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What does hwinfo gpu skin do for your gpu?


Asked by Ariyah Brock on Dec 04, 2021 FAQ



This skin uses the HWiNFO application and Rainmeter plugin to monitor information about your graphics card / GPU. I have this configured for my card, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, but it can be altered to match the sensors for your card. The Rainmeter plugin will be installed by the .rmskin.
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HWiNFO identifies your hardware components by a so-called “Sensor ID”, “Sensor Instance” and “Entry ID”. If you have two graphic cards, the Sensor ID will be the same for both but they would ave different Sensor Instance numbers. For example, the the first GPU will have a Sensor ID and a Sensor Instance number.
In this manner, There isn't any particular value in leaving open the "sensors" window for HWiNFO while you are setting up the skin, or ever really. It's the separate "Share Memory Viewer" program that is of use. That is the one that tells you, and allows you to copy, the sensor id and instance numbers you need for your skin.
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So all you need to do is create Registry measures to obtain each of those values you want to display in your skin. The values are stored in the registry in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\VSB. That's really all there is to it! No plugin, no hideous and complicated hex numbers. Just go get the value you want.
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The developers of HWiNFO also provide a Rainmeter plugin DLL that Rainmeter can use to read information from HWiNFO’s Sensor Status module. This DLL is included in the Grayhound *.rmskin when you install it. HWiNFO identifies your hardware components by a so-called “Sensor ID”, “Sensor Instance” and “Entry ID”.