This was quick:
http://www.coolermaster.com/products/product.php?act=detail&id=3761

Only 8 days after announcement.

Worst marketing name EVAR!

Adi

I've moved back to Intel for now, but nTune was my hope for the standardisation of a well-written motherboard/cpu/fan monitoring tool without 'chinglish' or a garish interface designed by a 12-year-old.

Some people will start to yell "What about MBM?!"
- I just don't like it, I can't put my finger on what I don't like about it but it doesn't fit into what I call good tools. Another example is the often hideous C-Media, Realtek or SoundMAX audio mixers that do everything they're supposed to but somehow lack quality and appeal.

Perhaps ESM will be more widely adopted - I can but hope.

Why not just use SMBus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMBus
I'm pretty sure most of this stuff already uses it and its got to be cheaper than USB.

Not another seal on PSU and Mobo boxes.

It's nice that Nvidia wants to come up with a standardization for monitoring, but it seriously needs to be ACCURATE, which may be impossible especially for PSU rails.

If it works, I'm all for it, but it's hard to believe.

Did everyone pass over the line in the original article that stated that the ESA spec would be open and would have no licensing fees? To quote (3rd graf above the big ESA logo):

"The spec is an open one and carries no licensing fees, so if it isn't accepted by the USB-if, Nvidia has pledged to release it for free."

You RMS followers need a lot more iron in your diets. After all, looneymum is implicated in Alzheimer's.

Hmm, I'll wait for this movement and see how it's going.

Well, maybe my following comment is quite off topic but I want to say it. LOL

But by using newer Forceware version,
I have to download 40 MB for nTune
in order to watch only GPU temp on non-nVidia Mobo.
Other monitoring features are blank. FTW!
That's quite unacceptable for me
(40MB for just GPU temp, Forceware is getting bigger and bigger)
and it does not urge me to buy 650i or 680i chipset at all.

Why nVidia just can't bundle GPU temp watch in the driver like good old Forceware ?

Wow!!! This could be as industry changing as N-Tune! /sarcasm

Seriuosly, I thought N-tune was the greatest thing since the BIOS, and it gets zero or only partial implementation by 99% of the mobos out there.

I applaud Nvidia's initiative and innovation with their chipsets and system utilities, but there are few if any mobo mfrs in the world to applaud.

Would certainly make for some fun simulation results. One could have a system running full-bore and vary the different fan levels, and then report what the system temps were. Throw in a microphone there and it'd be pretty easy for enthusiasts to find the best cooling with the least noise for their system.

being its done as a virtual usb device, it can be adapted to any operating system that supports usb with minimal fuss

as for it "breaking things" im sure intel, dell, hp and such wont be selling uber overclockable boxes; but abit, Asus, DFI, and enthusiast mobo makers will love the idea of tweaking and monitoring in windows using standardized protocols instead of having to create special software

If Bios like tweaking features add up.. it would be a dream come true..

yeah that nagging problem of how well it's implemented by all the industry giants...

you can't really tell them to follow one specific guideline right? they could have one form that beats another by a rival company like the article says

nvidia needs to work around that, at least make sure the hardware monitoring has everything that the end-user needs and not skimp out on anything, how they put it together is up to them but just make sure everything that's needed is there IMO

Great idea! Thanks for the writeup!