GPU temperature
Nvidia graphics card has its own processor that gets heated just like the main cpu processor. They usually have a heat sink and the high power gpus also have a fan.
Its a good idea to monitor the gpu temperature on your system from time to time to ensure that the unit is not overheating and keeping good.
On Ubuntu, you need to first install the Nvidia drivers. That will install additional utility programs that can monitor and report various statistics about the gpu.
nvidia-settings
The "Nvidia X Server Settings" is a gui program that reports details about the gpu. You can find the tool in the menu, after installing the nvidia drivers. To launch from the command line, run the command nvidia-settings
Here is a screenshot.
The nvidia-settings command can also be used to monitor the gpu usage.
$ nvidia-settings -q GPUUtilization
Attribute 'GPUUtilization' (desktop:0): graphics=27, memory=20, video=0, PCIe=0
The graphics=27 is gpu utilization level. To monitor continuously use the watch command
$ watch -n 1 nvidia-settings -q GPUUtilization
nvidia-smi
The nvidia-smi command shows the temperature of the gpu. Go to GPU > Thermal settings to check the temperature.
$ nvidia-smi
Sun Feb 19 18:44:33 2017
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How to monitor nvidia gpu temperature on Kubuntu 16.10
Nvidia graphics card has its own processor that gets heated just like the main cpu processor. They usually have a heat sink and the high power gpus also have a fan.
Its a good idea to monitor the gpu temperature on your system from time to time to ensure that the unit is not overheating and keeping good.
On Ubuntu, you need to first install the Nvidia drivers. That will install additional utility programs that can monitor and report various statistics about the gpu.
nvidia-settings
The "Nvidia X Server Settings" is a gui program that reports details about the gpu. You can find the tool in the menu, after installing the nvidia drivers. To launch from the command line, run the command nvidia-settings
Here is a screenshot.
The nvidia-settings command can also be used to monitor the gpu usage.
$ nvidia-settings -q GPUUtilization
Attribute 'GPUUtilization' (desktop:0): graphics=27, memory=20, video=0, PCIe=0
The graphics=27 is gpu utilization level. To monitor continuously use the watch command
$ watch -n 1 nvidia-settings -q GPUUtilization
nvidia-smi
The nvidia-smi command shows the temperature of the gpu. Go to GPU > Thermal settings to check the temperature.
$ nvidia-smi
Sun Feb 19 18:44:33 2017
+------------------------------------------------------+...
Read full post here
How to monitor nvidia gpu temperature on Kubuntu 16.10
