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What should I use to monitor while in game?

MSI Afterburner's OSD.

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I have an AMD Athlon X4 860k over clocked to 4.3 GHz but when running games like fortnite I’m only at 70%ish utilization and a speed of 2.9 GHz according to task manager. Any thoughts? Thanks in Advance!

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First of all, windows task manager is not the appropriate tool to know CPU frequency.

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1 minute ago, Enderman said:

First of all, windows task manager is not the appropriate tool to know CPU frequency.

What should I use to monitor while in game?

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Just now, Fatty Patty said:

What should I use to monitor while in game?

MSI Afterburner's OSD.

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4 minutes ago, Fatty Patty said:

What should I use to monitor while in game?

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