Built upon the foundation of NVIDIA’s core motherboard and GPU technologies, the NVIDIA Control Panel and NVIDIA System Monitor software utilities bring consolidated control and reporting to the desktop in seamless fashion. Initially, you will simply configure NVIDIA System Monitor to track and log appropriate data and then utilize the new functionality of NVIDIA’s Control Panel to manipulate and optimize system settings and characteristics.

Basic Initial Process Outline
1. Open NVIDIA System Monitor
2. Choose component to monitor
3. Select desired data fields to monitor for that component and repeat for other devices
4. Enable logging (if desired)
5. Exit configuration mode to see real-time system information and graphs
6. Open NVIDIA Control Panel and navigate to Performance Group
7. Select desired performance parameters for each component

NVIDIA System Monitor Using NVIDIA System Monitor
You can start NVIDIA System Monitor several ways:
• Double-click the NVIDIA System Monitor icon on the desktop
• Click Start, then click All Programs NVIDIA Corporation then select NVIDIA System Monitor. NVIDIA System Monitor — Choose Component

Once NVIDIA System Monitor loads, you are presented with a collection of system components. By clicking on a particular device, that component is selected and all available data fields are presented. As shown above, the CPU’s presentation is comprised of key voltages, temperatures, and status information.

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