Software utility for Sagers! - Page 2

Meatballs are great, I had it for lunch today

DM, yes it would be possible to include the memory timing stuff in a program

thanks for your input, ryanniedz, I will seriously consider having gpu-overclocking functionality in my program, even though it hasnt highest priority. The latest ati-drivers have a overclock page on the control panel built-in so thats easily accessible, however having a one-in-all program is nifty.

To your question, yes it would probably void the warranty, however to your safety is the fact that except for the intels cpu-shutoff (at 135 degrees) there is also a system shutoff on our computers, at 85 degrees. I could disable that too but I wont. There are a couple of people at this forum who have experienced system shutdown for that reason when their cooling system havent been up to the job. I havent heard of any damage being made to their computers.

Great, now I have beta-testers for 5660, 5680, 8887 and 8890.

FH, That was exactly what I wanted to hear! :-) I would be more than happy if you or someone else designed a nice "skin" for this utility. I have never been interested in graphics or layout myself, its the workings behind the scenes that have kept me fascinated. Of course form follows function, so we might have to discuss the basic control layout but on the other hand, if you provide the concepts then I can provide the logic behind the skin.

Thats a good idea, zacharac. I have myself thought of something like showing max/min/avg temp since the program started or a resetbutton was pressed. It isnt a full log, but I think it will be enough to be able to measure the max and average temp during a benchmark or something cpu intensive.

Re: GUI

perfect

I cant help you out what that one, I have a 5660 with only one battery. Maybe some of the other furum members can help you out. I guess you should be able to hotswap the second battery and the floppy if you have the first battery in?

I'm sorry to say, I've been far too busy in my company, it seems like you have to wait at least 1-1,5 week before there will be a beta version.

This is the planned functionality, feel free to comment if you think something should be changed or added

version 1

Show CPU temp
Show CPU workload
Show min/avg/max temp since last reset, and a reset button
Show a "cool index" that measure the efficiency of the selected "cooling scheme", possibly calculated by avg temp divided by avg workload, or maybe some more clever algorithm
Cpu temp and workload also in a graph so you can see history like in task manager

Show actual heat-downthrottling
Enable forced downthrottling like in battery saver

Three possibilites of fan control
1. no control, let bios take care of it
2. forced fixed fanspeed
3. select a previous defined cooling scheme

A defined cooling scheme have the following properties
1. Name
2. Any number of thermal trip points
3. The new fan speed if the trip point is passed going up
4. The new fan speed if the trip point is passed going down
5. All fan speeds are 0-100 percent


Future versions may also include

Show harddrive temp
GPU-clocker
Tweaking of memory timings
Better cooling logic with not only thermal trip points, but also workload and temp change speed