Asus launches redesigned graphics card tweaking tool with new features

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Asus has released the third full iteration of its GPU tweaking application, the inventively named GPU Tweak.

GPU Tweak III comes with a completely revamped user interface, new metrics from your graphics card, and added language support for German, French, Turkish, Korean, and both Simplified and Traditional Chinese. It’s available for both desktops and laptops with dedicated graphics cards.

Screenshot of Asus GPU Tweak III UI — (Image credit: Asus)

Analysis: Do you need GPU monitoring software?

To hardware heads like myself, the idea of having a PC (especially a souped-up gaming desktop) bereft of system monitoring software is like garlic to a vampire. I love tweaking my components to squeeze out every last drop of performance, and that goes double for the graphics card.

But does the average PC gamer need to mess about with tools like GPU Tweak III or MSI Afterburner? GPU overclocking can risk shortening the lifespan of your card, although using proprietary software to activate overclocking presets is generally much safer.

You’re not likely to get a huge performance boost from GPU overclocking, but it could mean a 10% framerate increase in games. That might not sound like a lot, but if your PC is struggling to hit 60fps then it could be worth it. Modern overclocking software means no mucking about in the BIOS, too, which is a far more intimidating prospect than turning on an OC profile in GPU Tweak. Give it a go!

GPU Tweak III will be an invaluable tool for these Asus gaming laptops

Christian is TechRadar’s UK-based Computing Editor. He came to us from Maximum PC magazine, where he fell in love with computer hardware and building PCs. He was a regular fixture amongst our freelance review team before making the jump to TechRadar, and can usually be found drooling over the latest high-end graphics card or gaming laptop before looking at his bank account balance and crying.

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