LCD Smartie

I have just found some information on a nvidia pdf called NVControlPanel_API.pdf on how to read GPU temps. Sadly i can't code anything because of my lack of knowledge.

So this is a request to the guru's for a nvidia temps plugin.

Pasting info from pdf.
Entire pdf available per PM request.
Many thanks for your great work!


NvCplGetThermalSettings()

Function Prototype
BOOL CDECL NvCplGetThermalSettings
(IN UINT nWindowsMonitorNumber,
OUT DWORD* pdwCoreTemp,
OUT DWORD* pdwAmbientTemp,
OUT DWORD* pdwUpperLimit);

Parameters In
UINT nWindowsMonitorNumber -- The display number shown on the Windows Display Properties->Settings page. A value of 0 indicates the current primary Windows display device.
DWORD* must be a valid pointer --
pdwCoreTemp -- GPU temperature in degrees Celsius.
pdwAmbientTemp -- Ambient temperature in degrees Celsius.
pdwUpperLimit -- Upper limit of the GPU temperature specification.


Return Values
True on success.
False on failure.

You can use MBM5 to read your graphics card temperature...
Link on how to get MBM5 to do it here then just use smartie to display that temp sensor...

I know there are some other complicated ways but I would prefer not too load a whole bunch of programs just to display a temperature, am using speedfan for temps but it doesn't get geforce temps just yet.

If someone takes the time to do such plugin it would be greatly appreciated.

I dont think it actually loads any extra programs it just allows MBM to read the temp but if you dont want to use MBM then its probably not much use

After a few days of reading documentation i managed to build a plugin that somehow reads the temp.
Only GpuTemp for the moment and needs much formatting.
I will see to it in the future.

If there is interest, i can upload it somewhere.
But for now it is in a very beta stage (have to figure out how to format the output from Double [n.nE-322] to Byte without using aditional plugins like formatting and demo).

Edit: seems I've done it! Check it out: on this thread