10.5.7 = fix for ATI Radeon HD 3870 fan?

Has anyone with the 3870 high fan speed issue upgraded to 10.5.7? If so, did it fix the problem? I'm in the middle of a project now, can't upgrade for a couple weeks at least.
TIA, JK

After replacing 2 8800GT's in a year I decided to get an ATI instead. The fan has been loud as **** ever since. Have to constantly monitor the temp while playing certain games with Bootcamp and turn up other fans with SMC Fan Control before booting to XP or this card would be replaced by now too. Now I use Fan controller to drown out the everchanging sound of the card's fan with other fans. All 10.5.7 has done for me is made VMWare Fusion not work, which I'm told that even if it could open up a virtual machine, the 3d acceleration is broken from the OSX update. Every time Apple has a major OS upgrade scheduled to be released in the future their security updates manage to screw up everything. Coincidence? Maybe, but it has happened with all upgrades since I bought my G5 back in 2003. It's a **** good thing I've been an Apple person for over 25 years so I'm used to fixing what they won't.

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