which gadgets do you have on your desktop?

skellattarr · Oct 24, 2010, 07:47 AM

i got one for my cpu and memory and hard drives and wow and whether. i know they use a lot of ram but i got lots.

DriedFrogPills · Oct 24, 2010, 07:54 AM

moon phase, CPU and RAM monitor combo, clock and a HDD gadget

Frick · Oct 24, 2010, 09:42 AM

Weather + Rainlendar.

heky · Oct 24, 2010, 09:59 AM

3x weather, cpu usage, memory usage, clock, calendar.

Bo$$ · Oct 24, 2010, 10:20 AM

none, they are a pure waste of CPU time, although before i had a clock and CPU meter

entropy13 · Oct 24, 2010, 10:25 AM

Calendar, Rivatuner, CPU Meter, Network Meter

VulkanBros · Oct 24, 2010, 12:53 PM

GPU + CPU + Kaspersky

Mussels · Oct 24, 2010, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bo$$

none, they are a pure waste of CPU time, although before i had a clock and CPU meter

damned right.

what use is a program to show your CPU usage, if it uses ~5% CPU usage to do so? XD

JATownes · Oct 24, 2010, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bo$$

none, they are a pure waste of CPU time, although before i had a clock and CPU meter

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mussels

damned right.

what use is a program to show your CPU usage, if it uses ~5% CPU usage to do so? XD

This is the way I feel as well. Most widgets/gadgets are a waste IMO. I have macro keys on my kb set to launch HWMonitor, CPUz, GPUz, & Afterburner. That is all I need really.

VulkanBros · Oct 24, 2010, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mussels

damned right.

what use is a program to show your CPU usage, if it uses ~5% CPU usage to do so? XD

Well...if you have a Cyrix 286 CPU .. then yes...
Otherwise I have never seen a CPU get blocked totally out...

Might as well run DOS

95Viper · Oct 24, 2010, 03:04 PM

Live Clock
WeatherBug

kciaccio · Oct 24, 2010, 03:46 PM

CPU memory disk network monitor, news streamer, cat clock, and weather temp outside. I run triple monitors. I am watching a movie on one, facebook on another and this forum on another and using 10% CPU with all of that.

DonInKansas · Oct 24, 2010, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by heky

3x weather,

Is the weather that crazy where you that that you have to triple check it?

Volkszorn88 · Oct 25, 2010, 09:32 AM

I like having the basic ones, but when gaming I turn them off. But if you're just web browsing and what not, it's fine to have them on.

Melvis · Oct 25, 2010, 11:08 AM

CPU/RAM/Cores usage meter and GPU temp/fan and usage meter.

I always like to keep an eye on my GPU as the 4870X2 can be a hot card when MSI afterburner decides not to work =/

streetfighter 2 · Oct 25, 2010, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mussels

damned right.

what use is a program to show your CPU usage, if it uses ~5% CPU usage to do so? XD

What kind of CPU metering program are you using that uses 5% CPU? Also what kind of CPU are you using to get that result? It must be rather old.

I don't use any "gadgets" that run through the poorly designed Windows 7 gadget API. I use standalone monitoring apps/tools. I just calculated that my cpu/mem/vm/network/hdd monitor has used a whopping 0.75% of the CPU's time in the last 11 days while averaging 5MB of RAM and peaking at 10MB. (Not bad when you consider it monitors several things and updates every second.) I haven't been logging the monitor recently but I have in the past and it's CPU utilization has never achieved more than 1%. (I had similar results in Windows XP x86 with a much older P4 3.2GHz.)

The other desktop "gadget" I use, that also doesn't utilize the Windows 7 gadget API, is a 32-bit transparent console which is docked in the lower left hand corner of my screen. Other than taking up RAM it has used 0.01% of the CPU's time in the last 11 days even after factoring in that it spawns two other processes (conhost.exe, cmd.exe).

Links to the not-actually-gadget "gadgets" that I use (both are FREE):
Performance Monitor (I'm still using 1.39 which has minor incompatibility with Win7. I may try the new version at some point.)
Console (I'm still using old old old v1.5. Why fix it if it aint broken?)

Mussels · Oct 25, 2010, 11:41 AM

it was an example, but i've seen it on a few netbooks and lower end systems... the people who are concerned about resource usage are wasting resources on these useless apps.

Bo$$ · Oct 25, 2010, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mussels

it was an example, but i've seen it on a few netbooks and lower end systems... the people who are concerned about resource usage are wasting resources on these useless apps.

i used to love them, when the q6600 was fast, now not at all

HossHuge · Oct 25, 2010, 11:50 AM

Like my daddy used to say "If I wanna know the weather, Ill look outside"....

I've never used these things. I know when my cpu is busy or not.

Bo$$ · Oct 25, 2010, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HossHuge

ike my daddy used to say "If I wanna know the weather, Ill look outside"....

or check your phone if you are not near a window

Tatty_One · Oct 25, 2010, 11:59 AM

I got............

CPU
GPU
Local weather 5 day forecast (I am a fisherman!)
Ohhh and that Bikinin Clad American Girl who tells you the time when you click her

Bo$$ · Oct 25, 2010, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tatty_One

I got............

CPU
GPU
Local weather 5 day forecast (I am a fisherman!)
Ohhh and that Bikinin Clad American Girl who tells you the time when you click her

well you got an i7 you are allowed all this stuff

streetfighter 2 · Oct 25, 2010, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tatty_One

Ohhh and that Bikinin Clad American Girl who tells you the time when you click her

How can you tell she's American? Is she really fat or something?

Links or it didn't happen.

↓ It didn't occur to me that you literally meant that she "told" you. It makes sense now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bo$$

or check your phone if you are not near a window

As technologically inclined as I am, I still do not have a data plan for my phone (hence no internet on me teléfono). It also doesn't have a barometer, temperature sensor, windsock or any other useful instrument in that regard.

Tatty_One · Oct 25, 2010, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by streetfighter 2

How can you tell she's American? Is she really fat or something?

Links or it didn't happen.

The accent does it for me, I spose she could be Canadian, I cannot really tell the difference.

Edit: the site I think I got it from is blocked at work, when I googled this one amongst others came up as a link but as I said, it's blocked, I am having a guess that this link might lead you to it, if not, when I get home tonight I will link it.......

www.brothersoft.com/speaking-clock-172104.html

Kreij · Oct 25, 2010, 12:09 PM

I just use the gadget W1zz wrote to show us moderators which TPU members are on the "Potential Trouble Makers" list.

Oct 24, 2010, 07:47 AM	#1
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Oct 24, 2010, 09:42 AM	#3
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Oct 24, 2010, 07:54 AM	#2
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Oct 24, 2010, 09:59 AM	#4
heky Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Slovenia, Europe Posts: 873 (0.65/day) Thanks: 888 Thanked 144 Times in 122 Posts System Specs	3x weather, cpu usage, memory usage, clock, calendar.

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Oct 24, 2010, 10:20 AM	#5
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Oct 24, 2010, 10:25 AM	#6
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Oct 24, 2010, 12:53 PM	#7
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Oct 24, 2010, 03:04 PM	#11
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Oct 24, 2010, 03:46 PM	#12
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Oct 25, 2010, 09:32 AM	#14
Volkszorn88 Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 828 (0.79/day) Thanks: 113 Thanked 286 Times in 179 Posts System Specs	I like having the basic ones, but when gaming I turn them off. But if you're just web browsing and what not, it's fine to have them on.

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Oct 25, 2010, 11:08 AM	#15
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Oct 25, 2010, 11:41 AM	#17
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Oct 25, 2010, 11:59 AM	#21
Tatty_One Senior Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Worcestershire, UK Posts: 12,734 (4.75/day) Thanks: 1,093 Thanked 1,931 Times in 1,435 Posts System Specs	I got............ CPU GPU Local weather 5 day forecast (I am a fisherman!) Ohhh and that Bikinin Clad American Girl who tells you the time when you click her __________________

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Oct 25, 2010, 12:09 PM	#25
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