[mythtv-users] nvidia coolbits options on X startup?

[Steven Adeff]

On 6/4/06, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> On Jun 4, 2006, at 7:37 AM, Steven Adeff wrote:
> > So I've got a FX5300 (PCIE) card that has a weird tearing problem that
> > raising the memory clock speed fixes. Anyone know how I can set this
> > new memory clock speed to enable when I start X without having to run
> > nvidia-settings, enabling overclocking, etc?
> >
> > I'd rather not buy a new video card with default faster memory...
>
> I am extremely surprised that anything Myth does is pushing the
> limits of graphic memory speed on even the cheapest video cards
> available.

I was surprised too, but I tried it and t made the issue go away, and
I'm not one to argue when it works and


> I guess XvMC would be the most intense thing Myth would ask of the
> card, but even that would seem to be less than most modern games are
> doing.

but with XvMC less data is going to the card, so perhaps less data is
required to reside in the memory? I dunno, I haven't tried XvMC with
it since I'm doing HD and I've never had proper luck with XvMC and HD.


> Is there any chance that your increasing the graphics memory speed is
> doing something else that might be correcting the tearing ? Perhaps
> something having to do with timings other than emory clock.

its not really tearing, its a weird effect where theres "lines" about
1/3 the way down the screen.


On 6/4/06, Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> wrote:
> Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> says:
> > So I've got a FX5300 (PCIE) card that has a weird tearing problem
> > that raising the memory clock speed fixes. Anyone know how I can set
> > this new memory clock speed to enable when I start X without having
> > to run nvidia-settings, enabling overclocking, etc?
>
> Look into the nvclock utility, available from a variety of
> places. Mine came from the Dries RPM repository.

thanks! I assume I have to run this every time I load X or can I run
it once on boot?


-- 
Steve
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