RivaTuner 2.01 is out.

I don't browse the other Forums but wanted to let others know there is a update to RivaTuner.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=163

BTW does anyone have the "XTreme-G 158.16 XP 32bit" (I think I found a alternative download). Tweak R US bandwidth is max and the site and even the forums dead.

BTW you can actually have it do background monitoring when you are using the FPS/CoreTemp modules. All you have to do is click the Record button on the bottom left corner of the graphing plotter. then press the X and bingo.. it's still plotting on the system tray and in game.

Time for Gophn to update his guide..

 

LOL... lemme check out the new revision, if the guide needs to get updated... then so be it.

 

Here are the release notes:
(seems to have some nice new features, hope they will apply to the mobile counterparts)

RivaTuner Homepage

Version 2.01:

Minor bugfixes:

___● Fixed abnormal negative thermal diode temperature readings on G72 graphics processors in NVThermalDiode plugin.
___● Fixed PCI DeviceID control features for G8x GPU family in NVStrap driver.
___● Fixed hardwired PCI DeviceID detection code for G8x GPU family into "NVIDIA specific display adapter information" diagnostic report category.
___● Minor UI and localization fixes.

What's new:

___● Added ForceWare 100.xx, 101.xx, 158.xx and 165.xx driver families support.
___● Updated databases for Detonator and ForceWare drivers. Added databases for ForceWare 97.92, 97.94, 100.87, 100.95, 101.02, 158.16, 158.19 and 165.01.
___● Added Catalyst 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 drivers detection.
___● Updated Catalyst 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 certified SoftR9x00 parch scripts (for Windows 2000/XP drivers only).
___● Previously available experimental driver-level overclocking workaround is now enabled by default on RV560 and RV570 based display adapters. Power users may disable it with EnableDriverLevelClockControl registry entry. This feature was declared in the previous version but erroneously was not included in the distributive.
___● Updated PCI DeviceID database for NVIDIA graphics processors.
___● Added NVIDIA G84 and G86 GPU family support. Thanks to Andrew Worobiev for testing RivaTuner with GeForce 8600GTS and GeForce 8500GT.
___● Improved G80 GPU support:
___ ___o Added low-level G8x I2C bus access support. Now low-level features depending on direct access to I2C bus (e.g. ambient temperature monitoring, fan control and monitoring etc.) are no longer restricted to Windows XP and are available under any OS including Windows Vista.
___ ___o Added G8x GPIO pins input reading support.
___● Improved Windows Vista support:
___ ___o Added administrative rights dependence token to the manifest file. Now RivaTuner can be started even when UAC mode is enabled (in this case you'll be prompted to confirm you administrative privileges).
___ ___o Added NVIDIA Vista drivers support. Now NVIDIA ForceWare 96.xx and newer drivers are detected and can be tuned by the tool. Please take a note that NVIDIA drivers are not as mature as XP ones so some driver-level tweaking features available under Windows XP are not yet available under Windows Vista. Refer to 'Known issues' section to get more detailed info.
___ ___o Added ATI Vista drivers detection. Now RivaTuner displays info about installed driver and assocoated driver files for ATI Catalyst 7.1 and newer Vista drivers.
___ ___o Added driver-level overclocking support for ATI GPU based display adapters.
___● Updated RivaTunerStatisticsServer v2.3.0 bundled utility:
___ ___o Internal hook infrastructure has been seriously changed to provide support for Vista and future operating systems.
___ ___o Added framerate monitoring for Direct3D10 applications. Please take a note that Direct3D10 On-Screen Display rendering features are currently not implemented in the server due to Direct3D10 API limitations.
___ ___o Now most of the application profile's settings can be applied on the fly now. Changing profile's On-Screen Display position, visibility, size and color is immediately reflected in running 3D application now and no longer requires application restart to be applied.
___ ___o Added OSD rendering workarounds for dynamically unloading OpenGL ICD drivers (e.g. ATI Catalyst OpenGL ICD driver under Vista).
___● Updated NVStrap v1.13 bundled driver:
___ ___o Added G84 and G86 GPU family support.
___● Improved hardware monitoring module:
___ ___o Added "Hardware acceleration", "Hardware acceleration \ DirectDraw", "Hardware acceleration \ Direct3D8", "Hardware acceleration \ Direct3D9", "Hardware acceleration \ Direct3D10" (Vista only) and "Hardware acceleration \ OpenGL" binary graphs. These graphs use statistics server's 3D API usage detection features and show if any application using required (or any of) hardware accelerated 3D API is currently running. The graphs are dedicated for defining the thresholds for applying desired settings (e.g. fan, color or overclocking profiles) separately for 3D or even separately for Direct3D and OpenGL applications.
___ ___o Improved hardware monitoring plugins:
___ ___ ___■ Added open source SMART.dll plugin. The plugin demonstrates hard drive temperature monitoring via S.M.A.R.T. technique.
___ ___ ___■ Improved NVThermalDiode.dll plugin:
___ ___ ___ ___□ Added G80 thermal diodes support.
___ ___ ___ ___□ Added thermal diode binary offset support for G71 and newer thermal diodes. Now the plugin can detect and use thermal diode's inaccuracy (or binary offset), fused into GPU during manufacturing.
___ ___ ___ ___□ Now the plugin demonstrates to third party developers GPU fuses reading and VGA BIOS variables virtualization technologies used to detect binary thermal diode offset.
___ ___ ___ ___□ Now each thermal diode calibration parameter can be redefined via NVThermalDiode.cfg file. This allows disabling thermal diode binary offset if necessary.
___ ___ ___ ___□ Improved thermal diode temperature calculation accuracy. Now the temperatures are measured in 0.01°C units opposing to 1°C in the previous versions or in the driver's control panel or in other tools reading thermal diode temperature by means of the ForceWare drivers.
___ ___ ___■ Improved VT1103.dll plugin:
___ ___ ___ ___□ Now the plugin supports Volterra 1103's alternate VID encoding schemes (Intel VRM 9.x, Intel VRM 10.x and AMD Opteron 64) and provides VID monitoring on Volterra VT1105 and VT1165 voltage regulators.
___ ___ ___ ___□ Please take a note that the plugin's configuration file now contains the database of VID encoding used on different ATI display adapters, however you can manually select desired VID encoding if necessary in the the plugin's advanced properties.
___ ___ ___■ Improved ADT7473.dll plugin. Added remote temperature channel 2 support.
___ ___ ___■ Improved SysMem.dll plugin. Added >4GB systems support.
___ ___ ___■ Improved VidMem.dll plugin. You no longer need to select NVIDIA specific videomemory usage data source provider manually to work around NVIDIA driver's bug. Now the plugin automatically checks display adapter's manufacturer and automatically selects NVIDIA specific implementation when NVIDIA display adapter is detected.
___ ___ ___■ Improved CPU.dll plugin. Now by default the plugin is configured to use standard timer instead of high resolution one to prevent incorrect CPU clock and CPU usage calculation on some dual core systems.
___ ___ ___■ Improved GPUProbe.dll plugin. Now the plugin supports G80 GPIO pins monitoring.
___● Updated SDK:
___ ___o Added open source plugin for LCDHype software. The plugin can be used to show RivaTuner's hardware monitoring statistics on external LCD by means of LCDHype software.
___● Improved low-level graphics subsystem diagnostics module:
___ ___o Added thermal diode binary offset (or thermal diode inaccuracy) for G71 and newer graphics processors to "NVIDIA specific display adapter information" and "NVIDIA VGA BIOS Information" diagnostic report categories.
___ ___o Added performance table 3.0 version support. This allows displaying performance table contents on G84 and G86 display adapters into "NVIDIA VGA BIOS Information" diagnostic report category.
___● Improved installer. Now the installer can automatically install all .RTU updates located into installer's executable folder. This allows distributing RivaTuner with third party addons (e.g. Chinese localization pack), which will be automatically installed with the tool.
___● Improved Easter Eggs:
___ ___o Improved NVIDIA VGA BIOS script decompiler. Added support for new G84 BIOS specific tokens.
___ ___o Previously hidden automatic fan speed control rule is now partially unlocked (for viewing only, editing is still disabled by default) on display adapters with LM63 compatible or ADT7473 compatible I2C fan controllers.
___● Minor UI changes and improvements.

 

Well I don't get Negative Readings in my notebook (Core temps).. but I found out that it more likely to happen after I come out of standby. Don't know if it happens still to busy to try.

 

if you read my guide, it shows you how to OFFSET your temps if you get negative or strange temp readings.

 

I already did that but when the Temperatures come back to reading normal or properly then I have to take off the offset... IE..


Apply 200 degree offset.. ; Reboot; System readings -250; Remove Offset; system goes into standby; out of standby (dice roll); need to apply offset again till next reboot.

Like I said quite random.

 

well most user dont let these systems go to standby/hibernation due to some software issues and wireless internet loss issues.

so i guess that the random temp readings could be remedied if you turn off RivaTuner before it goes into standby/hibernate mode and then start it back up when it wakes/resumes from those modes.

 

Just out of curiosity which is prefered for OC'ing ATitools or rivatuner?

 

Those are two completely different programs. Atitools is only for ATI cards. Rivatuner is only for Nvidia cards.