Windows 10 Fall Creators Update introduces GPU monitoring features built right into Task Manager

If you already:

• have a laptop or desktop PC with a WDDMv2 driver
• upgraded to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update using the Microsoft Update now or Download tool now buttons, or just using Windows Update (mine came flying down at 350Mbps!)

then you're in for a little treat! It's the little things, see also Using Task Manager and Resource Monitor to figure out what's going behind the scenes. You have new capabilities lurking right there in your Task Manager, look carefully at those screenshots above and below.

Looking for a quick way to abuse your GPU for a bit, to see for yourself? Easy, just visit this online WebGL demo:

• madebyevan.com/webgl-water

You don't have to add the GPU columns to your Processes view, they're just there automatically after the upgrade to 1709 or later. You can customize this though, just right-click on the columns to show and hide what you want seen, and what you want to hide.

Thank you Microsoft, so much technical detail

Microsoft already documented these GPU monitoring enhancements over at the DirectX Developer Blog, in great detail. I love deep dive long-form posts like this, check it out for yourself:

• GPUs in the task manager
  Jul 21 2017 by Bryan Langley at Microsoft | Developer
  Here's a teaser/excerpt:

  We're excited to introduce support for GPU performance data in the Task Manager. This is one of the features you have often requested, and we listened. The GPU is finally making its debut in this venerable performance tool. To see this feature right away, you can join the Windows Insider Program. Or, you can wait for the Windows Fall Creator's Update.

  To understand all the GPU performance data, its helpful to know how Windows uses a GPUs. This blog dives into these details and explains how the Task Manager's GPU performance data comes alive. This blog is going to be a bit long, but we hope you enjoy it nonetheless.

Oct 24 2017 Update

Got a screenshot for you, testing my GPU with the fan disconnected, just to see how the temperature rises, and how quickly. See also the Task Manager's GPU tab under 3D, it's cranking away at 99%.

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