R9 270X Gaming 2G (V303) – AMD and MSI GPU Application and Control suites

Question

R9 270X Gaming 2G S/N 602-V303-13SB1312109829-398.
Now I got the following applications running all at the same time and I think it may be unnecessary to run all of them. I think some of them does the same thing really.
- MSI Afterburner
- RivaTuner
- VGA Boost
- AMD Catalyst Control Center
And sometimes I run AMD Game Evolved and MSI GamingApp as well.
What is your opinion on the different applications that runs to control and modify your GPU settings, what is really needed and what should be avoided is any.
In my case I like MSI Afterburner as it is easy to set the exact overclocking setting I find most stable and RivaTuner is great for in-game monitoring and game video recording. I am not sure what VGA Boost does, but it sound cool so I am running it too. AMD Catalyst Control Center seems unnecessary to me, but I am running it, because perhaps it should. Very confused, I am.

Answer 1

@Nick
Thank you for your reply
You said ” I use EVGA's tool (pretty much the same as MSI afterburner), nvidia's control panel and GPU-Z. Nothing else to be fair.”, but do they not do the same sort of thing, EVGA’s tool and NVidia Control Panel. In my case Afterburner and AMD CCC.
That is what I do not get, why should both run at the same time, what does that help.
Sorry for my ignorance if the answer is obvious. I just do not get it. To me, it seems like having two different email programs running and checked the same email account at the same time.
I know a lot of people are doing the same as you mentioned, but why please tell me why