GIGABYTE PTuner 0.2 Beta Download

Posted at April 28, 2024 by PCI-DB Team

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Device Name	GIGABYTE PTuner 0.2 Beta
Category	Other Drivers Tools
Manufacturer	Gigabyte
File Size	32 MB
Supported OS	Windows Vista

GIGABYTE PTuner 0.2 Beta Description

Ptuner Software

When you first open the Ptuner panel you will come to the main management screen. This is where you will see all of the readings from the Odin GT as well as the various probes you have attached to the power supply. Note that on the management screen, nothing can be controlled. On the bottom left side you will see three small icons; ?M? is for Management, ?C? is for Configure and the ?A? is for Alarm. More on these other two in a bit because we are going to focus on the Management panel first and see how (or if) it works.

Watt: The uppermost portion of the control panel shows the total watts being consumed as well as the peak watts that have been consumed. The Peak Watts reading can be cleared by pressing the button right next to it if you wanted to monitor the maximum power draw during a run of gaming or whatnot. While I have no way of testing the accuracy of this since this number is supposed to represent the power being consumed by the components, I did do a quick test run. While at idle, my UPM power meter registered 204W being drawn from the wall while the ?Total? reading read 171W. This, would give the power supply an efficiency rating of 83% when the computer is at idle which is very much keeping with the 80 certification of this power supply. Thus, I would have to say that this reading may actually be accurate. Wow. The only problem with this display is that it jumps around A LOT for no apparent reason.

Voltage: The title of this is pretty self-explanatory but this section measures voltage readings from the various rails on the power supply. The only problem with this is that this measurement is not taken at the connector but rather within the power supply itself. Thus, the Fluke multimeter (which is attached at the connectors) consistently showed between 0.04V and 0.06V difference on the 3.3 and 12V1, 2 &3 rails which is nonetheless VERY accurate for a software program. On the other hand, the readings for the 12V4 and 5V rails were completely wrong (off by at least 0.70V). My one wish here would be for Gigabyte to include a ?Minimum? reading where someone could easily judge what the minimum voltage was if they are not keeping an eye on the program.

Current: This area tells you how much amperage is being used by each of the rails. All in all this is very much a gimmick and does not really have any practical use. Is it accurate? I really didn?t have any practical means of telling if it was or not.

Fan Speed: These two readings are for the Power Supply fan and the System Fan speeds. The system fan speeds are read through the modular fan connector on the power supply. For some reason, after trying many different fans and connectors, I could not get the System Fan speed to display at all. There really wasn?t any reason for this as I used Yate Loon, Noctua, Zalman and even Gigabyte 3-pin fans to no avail since not one of them would show me a reading.

Temperature: This is without a doubt the most interesting part of the Management screen as it gives you both the interior temperature of the power supply and readings from the four (if you choose to plug all of them in) modular temperature probes. The T1 through T4 titles correspond to the modular interface location of the temperature probes and next to each readout you are able to write in a description of each probe. Giving them names of locations seems fitting. Using both a pair of Compunurse digital thermometers taped alongside the Odin?s temperature probes I found the accuracy of Gigabyte?s program was within a maximum of 0.76?C of that of the Compunurse?s readout. This is quite accurate and should be considered a great addition for people looking for accurate temperature readings throughout their case.

LED: In the bottom right corner you will see an ?LED? button which can be toggled to turn on and off the blindingly blue LEDs inside the power supply. This is a great idea but every time you restart your computer you will have to turn off the LEDs since the program doesn?t save your setting of ?off?.


The next tab holds the Configure toolbar where you can control certain aspects for your power supply and fans. The picture to the left shows the area where you can control the speeds of the fans which are hooked up to the power supply. There is the option to use a preset performance profile or to go for complete manual control which gives you amazing control over the fans. Since I was not able to get the system fan to be recognized by the software, I was not able to test the system fan portion of the controls but the power supply fan control works very well. A word of warning: it is NOT recommended you change the speed of your power supply fan since it spools up when heat increases anyways. If you set it manually too low, the resulting heat can damage your power supply.

The next tab in the Configure dialog box contains the controls for the various rail voltages. This can come in handy if you notice that your rails are dipping lower than you want them to. Believe it or not, this control works pretty well with my multimeter registering voltage increases in whichever rail I was increasing the voltage to.


The final tab contains the Alarm settings where you can set the tolerances for the ?proximity alarm? in the Ptuner software. Basically, this helps the software alert you whenever the power supply operates outside the boundaries you have programmed into the alarms. Voltage drops / increases, high power consumption, low fan speed and temperatures are all things that alarms can be set for. There are areas to control alarms for nearly every aspect of watts (consumption), voltage, current, fan speed and temperature. This is another great idea of the Ptuner software and saves you from keeping too close of an eye on the program itself.

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