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    I Found It! Temp Reader with 16x.xx Drivers

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Dragonpet, Oct 10, 2007.

  1. Dragonpet

    Dragonpet Notebook Evangelist

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    Finally, I had been annoy by the fact that the failure of Rivatuner at reading molbile 8xxx card temperature if you have 163.44 or above driver installed.
    I found this great utility by Christian Diefer. It's called i8kFan Control. Yes It is made for Dell user main and made to control the fan speed, but it also has option of just reading temperatures. So far it reports all the temperatures correctly(CPU, GPU), and of course you can use it to make the laptop cooler while gaming. :)

    Link To his site:
    Enjoy!

    EDIT: I found that the temperature readings were only correct after I applied offsets. Vostro 1500 requires -14 on CPU temp, and +8 on GPU temp.
     
    Dragonpet, Oct 10, 2007
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Why not just use Nvidia Monitor if all you're doing is watching temps?
     
    Lithus, Oct 11, 2007
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  3. Rorschach

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    >.> there are several programs that monitor temps....you only use i8kFan Control because its ummm for dell.
     
    Rorschach, Oct 11, 2007
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  4. nic.

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    Hmm? My rivatuner can monitor my gpu's temp well even with driver that it don't support.
     
    nic., Oct 11, 2007
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  5. Dragonpet

    Dragonpet Notebook Evangelist

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    Which driver are you using?
     
    Dragonpet, Oct 11, 2007
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  6. nic.

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    163.74/.71/.69/.44 all shown correctly
     
    nic., Oct 11, 2007
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  7. mxxl

    mxxl Notebook Geek

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    i've been having the same problem with 163.xx drivers, rivatuner hardware monitor doesn't work, and i've tried everything
     
    mxxl, Oct 11, 2007
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  8. Mimino

    Mimino Notebook Communist

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    what about ntune? i tried it on mine and it didn't work. it does have the temperature section in it though.
     
    Mimino, Oct 11, 2007
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