I just installed my new 8800GS yesterday, and I was wondering if anyone knew of a good fan control app for my 8800GS. I've tried nTune, and RivaTuner. nTune just messed up my driver's GUI control panel to the point where it crashed every time I opened it. RivaTuner is up to date, but complains that the driver is unknown to it.

I'd like to force my GPU's fan to its max so it doesn't get to 50C. I know that's pretty cold for an 8800GS but, my computer already rivals my air conditioner in noise, and I can't hear it with my headphones on, so why worry about more noise?

If anyone knows of a good GPU fan control app that will work with my 8800GS, please tell me. The cooler I can get the hardware to operate at, the longer it will last. Though, ironically, my 8800GS is running WAY cooler with stock cooling than my old 7600GT, it would run upwards of 150F trying to run COUNTER Strike: Source maxed out.

Its not really needed, so don't go out of your way searching if you don't feel like it. I just like to keep my hardware as cool as possible, unless its something like my laptop that has a warranty. If the GPU or whatever goes out in my laptop, its covered, but if my desktops GPU goes out, I'm just short $85 and without a computer that can properly handle PixelShader 3.0 apps worth a crap.

As a note, the game pushing my 8800GS to 122F is Elderscrolls IV: Oblivion, rather boring game, but I installed it to see if i could actually get a glimpse of what the game is supposed to look like. And if you WANT to know my laptop or desktops specs, there all listed in the lil specs bubble.SpeedFan.Rivatuner will work fine.
Just ignore the message about unsupported drivers, it's worked fine for me with them.
patio, I'm not sure if Speedfan can usually control GPU fans, it's never worked for me.Thanks, but, after digging past many useless google'd pages, I found out the fan is hardwired to run at 100% all the time. Speed fan doesn't work for any GPU fans I've seen, and RivaTuner wouldn't DETECT any fan sensors, so I'm guessing the fan really is set to run 100%, anyway, sorry for the delay. And thanks for the response, as for anyone else who asks, just tell them its set too 100% all the time. Because of it running the fan 100% at all times, I do not recommend this GPU for any system that must run quietly. Its quite loud, not as loud as either of the two front "Quietek" 80mm fans, nor is it the loudest fan in my computer, but it is still VERY loud for most systems.That's odd, I never knew that about the 8800GS.
Thanks for the info.I just put one in my new build and find it to be pretty quiet...
Whose did you buy ? ?
Mine is an eVGA unit.At a guess, the XFX one that was LINKED to in the original post every time 8800GS was mentioned.
By the way, Dead_Reckon, I didn't read the post properly - that's a great temp for an 8800, wish mine were that low.
And patio, I think Dead_Reckon means his computer overall is loud, not the card - "my computer already rivals my air conditioner in noise, and I can't hear it with my headphones on, so why worry about more noise?"My new build specs are Here...

The case itself ships with 5 fans...even still i don't see it being much louder than the Dinosaur AMD machine i buried.

P.S. My 8800 GTX is running at 48 currently cause i just checked.Ok, I just installed a GTX260 and was looking for a good fan control. I found "EVGA Precision" to work very well and its compatible with many different MANUFACTURERS (XFX being one of them).

http://majorgeeks.com/EVGA_Precision_d6021.htmlEVGA Precision is basically Rivatuner.
I've heard the GUI is slightly more user-friendly, especially for new users, but it's not as deep.
Definitely a good program though.