I asked this same question over at toms hardware, but they don't seem to be as friendly over there as they are here...

Anyways, I know what it is, and what it does...

The question I have is does it need to run with start up for the technology itself, not the monitor program, to work ?

In my personal opinion I don't need a graph showing me what the computer is doing, but I wanted to make make sure that turning off the monitor wouldn't stop it from doing it, I honestly don't think it will, however I have seen stranger crap before.

UNLESS someone gives me a reason why I SHOULD leave it running at start up... LOL