Overclocking in Linux

[Dr Tat]

Does anyone know of a way to overclock in Linux? if so how reliable is it and what do i need? i need this because my celeron 2.93gzh isn't enough to run alot of different audio apps at once, but a little over clock would do it.

 

[blacksci]

I would upgrade to Linus if it was able to play my games reliably, thats one hellova os.

 

[MooseMuffin]

CPU overclocking is done via the motherboard bios. The operating system is irrelevant.

 

[Dr Tat]

that is true. i meant to see if the temps were changing, fan speed, and so on.
Also you do over clock graphics cards while in an operating system, unless you flash the bios.

 

[MooseMuffin]

Ah. Well I don't know about cpu monitoring utils, but I've used nvclock to OC my graphics card under linux.

 

[blu3ness]

If you just want to mintor those stats in linux, it is very easy.

frequencies can be found in /proc/cpuinfo

temperatures can be found in acpi state info files, i think they typically reside in
/proc/acpi/state/core0/temp or something

Tools like conky can help you monitor them, there's a ton of examples on ubuntu forums, just search for conkyrc.

 

[Mondoman]

I use gkrell.

 

[quaduser]

Reviving this..

always OC through the Bios but how does one monitor voltages and temps in linux?

More suggestions the better.

I've tried Conky which can give temperatures.. not sure how reliable it is since Windows users talk of different ways of measuring temperatures. Is there such a difference in linux too?