GreenWithEnvy (NVIDIA OC Tool) Doesn't Seem to Work with Coolbits?

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I’m trying to overclock my NVIDIA graphics card using GreenWithEnvy, but it keeps saying that coolbits 8 isn’t set.

This is very strange since I have done it manually and automatically usign nvidia-xconfig --cool-bits=31. However, both the flathub and pamac official repo (currently installed) seem to have the same issue (this is after a restart):

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/etc/X11/xorg.conf file:

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BusID          "PCI:11:0:0"
    Option         "Coolbits" "31"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "Coolbits" "31"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

How can I use GreenWithEnvy to OC the graphics card? Am I missing something? I switched from the flathub version because it had an error writing the power limit file.

2

has to be set ONLY to

nowhere else.
Also, the entry

is not required unless you have multiple GPUs.

3

I DO have multiple GPUs :smiley:

6 monitors :slight_smile:

I’ll give it a try and reboot.

4

Just Tried it and rebooted, no effect:

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BusID          "PCI:11:0:0"
    Option         "Coolbits" "31"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection

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5

Right, so now the Apply button is active.

6

No, the one on the bottom is inactive. The top “power limit” was already active (the image I had was old).

I was looking to use the “overclock profile” at the bottom.

7

Please read always first the docmentation:

31 is incorrect.

8

Is the value for overclocking, mostly used by those that are into mining …

Did you created a new profile?

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Then you can save it

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Yes, I did, and also read the Arch wiki page about it.

31 is the sum of all of the options, so should give maximum options to whatever program is doing the overclocking.

The nvidia program will also accept 31 as an option, and it rejects invalid ones.

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It’s greyed out, and cannot be selected (I tried again).

I’m just looking for a little extra GPU power for Star Citizen running on WINE / Proton since I’m GPU locked on it.

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You already have a Power Limit applied, see bottom corner. That is not present on my end, hence i can change values and create a new profile. On the other hand, your two screenshots show different available options and Apply is active and not active at all.

My guess is that you applied a TDP limit as described here NVIDIA/Tips and tricks - ArchWiki and now GWE is not doing what is suppose to do.