Intel PresentMon vs PLITCH

Intel PresentMon is a free Windows application for monitoring and measuring gaming performance. It combines a customizable overlay, GPU telemetry, and capture functions for viewing data during or after a gaming session. The overlay can show real-time multi-line charts and histograms, plus raw numbers, percentiles, and rolling-window averages. Its GPU Busy metric presents CPU and GPU balance and resource use to help locate performance bottlenecks. PresentMon works with Intel Arc graphics cards and Intel Core processors, as well as hardware from other vendors. It supports applications using DirectX 12, DirectX 11, DirectX 9, OpenGL, and Vulkan on Windows 10 and Windows 11. Command-line functions support batch testing and automation. Intel describes it as open source, with third-party integration through the PresentMon SDK and API. Starting a trace requires Windows Performance Log Users membership or administrator privileges. GPU execution metrics may be less accurate with Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling enabled.

PLITCH is a PC game trainer for customizing single-player games with mods and cheat codes. Players can activate codes with a button click to make games easier, harder, or otherwise different. The maker says the software accesses PC RAM rather than changing or damaging game files. It reports support for more than 5,800 PC games, with 10–20 new and classic games added each week, and an average of 250+ game patches covered weekly. The free plan is free and includes standard support and full access to 712 trainers. Premium features include unlimited playtime, prioritized support, a companion app, a Game Bar Overlay, game requests, and selected extras. Listed Premium prices are PLN 16.66 a year, billed zł 199.92 every 365 days; PLN 30.99 a month for 90 days; and PLN 36.99 a month for 30 days. Free iOS and Android companion apps and a Microsoft Overlay feature are also described. Premium purchases are advertised with a 14-day money-back guarantee.