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Vitals — Hardware Monitor with In-Game Overlay
A standalone alternative to HWiNFO for Windows 10/11. Reads CPU temperature and per-core load, GPU core/hotspot/memory temperatures and usage, RAM and per-DIMM temperatures, motherboard fan speeds and drive health — plus FPS, frametimes and 1% / 0.1% lows.
Every reading can be toggled individually for the overlay, shown as a list or a compact bar, anchored anywhere on any monitor, and switched with a global hotkey.
No companion software needed — no RivaTuner, no Afterburner. Frame timing comes from Windows ETW rather than hooking or injecting into games, so there is no anti-cheat risk. The overlay is an ordinary layered window: it works in windowed and borderless fullscreen. True exclusive fullscreen is not covered by design — and Vitals tells you so instead of leaving you hunting for it.
One self-contained installer, no prerequisites. Requires administrator rights.
Features
- Monitoring
- CPU: package & per-CCD temps, per-core load, clocks, power, voltages
- GPU: core / hotspot / memory-junction temps, load, VRAM, fans, power
- RAM: usage plus per-DIMM temperatures via SMBus
- Motherboard: case fan RPM, board temps, voltages, embedded controller
- Storage: temperature and SMART health for every drive
- Frames: FPS, frametime, 1 % and 0.1 % lows
- 300+ individual sensors on a typical system
- In-game overlay
- Every single value can be toggled on or off
- Free ordering of the displayed values
- Two layouts: stacked list or compact bar
- Nine anchor points, multi-monitor aware
- Adjustable scale, opacity and background
- Global hotkey, works while the game has focus
- Colour-coded warning thresholds
- Click-through and never steals focus
- FPS measured via Windows ETW — no hooking, no injection, no anti-cheat risk
- Detects true exclusive fullscreen and says so instead of failing silently
- Sensible default selection on first launch
- Settings stored as readable JSON
- Single self-contained installer, no prerequisites
- Optional autostart via scheduled task (no UAC prompt at logon)
- Silent install/uninstall switches for scripted rollout
- Opt-in complete removal of all user data across every profile
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