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synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

Posts: 1,344

Overclocking nVidia cards using a CLI on a headless server without X

How can this be done?  I've tinkered with nvclock a bit, but the utility makes my server crash.  If you're wondering, this is for the Folding@Home GPU client.

VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 670] (rev a1)
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF114 [GeForce GTX 460 v2] (rev a1)

Also, I've heard that video cards can be overclocked by flashing them with a custom BIOS.  Is this a better way to do this?  What advantages does this entail?