That's kind of strange. I would say just run MSI Afterburner and keep the monitor window thing open. Works well enough to glance at your system's performance, temps etc. Been using MSI Afterburner for years now.
MSI afterburner requires windows and requires local desktop access. It cant run in RDP session.
I like using http feature of the miner. Dont need any remote desktop access.
May be crossfire is the reason, ill check