AgaueEye

AgaueEye is a resources monitor with a twist: it's capable of showing an overlay while you're playing games. This way, you can figure out the exact amount of CPU and RAM used by resource-demanding games.

Wrapped in a clean and intuitive interface, the tool gets installed quickly and with minimal effort on your behalf. It gets integrated into the systray at startup and shows two gauges in the main window, representing the current RAM and CPU usage.

Two in-game overlay modes are available: graphics or text only. Their colors and position can be customized with ease. According to the developer, not all games are supported. However, it runs well with Steam, uPlay, and Origin. It actually ran smoothly with Steam in our tests. AgaueEye is also compliant with OBS, Shadow Play and ReLive, along with AntiCheat.

While playing a game, you can activate the AgaueEye overlay by holding Shift (by default) or Alt and pressing F7. The keys responsible for changing the overlay position and capturing frames are F8 and F4, respectively. But all three keys can be remapped with anything else.

History of your game sessions can be accessed from the main window if you want to review the summary (clock, CPU load, average usage, maximum RAM usage), GPU details (e.g. core and memory clocks, SLI/CrossFire support, maximum temperature and VRAM usage), together with FPS and GPU graphical reports.

The program reveals your computer's hardware specifications and can run at every Windows startup if you allow this to happen. From the right-click menu of the systray icon, it's possible to enable support for OBS, AntiCheat and unknown games (wherever applicable).

The program worked smoothly on Windows 10 in our tests and didn't hamper system performance. All aspects considered, AgaueEye offers a simple and elegant solution for monitoring resources consumption while playing games.