I think I've tamed my new beast of an ATI Radeon 4870 x 2. Not sure WHY I absolutely had to have it, but hey. The top card for a few weeks anyway....even though at stock fan speeds the CORE temps can reach 100 Celcius !! (what about fragile parts on the mobo nearby this little heatbox??)
FYI - Running XP Pro V2002 SP3
Anyway, Riva Tuner seems to work at comandeering the GPU fan speeds back up to reasonable - if a tad noisy - levels. Its a little Klugey: occaisionally stops working or seems to only want to work from either the startup folder or as from a registry key.
The main problem I have is that I have a 'Visitor' account setup (I sublet my place occasionally) for non-ME users to limit the amount of havoc they can do. HOWEVER, Riva tuner will not start or operate properly with anything but administrator privileges. This is a non-starter. So I can either grant guests full dominion over my PC...or have my 4870 cooks itself into complete failure while restricting the access of my guests.
Is there a better mousetrap for RivaTuner??
(Note that starting up as an admin and then logging on/off is NOT an option, as 95% of the time, the scenario will be a guest starting up without me around.).
Many thanks to all who opine....
FYI - Running XP Pro V2002 SP3
Anyway, Riva Tuner seems to work at comandeering the GPU fan speeds back up to reasonable - if a tad noisy - levels. Its a little Klugey: occaisionally stops working or seems to only want to work from either the startup folder or as from a registry key.
The main problem I have is that I have a 'Visitor' account setup (I sublet my place occasionally) for non-ME users to limit the amount of havoc they can do. HOWEVER, Riva tuner will not start or operate properly with anything but administrator privileges. This is a non-starter. So I can either grant guests full dominion over my PC...or have my 4870 cooks itself into complete failure while restricting the access of my guests.
Is there a better mousetrap for RivaTuner??
(Note that starting up as an admin and then logging on/off is NOT an option, as 95% of the time, the scenario will be a guest starting up without me around.).
Many thanks to all who opine....
