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    Overclocking Nvidia on Linux laptop?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by xirtyllo, Sep 23, 2013.

  1. xirtyllo

    xirtyllo Newbie

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    did anyone ever manage to overclock an Nvidia laptop graphic card on Linux?

    I read that the proprietary Nvidia driver allows overclocking only on desktop cards - using the "coolbits" setting of the driver itself.

    in fact with my Nvidia NVS 140M (laptop card) coolbits only allows me to downclock... : -(
    it's a shame cause in Windows it can overclock up to 50% very stable and without much heat.

    there is also an opensource program called nvclock, but it also failed with my card...
     
    xirtyllo, Sep 23, 2013
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    xirtyllo Newbie

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    Bump..... ? :)
     
    xirtyllo, Jun 12, 2014
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    Eunix Notebook Enthusiast

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    I see that you bumped this thread so I would like to ask you...Why do you want to overclock the video on a lappy?
    (Especially the 140M). I have found that tweaking laptop video cards is more trouble than it is worth unless you have a high end gaming machine and even then you introduce instability.

    Eunix
     
    Eunix, Jun 22, 2014
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    kode-niner Notebook Consultant

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    *free bump*

    I remember having to set coolbits to 1 in xorg.conf to enable an extra menu in nvidia-settings in order to overclock. Look it up. Which distro are you running?
     
    kode-niner, Aug 1, 2014
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