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Documents the PowerMizer CLI for potential cron jobs, etc.
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nvidia-x-server-settings.txt
Because PowerMizer settings in NVIDIA X Server Settings doesn't persist across sessions,
attempts to overclock can become a nuisance.
The following documents the three CLI settings to modify the Preferred Mode as desired:
# Auto:
nvidia-settings -a [gpu:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode=2
# Adaptive:
nvidia-settings -a [gpu:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode=0
# Prefer Maximum Performance:
nvidia-settings -a [gpu:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode=1
To get rid of the output from these commands, pipe it into /dev/null like so:
nvidia-settings -a [gpu:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode=1 > /dev/null
# Confirmation:
The NVIDIA X Server Settings GUI will toggle to the chosen Preferred Mode, but if wanting to confirm on the CLI, the following will work:
nvidia-settings -q [gpu:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode
Typical output looks like this:
Attribute 'GPUPowerMizerMode' (ComputerName:0[gpu:0]): 1.
Valid values for 'GPUPowerMizerMode' are: 0, 1 and 2.
'GPUPowerMizerMode' can use the following target types: GPU.
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