Idea #11434: Software Overclock Tool.

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Written by torcescubogdan the 23 Jul 08 at 10:36. Category: Brainstorm.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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I think Ubuntu needs a tool with the users who like to do overclock simply do this.
For Windows there are a lot of this programs but for Linux, none.

Simply overclock with no warranty lose.

--some motherboads don't subort bios oberclock--

Tags: overclock

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Auzy wrote on the 23 Jul 08 at 11:05

I agree with this idea, however, you are totally wrong that it doesn't waste your warranty, because all overclocking does is tweak the same things as jumpers normally would, and apparently some hardware detects this.

But I have to vote +0. Because its not something we can include by default, there would have to be heavy warnings, and the only thing left to overclock would probably be GPU's (which would be dependant on drivers). M/B, CPU and memory gets overclocked normally in the bios.

glotz wrote on the 23 Jul 08 at 11:15

~$ apt-cache search overclock
nvclock - Allows you to overclock your nVidia card under GNU/Linux
nvclock-gtk - Allows you to overclock your nVidia card under GNU/Linux
nvclock-qt - Allows you to overclock your nVidia card under GNU/Linux
rovclock - utility to control frequency rates of your Radeon card

Auzy wrote on the 23 Jul 08 at 11:28

all covered then..

Eldmannen wrote on the 23 Jul 08 at 14:23

This should _definitely not_ be included by default.
However, it should be available in the repositories.

It would increase the appeal for Linux among hardware enthusiasts and computer geeks.

nevermind85 wrote on the 23 Jul 08 at 16:13

@glotz && Auzy: CPUs are not covered there, just video cards.

Anyway, I agree with what was said already (NOT included by default). As long as is that way, +1

glotz wrote on the 23 Jul 08 at 19:33

I can see that, however, the OP didn't specify what he wanted to OC.

Auzy wrote on the 23 Jul 08 at 23:42

Yeah, but nevermind85:

1) It eliminates the warranty just as much
2) RAM/CPU/Motherboard can be overclocked from the bios
3) Either way, I may be wrong, but a reboot is probably needed anyway for the changes to take effect.

So why not just use the bios?

I personally don't know anyone who uses software to overclock anything except the graphics card.

So why would we use a specialist overclocking tool?

nevermind85 wrote on the 26 Jul 08 at 04:10

@Auzy: Let me say first that i totally agree with you. It is a cause for warranty termination (and the user should know about it); most BIOS allow overclocking and yes, you always need a reboot for the changes to take effect.

Why not just use the bios? Some people might not like it, it's all blue and so old-school and so-not user friendly.
Yeah, I'm being sarcastic. My point is that end-users always want options, and if they're GUI ones, they'll stick with them. If they feel better with overclocking with an app rather than with the BIOS, let them! It won't hurt (that much).

notyetroot wrote on the 10 Aug 08 at 18:32

Too dangerous to include by default.

shuffman37 wrote on the 12 Aug 08 at 06:23

Well also some of us have motherboard with locked bios so we can't overclock and this could be a possible way around it

Jovi wrote on the 12 Aug 08 at 16:32

I'm under-clocking the cpu of my power hungry 24/7 Ubuntu file/print/irc-server simply to save energy. Would be nice to have a tool to set FSB & cpu multiplier temporarely back to normal levels when exctracting some zips/rars etc.

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