Two different things, though. You're talking about the ability to control fans via software. I don't have any issue with that. However, the card's built-in thermal management should not be DEPENDENT upon software for control, and should revoke software control if temp levels exceed some pre-defined value.
Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 3:00 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Fastest Nvidia Card??? > > A lot of fan control stuff does it at a driver level. Speedfan, one of > the > most popular, does that. And just about every overclocking tool I have > seen > works through the drivers. > > But you would think a firmware backup or failsafe would be nice. > > --- > Brian > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Greg Sevart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > For what possible reason would DRIVER based control of fan speeds vs > temps > > make sense? This should be implemented at the firmware level, period. > > Perhaps driver override, but only within pre-defined allowable > temperature > > windows. > > > > I know both manufacturers have had issues with this particular issue. > It > > just baffles me that they'd implement fan control in SOFTWARE. > > > > Greg > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > > > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 10:04 AM > > > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > > Subject: Re: [H] Fastest Nvidia Card??? > > > > > > >From what I can tell the crashing is all about the fan issue I > > > mentioned > > > which is causing the overheating and crashing. And yes, it is a > faulty > > > driver. > > > > > > There are hacks to fix it while waiting for the next Catalyst > driver > > > update > > > on 15 July: > > > > > > http://nwgat.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/ati-radeon-hd-4870-4850- > fanfix/ > > > http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?p=4272339#post4272339 > > > http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=2751569#post2751569 > > > > > > --- > > > > > >
