed
Tile box
Off, the design floats on the background. On, it sits in a tile like the other widgets.
  • Design
  • Edited design
  • Title

Parts you can restyle

Resize, recolour, change the font of, or hide each part under Customize → Layout.

  • Title and caption
  • Figure
  • Bar
  • Graph
  • Details
  • Note
  • Footer

Good to know

  • If the PC reports no GPU load, the card says “Not available on this PC”.
  • GPU temperature and memory aren't on this card. Sensors shows GPU temperature, and video memory on NVIDIA cards.
  • Nothing happens when you tap it; it only shows.

Questions

Is the GPU widget free?

Yes. GPU is part of Spacedash Free.

Does it work with AMD and Intel GPUs?

Yes. Load is read from Windows' own counters, which cover NVIDIA, AMD and Intel.

Does it show GPU temperature?

No, it shows load. GPU temperature is in the Sensors widget: straight from the driver on NVIDIA cards, and through HWiNFO on AMD and Intel.

Does it show FPS?

No. FPS is in the Game Mode widget, which is part of Premium.

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