0.25 Beta 1

[W1zzard]

- Added/Fixed monitoring and detection support for M22, M24, M28
- Added basic fan control for ASUS cards
- Minor bug fixes / code improvements

[braynes]

Thank You
Bruce

[zolkorn]

thank you

[gR3iF]

if tested it now for 5 hours in stress testing n1 thing thanks :D
but the thing with disable screensaver isnt working

[stordoff]

no problems after 2 hour stress test

[matrixsurfer]

Cant wait to get home and start testing!
What is the fan control for asus cards?

[mR Yellow]

Ta Wizzard ;)

[KrisMCool]

Very serious problem! Fan control shuts fan off completely. Fan control didn't work correctly on 24 either - checked override fan control and fixed 100%, but fan stayed at default percentage on reboot. Opening ATITool and clicking apply would bring fan to 100% (showed 100% and actually was at 100%), where it should have been. Now, with 25b1, setting override fan control and fixed 100%, fan "reads" 0% on reboot but is actually at 100%. If I click apply, it will "read" 100% and fan will stop completely. People will end up with dead cards if this isn't fixed.

BTW, this is on Win XP Pro x64 with a BBA Radeon X800 Pro. Fan controls worked normally with 24 in Win XP 32bit before moving to 64bit. Checking "Do not change PWM" doesn't affect results with either version. ATI Hotkey Poller service (which I normally have disabled) running or not doesn't affect results. Some other odd results with both versions. Sometimes, temp display will drop to 0 with ATITool open, especially right after changing fan speed, but this is very inconsistent. Also, Catalyst version reads "pre 2.4" (with both 24 and 25b1, but only in 64bit). 25b1 is also not showing anything in the "Use device:" box.

I've had great results using ATITool for some time now, but please fix the fan control issue before someone kills their card due to the fan turning off.

[mR Yellow]

I think i'll use 24 final just a little while longer....

[W1zzard]

kris you are saying this is in 64 bit only?

[a1ka1ine]

hi, temperatures are not being detected on my gigabyte x850 xt, they werent on .24 either - here are details ati tool reports:

catalyst version 5.6
device id 5d52
chip type r480
memory size/bus width 256mb/256bit
active pipelines 16
default gpu/mem clock 520/540

i would love to know how hot it is getting :) thanks!

im on icq 39302017 msn a1ka1ine@hotmail.com if you need any more info.

[W1zzard]

kris: try uninstalling atitool, reboot and the reinstall atitool
i tried on a 64-bit windows xp and everything is working fine here

[KrisMCool]

Yes, this is a problem on 64bit only for me. 32bit Windows never gave me these issues with 24. Also I'm using a more recent BIOS with default fan speed set at 67% instead of 43% (101-107, 7-19-04). I'll try reinstalling. So you know, I've made a habit of uninstalling the "device" ATITool in Device Manager after uninstalling the program and rebooting before installing a new version. I do this because uninstalling the program doesn't remove the "device" (never has for me since it became a "device" in Dev Mngr). You may need to use the command prompt hidden device trick to see that it still exists (I do).

Wizzard, do you leave the hotkey poller service on Auto? Only seems to be absolutely necessary for Overdrive. I disable as many services as I can, even for everyday use, so I'd like to know how you feel about this one. Also, what about the Catalyst version showing pre 2.4 (with both 5.5 & 5.6 64bit)? Any idea about why the "Use device:" drop-down box is blank, even though the card specs are listed correctly below it?

[KrisMCool]

OK, uninstalled ATITool and rebooted. Didn't uninstall ATITool from Dev mgr this time (not hidden, BTW, still shows as an installed "device" after program uninstallation). Set hotkey poller to Auto (default). Installed ATITool. Exact same results as previously posted. During installation a Security Alert popped up mentioning something about how this driver program had no "Authenticode", and asked if I wanted to continue or cancel installation (happened during first install of 25b1 also). I copied the installation text output if you need it.

[thados]

Does this version support the MSI Radeon xpress 200 MB? and if so, are there specific drivers i should be using?

[W1zzard]

igp integrated into chipset is not supported

[stordoff]

i declare this stable

[AndreyPopov]

igp integrated into chipset is not supported
are you plan to support IGP chipsets?

[W1zzard]

are you plan to support IGP chipsets?

it's something i am undecided about .. but i am considering it

[AndreyPopov]

9100IGP series
now Xpress200 and promised by ATI RD4xx chipset with CrossFire support - you must to think ;)

[Cynips]

Actually, I haven't had time to test this in 0.25b1 yet, but in 0.24 the dynamic fan control based on GPU temp didn't work for me (x800 Pro, MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R, latest patches of XP Pro). I had it set to switch from 0% to 100% when above 50 C. Fan showed still 0% and temp continued to show increase. A 0 to 100 % switch is audible for me, so I believe it wasn't just reported wrong in ATITool. I have good cooling passively with the Arctic Silencer so no harm done, but I guess it could have been a problem. For now I have it at 100% round the clock, which keeps it at 39 rather than 48 when doing simple websurfing etc.

[thumper]

I also have the same problem with the fan control switching the fan off completly and was forced to go back to 24 I run x64 windows with a x800XL card. To fix the bug with mine though required a full power off reboot rather than just restarting windows

[GunBLADE]

hey nice tool i love it.

im wondering if is possible to add the % of the fan in the main window to know ho fast is the fan running and not have to go to the settings tab fan control..

like the temp setting on the main window GPU|AMBIENT|FAN %


EDIT: another suggestion..
in the tray icon to show the fan % in the same icon like the gpu/ambient changing on a loop with differents colors you choosse wich color do you like on gpu/ambient and fan %

[matrixsurfer]

hey nice tool i love it.

im wondering if is possible to add the % of the fan in the main window to know ho fast is the fan running and not have to go to the settings tab fan control..

like the temp setting on the main window GPU|AMBIENT|FAN %


EDIT: another suggestion..
in the tray icon to show the fan % in the same icon like the gpu/ambient changing on a loop with differents colors you choosse wich color do you like on gpu/ambient and fan %


I vote for that!!! :D

[Cynips]

Actually, I haven't had time to test this in 0.25b1 yet, but in 0.24 the dynamic fan control based on GPU temp didn't work for meOk, so I finally got around to test it in 0.25b1 and it's been working fine so far. I get a little worried with the other reports of Fan Control failure, however, so a way of checking Fan % quickly would be highly welcome :) I think I would prefer both (GPU) temp and Fan % to be displayed simultaneously though, not having to wait for it to cycle before it shows.

[Kurgy]

i can't select the catalist A.I, with the new ati 5.6 drivers, it's normal??

[Cynips]

I have access to the AI. Maybe you should just try reinstalling ATITool?

[P059 94r7hw4173]

um this is going to be really stupid but im new to the world of more advanced working with computers like overclocking and whatnot is it possible that there is a readme or a manual for the ATITool? and also another stupid question i downloaded 0.25 but all it brings up is the screen where you sign in please help :)

[W1zzard]

there is a very basic (and partly outdated) web doc at http://atitool.techpowerup.com/doc
it should still be good enough to get a general understanding of atitool

[soundx98]

@WizZard - from your system monitoring utility thread

BTW, way to show GPU/Core-clocks from ATITool in MBM5 would be nice.

This would be Outstanding. The ability to send the temperatures to a specific MBM sensor is awesome. I would think this is relatively easy to do as you have the feature. Could it read card fanspeed as well? We've done a lot of work on DFI NF2/NF3/NF4 using ATITool/MBM5. Great combination. The Nvidia guys are dying for for an NVTool. http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6798&page=1&pp=15

Just a great program man, keep up the outstanding work. Thanks from all of us.

[nanobug]

All I'm getting from this and the 0.24b10 download is "this is not a valid win32 application"...

Anyone else seeing that?

[G3n3®@1]

i'm having an error, whenever i go to install it says that it is an invalid win32 application. any ideas?

[MDboyz]

oh.. same problem here. I thought there is something wrong with my computer,,,

[Rebelranger]

Same Error Here!
Almost started disecting my computer!
Thanks

[W1zzard]

fixed .. looks like the file was corrupted during the server move

[nanobug]

That sorted it, thanks.

[G3n3®@1]

thanks! :D

[R350np]

Disabling of 3d-detection didn´t work!

[mtosev]

Some times I'm getting artifacts on my Sapphire ATi Radeon X800 XT PE AGP card with old scanning method. If I use the new one I get artifacts in 0-2 m.

Most of the time I don't get them.

At stock speeds 520/560.

5.6 drivers ATi CC

How can I know when is it correct?

I think that this is a bug.

[W1zzard]

Some times I'm getting artifacts on my Sapphire ATi Radeon X800 XT PE AGP card with old scanning method. If I use the new one I get artifacts in 0-2 m.

Most of the time I don't get them.

At stock speeds 520/560.

5.6 drivers ATi CC

How can I know when is it correct?

I think that this is a bug.

does it go away when reducing clocks?

[mtosev]

does it go away when reducing clocks?

I will test that.

Some times after 10 m I will get artifacts (stock speed).

The next time I don't get any after 45 m (stock speed).

[mtosev]

I was running ATi Tool for 15-25 m and this happened (500/540):

http://img283.echo.cx/img283/1774/atierror1sz.png

After that error the screen on my monitor went crazy (lines in colors and different colors) and I needed to resert my PC.

[Brama]

I noted a big memory leak in this beta!

After 3-5 minutes I have the swap file full (2048 M) and XP warns me that I am low on memory.

I am using clever cache pro that is getting crazy with this beta (incompatibility?).



Bye,

Mao

[P059 94r7hw4173]

srry about that i was messing around with it shortly after i posted it and figured out how it works srry for wasting your time :o :o

[mwolfman]

Hi

I have some isues:

1. My brand new ASUS x800XL AGP crashes as soon as my GPU-clock goes above 35Mhz, there are no heat issue involved.
2. Can you ad fin min v-core and ram speed?
My 9800SE@Pro (R.I.P.) was sett to run @ 200/200 in win and 407/353 in 3D with no problem.
3. Can you ad volt tweaking? Maybe some kind of auto clocking with/without increasing volt?
4. Is there a conflict with ASUS smart doctor?
5. Can you ad fan controlling do the other parts of the computer with a goal temperature on different parts? There could be some sort of auto system on this as well, well the CPU-temp is depending on the CPU-fan but also on the intake fan and so on… I have a gigabyte, just so you know what to start with :D

Anyway thanx for a great program so far!

[mR Yellow]

Hey wizzard, when using ATITool (latest beta) with Omegas (5.6 based) i get a message in ATITool saying that the AI levels is unknown? :confused:

[mtosev]

Why are the temp different?

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5713/atierr8to.png

[Cynips]

Actually, they're not. The temp in the CCC keeps switching between 'GPU core' and 'GPU environmen' temp, i.e. the ones shown as 45 | 40 in ATITool. The 40 in CCC is the same as the 40 in ATITool, so no difference really.

[X483Z]

:confused: help me
can´t download 0.0.25b1?????
wahts up???? :mad:

[Cynips]

:confused: help me
can´t download 0.0.25b1?????
wahts up???? :mad:
I don't know. Works fine for me. Maybe it was a temporary glitch.

[mwolfman]

Is ATi tool ok to use with ASUS drivers? (I get a bluescreen in BF2 so they recomend there own drivers)

[USSJ4Brolli]

Is ATi tool ok to use with ASUS drivers? (I get a bluescreen in BF2 so they recomend there own drivers)

Have u tried to use any of the Dna-drivers? Maybe this would help you out.

www.dna-drivers.com

[AndreyPopov]

W1zzard 0.25 b1 cannot detect my TWO cards - X800 AGP and AIW VE PCI!

AIW VE PCI set in BIOS first to start and ATI Tool detect two AIW VE PCI in system, but not see X800.

[mwolfman]

Have u tried to use any of the Dna-drivers? Maybe this would help you out.

www.dna-drivers.com
Thanx, Il give them a try (ASUS drivers dident work...), if they dont work Il have to change the card...
anyone how know a XL card with duralslot cooling?

[mwolfman]

Ok, I fund a "bug", now that we can controll the fan speed, then why cant we store the fan settings to the profile? (games= 100%, low speed settings keep max 55*C)
An other thing is that the max mem temp cant be checked, what if the GPU is ok but not the memtemp?
(considering uppgrading the card with zalmans flower fan that also cools the mem).

ATitool crached the computer when seeking the max core, 429Mhz with no artifacts before the crach.

Should fastwright be on or off?

[Terminator]

ATitool crached the computer when seeking the max core, 429Mhz with no artifacts before the crach.

Should fastwright be on or off?

You know, I've found my max core the old fashioned way, manually with hard work via trial and error, "find max core" crashes my otherwise rock-solid rig too and has done so for as long as I can remember and wish it would be fixed; However "find max mem" though runs just fine as it has always...

as for Fast Writes On/Off, IIRC it's a moot point as it is only applicable to AGP,

Cheers,

[mwolfman]

find max core worked fine on my 9800...

and I have an AGP card...

[deathbyburk]

i have the same problem as cynips and thumper the fan control feature shut my fan off completely. My arctic cooling vga silencer 5 rev 2 only comes back on when i shut my comp off completely and reboot. Now the fan just shuts off at will same as my first silencer after atitool. Its my second one experimenting with atitool fan control. Ati tool will report the fan running when its dead. Hopefully just a hardware fluke it sux trying to play games on my laptop.

[FatMaserati]

I often have the same problem as mwolfman and Terminator. My computer will just suddenly crash when trying to find max core, without any hint of a problem prior to it.`

[stordoff]

this means the core has reached its max,

not all cores produce artifacts before crashing

[Dukenuukem]

Im geting this NSIS Error, was wondernig if the download.exe file is incomplete or corrupt. I really want to try this new beta out with the fan controls. Ive had .24version and it worked great and i just uninstalled it for this. Any help would be great

I tried re dling it still same error. Any idea on how to force this?

[sapro]

thanks

[Sucka]

I had the same problem as Kris with fan control not working properly on 24. I just isntalled this beta and all seems to be good now. Thanks :)

[KrisMCool]

Actually Sucka (from OCF?), while neither worked perfectly concerning fan control, only 25b1 kills my fan completely while reporting 100% after clicking"Apply" on reboot. With 24, fan speed goes to default (43 or 67%, depending on BIOS) on reboot regardless of how my settings are saved, but clicking "Apply" sets it properly. Win x64 BTW. I'm running v 24, and my vid fan off a controller, until this gets fixed. I, and others, reported fan control problems some time ago (shortly after 25b1 was released) but no changes have been made that I know of.

[Plug]

Wizzard mate im haveing a problem downloading the latest beta version to test.
everytime i try to click the attachment to download, even though im logged in it takes me right to the login page asking me to log in and then when i tryed to log in again it said logging in then on the next page it took me right back to the login page LOL

what could be the problem ?

[Cynips]

I didn't have any problems downloading just a minute ago.

[Plug]

I didn't have any problems downloading just a minute ago.

heh its working now dont know why it wasnt working earlier anyhoo wizzard great work man keep it up you supprize me all the time with the new features you keep adding to ati tool. ;)

[mwolfman]

I have a minor bug:
Ive set the fan controll to let the GPU go to 45 degrees, how ever the fan is still running at 19% and the temp is 39/34 (Sappire X800XL, stockspeed and stockcooler)... sometimes it goes down to 11%, why not always?

[spherax]

Just dwnlded .exe, hardly waiting 2 install and test it!!! :D Might I xpect any problems? PC config:
MB: ASUS P4P800S-X
CPU: P4 3.0 GHz
GRAPH: ATI radeon 9600 (256 mb)

Thanx 4 possible answeres!!!!

Spherax

[eli0t]

Big Thanks from France...

[wordsworth03]

Hi, I have a HP L2000 laptop (Turion) and it doesn't pick up any info from the graphics card...will this be available later? Thanks

[stordoff]

Plug, that could be a problem with your browser cookie settings

[W1zzard]

what video card do you have in that notebook? whats the device id?

[bsoft]

I tried Ati Tools 0.25b1, with my Abit X600 Pro HDTV (RV380 chip, devide id : 5B62).
Also i can see fan & T° through the Abit Guru soft, i can't with ato tools! :(
any idea ? nothing about temp & fan on the ati tools..

[madmanvedran]

can anyone tell me why I can never get temperature reading for my card?
I have GeCube ATI Radeon 9600XT

[dejanb13]

becouse not all radeons have temp sensors... especially older models ;)

[Cpuroast]

Hmm, I have an Ati 9600XT built by Ati.

And Atitool can read the temp sensor, however it tends to loose the temp display quite often, to re-activate it, I either need to go in the temp sensor options and click ok, ot restart the program.

Wonder if this is a known bug and if it will be fixed in next version.

Thanks, awesome tool !!!

Ciao

[W1zzard]

explain "lose"

[Cpuroast]

Hi,

It loses the temp display, as in the system tray temp display goes to zero, so does the graph, and so does the temp display at the bottom of the atitool window.

[irenic]

i tried this and so far no problem occur :) it's cool

[Jack Olszewski]

Problems with the beta version. When I try to load the 3D view, it shows the message -

Error during Direct3D Init

What is the problem, and how can i fix it?

[Da_RaT]

Hey Wizard... Having the same issue in XP x64 as Kris with the fan speed control.

VisionTek - Xtacy X850XT PCI-e
MSI K8N-SLI Platinum
AMD64 4000+
Windows XP Pro (32bit) & Windows XP Pro x64 (Dual boot)
ATI Catalyst 5.7 w/ CCC (both 32bit and 64bit versions)

24 works fine on Windows XP (32 bit) but initially with the fan it did not. It would load the speed at startup correctly, but it would have this high pitched squeel (@ 40%-85% fan speeds). Had to have the CCC panel open and the Overdrive screen showing while making adjustments to the fan control in WinXP 32bit - then reboot with them both still active and them it would start back up at the correct speed and no squeeling (my speed I always load is 40%).

So in .24 w/ WinXP 32bit I got it to work; however, the same is not true in WinXP 64bit. Tried the same work around on 64bit and even though the fan control was set to 40% I would reboot and it would be running @ 100% (full-bore) and the fan setting would say it was set to 100%. Any changes in this area and the system would go back down to 40% but with that insanity producing squeel.

I think based on Kris's posts, I'll wait on installing the new 25 beta - and just uninstall the .24 on 64bit Windows.

That said, anyone know how to upgrade/change my default fan speed (19%) by either upgrading the BIOS or editing it?

[mwolfman]

I’ve got an wish for the next update, add HD-S.M.A.R.T to the profile… when gaming or cading at least I don’t give a dam about the sound from the hard drive. There was a S.M.A.R.T menu in one of the older versions if I'm not mistaken?

What triggers the 3D-detection? In classic windows media player there is some stuff about dx9 rendering for the video (I have given up on MMC, the installation fails every time, Il appreciate any suggestions on a media player that uses the graphic card)

[Da_RaT]

Actually, played around with version .25b1 and the fan speed issue is resolved in x64 (after having completely removed version .24 official). Looks like .25b1 works fine in WinXP Pro x64. :D

[Plasmafusion]

When will atitool.exe be provided as a native x64 exe ?
Still atitool.exe runs as a 32-Bit exe under the Emulation layer in Windows 64.

[felixrising]

I've been enjoying the use of this great little app... although everytime I start the computer I have to:

1, go into the fan settings and click "apply" to make the fan spin down to the fixed speed
2, click on the 'Temperature Monitoring" tab so that it begins displaying temperatures

The following does not work:

1, correct scaling of actual 100% speed of fan.. currently around 40% in atitool means actually 100% of the fan speed.. my best guess is that running atitool at 15% is like 35 % or 40% of actual fan speed. Atitool reports my 15% of atitools fan speed as 0% - the fan is definately spinning.

2, Neither "try to keep GPU temperature at ..." nor "Dynamic based on GPU temperature" works with any settings..

My two cents worth:

I love the configurability and small footprint of SpeedFan (www.almico.com) and would love it if I could control my ASUS fan speed with this fantastic little application!

I have an ASUS A9600XT (Device ID: 4152, Chip RV360)
Running on an AMD 3500+ (pre venice core) with Windows XP Pro x64 Edition.

[Da_RaT]

I've been enjoying the use of this great little app... although everytime I start the computer I have to:

1, go into the fan settings and click "apply" to make the fan spin down to the fixed speed
2, click on the 'Temperature Monitoring" tab so that it begins displaying temperatures

The following does not work:

1, correct scaling of actual 100% speed of fan.. currently around 40% in atitool means actually 100% of the fan speed.. my best guess is that running atitool at 15% is like 35 % or 40% of actual fan speed. Atitool reports my 15% of atitools fan speed as 0% - the fan is definately spinning.

2, Neither "try to keep GPU temperature at ..." nor "Dynamic based on GPU temperature" works with any settings..

My two cents worth:

I love the configurability and small footprint of SpeedFan (www.almico.com) and would love it if I could control my ASUS fan speed with this fantastic little application!

I have an ASUS A9600XT (Device ID: 4152, Chip RV360)
Running on an AMD 3500+ (pre venice core) with Windows XP Pro x64 Edition.
Yep... same here, but at least this version the fan actually works. .24 official did not in XP Pro x64.

[felixrising]

Hip hip to that!

M$ has not been very active encouraging software vendors to code/compile for x64 have they!

[ROcHE]

I've tried this beta with my Asus EAX800XL and the manual fan control works, same with the "try to keep the gpu temperature at" but the feature I'm interested in does not :( (Dynamic based on temperature).

I get 100% fan speed no matter what.

[felixrising]

I wrote to alfredo@almico.com (author of SpeedFan) asking him to add full temperature and fan speed monitoring/control into his application.. Anyone interested in this could help by writing him and petitioning him.

SpeedFan already has the ability to interface with ASUS SmartDoctor to monitor these values. It seems like the next logical step to add the common sensor chips that ASUS use to the extensive list of sensor chips SpeedFan already supports.

[Jewfromdahood]

the .24 did wonders for my 1 month old ATI Radeon X850XTPE! But it's fan was so loud and at a high pitch my dog wont go near my computer anymore. But These Are Some good clock i got. The back ground clocks are someone else's i was looking at. And also the FPS amount isn't the actual amount si it? i using an old machine with it a P4 2.53Ghz 533MHz FSB 512kb Cache. My new Computer is going to be an HP xw4300 3.8Ghz P4 2mb Cache 800MHz FSB (OCing to 1040Mhz FSB) with a PCI-E X16 Visiontek Xtasy ATI Radeon X850XTPE.

[Jewfromdahood]

but my new computer comes with Win XP x64 Pro so i need to find out all the errors with ATI Tool and figure how to fix em. If not i guess i'll have to use ATI's OverDrive System.

[ROcHE]

I wrote to alfredo@almico.com (author of SpeedFan) asking him to add full temperature and fan speed monitoring/control into his application.. Anyone interested in this could help by writing him and petitioning him.

SpeedFan already has the ability to interface with ASUS SmartDoctor to monitor these values. It seems like the next logical step to add the common sensor chips that ASUS use to the extensive list of sensor chips SpeedFan already supports.

Did the same :D

[Jewfromdahood]

why does it say it doing around 200-231.9 fps? that's impossible! well at least on todays video cards. But also how long after the X900XTPE is released how long until ATI Tool will have a version supporting it. I hope it has 32 Pipelines like i been hearing. all together the card will have 2X the RAM, faster Core (rumored at 600Mhz and maybe higher), Faster Ram (rumored to be 700Mhz 1.4ghz total), I can't wait to see the benchmarks i can get with that in my new computer with it's Intel Pentium 4 670 3.8ghz 1GB DDR2 667 ECC RAM (2X512MB Sticks (i'm going to add another 1 GB later), 1X 160GB SATA II Main HD, 2X 250GB SATA II Secondary (Slave) HD's, Intel 955XE Mobo, and lets see what benchmarks it can get non-OC'ed and OC'ed with the X850XTPE and compare it to that X900XTPE. Plus have you heard of Creative Labs X-Fi soundcard? it has Better quality sound than the Audigy 4 and the Fatal1ty and Elite Pro Version's have 64MB of Dedicated X-RAM just for the Sound! Maybe it will boost game performance perhaps, *does pinky thing like Dr. Evil from Austin Powers* but sparing 229.99 and 299.99 Retail for a soundcard i know i can spare it (thank you ingram micro for you letting me order them 1 month ahead of time at wholesale prices!) Before you know it a X-Fi Tool will be out to tweak that lol. I already spend 408.94 on a Visiontek Xtasy ATI Radeon X850XTPE PCI-EX16 New (Retail around $599.99). also the System tool can it tweak intel made boards?

[felixrising]

Put your penis down and step away from the computer :rolleyes:

[warchief_ryan]

So if you got .24 should you keep it or upgrade to .25?!?!!?!

[felixrising]

Sorry if this sounds obvious, but...

if you want stability: use 0.24
if you want the latest testing version (beta): use 0.25betax (x stands for any version of beta, ie beta1, beta2, or even release candidates (mature beta) like rc1, rc2)

[djshowergel]

why does it say it doing around 200-231.9 fps? that's impossible! well at least on todays video cards.

It's very possible and very realistic. For example, I have a Biostar nVidia-based nForce3 250 motherboard with an AthlonXP 3200+, 1GB corsair DDR400 2-2-2-5 2T RAM, and a Radeon 9800 PRO AGP 128MB card that gets 183fps on ATITool's 3D view when moderately overclocked. Video cards are capable of rendering far more FPS than can be displayed on a given monitor. Also, the ATITool 3D demo is a very simple (if you will) rendering that's in a small window which makes high FPS possible especially on that Radeon 850 of yours. If you were to enable in your ATi Direct3D menu under "Enable Vertical Sync" to "Always On" the FPS would have a hard limit equal to or less than your monitor's refresh rate (i.e. 60 FPS, 70, 72, 75, 80.. etc) and when you run the "Show 3D View" on ATITool it would reflect this very plainly.

Hopefully that helps explain it a lil bit. :)

[shlomomofo]

hi all - is it possible that atitool will ever support fan control for mobility x600 in an asus laptop? or is that just crazy talk...

[W1zzard]

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=4859 for a pre-beta 2 version with support for nvidia

[felixrising]

No more fan control???

I've uninstalled beta1, rebooted, installed beta2 and the fan control is gone for my ASUS A9600xt ATI card :(

[W1zzard]

beta 3 released here: http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=4865