using Windows system monitor

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I'd like to set up and use System Monitor to get a better idea about what's going on in my system, but I want to check first - this isn't going to interfere with smooth tracking, is it, having Windows monitoring what's happening in the system all the time?

Anybody tried this?
 
I use NT's performance monitor from time to time for just that purpose. Yes, it does have an effect on performance, just like any application would. How big of a performance hit will depend on what you're monitoring and how often you're monitoring it. I haven't used System Monitor.

At any rate, to get an ideo of what's going on with your system, it's typically ok to sacrifice a minor bit of performance to the application doing the monitoring. You'll still be able to clearly observe the various statistics *changing*, which is really what you're after. Plus, a monitor is probably only going to cost a few CPU percentage points and a few kilobytes of memory....which of course can add up to quite a bit when you're running critical realtime applications (e.g. recording).

In other words, try it.

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You can choose what system monitor will track. If you only want to track one thing (virtual memory for example)..It won't take much of your resources.
 
Cubase VST has a system performance monitor built in.
 
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