2D/3d Fan Speed

[geoffry]

Does anyone know if an ATI card can have its fan automatically change fan speeds when switching from 2D to 3D mode in vista?

I know I can't with my 8800 GTS.

 

[CP5670]

You can do this with third party programs at least on XP. ATI Tray Tools and ATI Tool both support it. I always ran my X1900 like this, as the steadily increasing pitch of the fan sound (the default setting) got on my nerves.

I believe Rivatuner lets you do this with Nvidia cards too, but I'm not certain.

 

[Sylvanas]

Rivatuner's fan speed worked with 38xx aswell, we just have to wait for Unwinder to update Rivatuner soon for these newer cards to be supported.

 

[geoffry]

Rivatuner doesn't let me adjust it in vista, I read a long time ago that NVDA drivers for vista didn't allow changing the fan speed.

I just tried again in Rivatuner and can't. Maybe I'm using an older version and a newer one fixed that, perhaps I'll try downloading a newer one if there is one.

 

[Tradewell]

my Nvidia 7600GT fan stays on for some reason after waking from standby. The is after updating the software to a the whql version. If I go back to the 94.XX version it doesn't Go figure. Anyone know of a fix?

 

[Sylvanas]

Originally posted by: geoffry
Rivatuner doesn't let me adjust it in vista, I read a long time ago that NVDA drivers for vista didn't allow changing the fan speed.

I just tried again in Rivatuner and can't. Maybe I'm using an older version and a newer one fixed that, perhaps I'll try downloading a newer one if there is one.

2.09 is the latest Rivatuner. There is no need to really change the fan speeds unless you are having a problem- both nvidia and ATI adjust fan speeds dynamically dependent on load and temperature. If you simply cannot find a solution then you can flash the BIOS having modified how fan speeds work. RBE (Radeon Bios Editor) does this for ATI cards and I am sure Rabit or Nbitor does the same for Nvidia cards.

 

[geoffry]

Originally posted by: Sylvanas

Originally posted by: geoffry
Rivatuner doesn't let me adjust it in vista, I read a long time ago that NVDA drivers for vista didn't allow changing the fan speed.

I just tried again in Rivatuner and can't. Maybe I'm using an older version and a newer one fixed that, perhaps I'll try downloading a newer one if there is one.

2.09 is the latest Rivatuner. There is no need to really change the fan speeds unless you are having a problem- both nvidia and ATI adjust fan speeds dynamically dependent on load and temperature. If you simply cannot find a solution then you can flash the BIOS having modified how fan speeds work. RBE (Radeon Bios Editor) does this for ATI cards and I am sure Rabit or Nbitor does the same for Nvidia cards.

I was using 2.06, I just switched to 2.09 but now I can't even overclock the card, lol...maybe the newest driver will fix that, I'll install it later today or tomorrow.

I reckon I'll be getting a 4870 in the next few days or weeks though. I thought about getting a 4850 and an HR-03 GT and overclocking it...but then for 50ish bucks more I get the GDDR5