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NVClock 0.8 beta 4 for DOS and Win32 (Announce)

posted by RayeR , CZ, 29.01.2009, 22:49

> Hi! Thanks for your utility.
> It works but could you add some measuring function to check how much the
> performance increased/decreased?

I think nobody needs to overclock his GPU under DOS (I don't know any DOS program that would use advanced accelerated 3D that utilize it).
But it may be very usefull if you need to slow-down your VGA cooler fan. Fortunatelly I modded my 7900GT to use big heatpipe passive cooling so I don't need fan control anymore but someone else would like it. If I remember when I had 6600GT it has so dummy BIOS that it set maximum RPM on system start and you can slow down it only under windows or linux. I then siply add an resistor in series with fan to decrease noise level from jet engine to something acceptable :) Also nvclock provide interesting debug info and source shows how nvchips are controlled.

> BTW: The changed settings will remain also after turning the computer off
> and on?

It only touch nvidia GPU registers, not any nvram so you lost your changes on reboot. It also stores some config file that maybe reloaded - I didn't tried. BTW set environment variable "HOME=path" to store config files in specified directory. This way is used in original NVclock which looks in user's home dir or this var.

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Complete thread:

• NVClock 0.8 beta 4 for DOS and Win32 - RayeR, 25.01.2009, 23:32 (Announce)
  • NVClock 0.8 beta 4 for DOS and Win32 - RayeR, 28.01.2009, 14:04
  • NVClock 0.8 beta 4 for DOS and Win32 - Laaca, 29.01.2009, 20:11
    • NVClock 0.8 beta 4 for DOS and Win32 - RayeR, 29.01.2009, 22:49