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Increase NVIDIA power limit with the proprietary driver on Linux, from 200W to the maximum 216W on a GeForce GTX 1080
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Instructions

  • Save nvidia-tdp.service and nvidia-tdp.timer to /etc/systemd/system.
  • Run sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable nvidia-tdp && sudo systemctl start nvidia-tdp to apply immediately and on future boots.
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nvidia-tdp.service
[Unit]
Description=Set NVIDIA power limit above default
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/nvidia-smi -pl 216
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nvidia-tdp.timer
[Unit]
Description=Set NVIDIA power limit on boot
[Timer]
OnBootSec=5
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
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