Light/*Stable Prog For Fan Speed Control?

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I've used RivaTuner to control fan speed (jack it up when gaming) with the GTX 280 until the aftermarket cooler is released. However, I've had numerous times when RivaTuner drops the fan speed out of nowhere.

It's happened with this GPU and the last two versions of RivaTuner (up to 2.11; haven't tried the latest, if it's out of beta yet) and various NV drivers.

Is there another prog that's a bit more stable that wont cause this to occur?

I've never used EVGA Precision, so I cant speak on it (heard it had some issues, though?)... nor nTune (which is a lot of bloatware I don't need) since moving to NV (since the 8800 GTX).

It's not only an annoyance, but it's bad due to the fact that I do a lot of gaming wearing headphones (such as when playing TF2, L4D, BF & other games I don't necessarily need to hear sound with at times) and don't always hear it happen. Last night, while my wife and I were playing L4D, it happened two or three times alone, over the course of a couple of hours.

RivaTuner has been a good prog, but since this occurrence is unpredictable, I never know when it will happen, which is irritating. Sometimes twice a day, sometimes once in three days. Never really had it happen until moving to the GTX 280 and the newer NV drivers, however.

All I need the prog for is fan speed control, no OC'ing, so if there's something that's perhaps a little more reliable, please let me know.

 

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*Edit: Or does anyone know the cause/a "fix" for this issue of the fan speed dropping for no apparent reason intermittently?

I'm using the 177.14 driver and just updated to RT 2.20 which is no longer beta, but actually had it happen just an hour ago, not gaming.

Also happens outside of gaming... forgot to mention that.

Would like to just stick with RT until an aftermarket cooler is released for the GTX 280, but this is becoming an annoyance. Good thing I'm always running Everest, as then I can see the GPU temp rise in my task bar to let me know.

Some issue with RT and the newer drivers for newer GPUs, perhaps?

 

[[H]ea\/y B]

The EVGA Precision tool is great. I leave it on Auto and it keeps my temps around 60c on my card while playing Fallout 3, Crysis, NFS:Undercover, etc. Been really happy with it.

 

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The EVGA Precision tool is great. I leave it on Auto and it keeps my temps around 60c on my card while playing Fallout 3, Crysis, NFS:Undercover, etc. Been really happy with it.

Jeez, totally missed that someone responded, sorry.

Thanks for the response.

Have you ever had the Precision "crap-out" on you, as I've explained with RivaTuner?

I just checked it out, and it definitely looks nicer, and I don't need all the OC'ing capabilities of RT, but the random fan speed control drop is a very bad thing on a GTX 280 when gaming and I have to continually listen for it with RT.

If neither yourself (or anyone else) has had this problem with Precision, I'll just move over to that.

Thanks again!

P.S.
Same footprint as RT, roughly?

 

[Eruditass]

what are you telling rivatuner to use to determine the fan control speed?

EVGA precision i believe has a much smaller footprint, but lacks 3d/2d profiles.