Is this the latest Coolbits?

[DasFox]

Is this the latest Coolbits?

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=815

Almost 2 years old

 

[Regs]

It works with my card.

 

[Yreka]

I believe coolbits just changes a flag in the registry to turn features on that are already present in the driver files.

If that is the case, no update needed

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: Yreka
I believe coolbits just changes a flag in the registry to turn features on that are already present in the driver files.

If that is the case, no update needed

Bingo! You can do the changes manually if you like, but this is much easier. I don't see why NVIDIA doesn't just put a radio button in the drivers to enable coolbits...

 

[Hauk]

Liability. Having to hack into the registry makes it your baby...

 

[Shmalls]

why would they include a program that lets you get more then you paid for. that would just be bad buisness practice.

 

[Hauk]

And it would spoil the fun...

Nvidia, like AMD (and other MFR's) knows we're out there. I wonder if they give a crap. OC'ers make up what percentage of the buyers anyway?

 

[Shmalls]

its probably a small percentage, but i think OC'ers have strong loyaltys to the companys they like.
or is that just me?

 

[Hauk]

Loyality until the next review comes out. We're a fickle bunch.

Gainward makes a splash
BFG takes charge
EVGA leads the way

See a pattern?

 

[jlbenedict]

Its not that difficult to do it manually in the registry.
Its just a DWORD value of Coolbits with a value of 3
under the Local Machine\Software\Nvidia\NVTweak key

 

[DasFox]

Coolbits 2 has it like this for the Coolbits entry:

"CoolBits"=dword:ffffffff

So that is all I changed and the Direct3D came up and I placed it on 0.

THANKS

 

[Auric]

Yeah, disabling by default precludes liability and at the same time makes end-users feel "1337" by toggling the registry value. However, downloading a reg file to do so would frankly make me feel like a "n00b".