Hi can someone recommend an application similar to AMD app in windows, that can be used to monitor and overclock system.
Thanks
On 06/11/2011 06:06 PM, jimt123 wrote:
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> Hi can someone recommend an application similar to AMD app in windows,
not always a good assumption that a lot of answer folks here have know
what you mean when you say you want something similar to something in
windows…well, i never used the app you referenced…what/how does it
work? does AMD provide a Linux driver for that app?
anyway, compared to windows, just running linux IS overclocking
enough…see how much faster everything works??
> that can be used to monitor and overclock system.
use what of these you need:
top
atop
ntop
htop
s.m.a.r.t.
hddtemp
lm_sensors
ksensors
as for how to overclock, that is done in the BIOS, right? so, openSUSE
is not involved…
by the way, imo the best way to have more performance is to buy faster
hardware and run it at manufacturer’s recommended setting–it will run
cooler, last longer, burn less electricity/battery, generate less
greenhouse gasses and save you money in all those ways…
ymmv
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Thanks for the reply, point taken about not all Linux users being familiar with Windows. Yes overclocking is done from BIOS, but I was looking for a GUI in Linux that can do that and monitor system parameters at the same time giving real time info on cpu/gpu speed, temp, voltages etc etc.
As for as overclocking goes, as I’m sure you know all hardware is designed with a great amount of safety factor for increased stability purposes, in other words alot of untapped perfomance (free, which is what Linux is all about!). And the fun is to un-lock this free upgrade whilst still maintaining stability.
Cheers
On 06/12/2011 12:36 PM, jimt123 wrote:
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> Yes overclocking is done from BIOS, but I was
> looking for a GUI in Linux that can do that and monitor system
> parameters at the same time giving real time info on cpu/gpu speed,
> temp, voltages etc etc.
well, there are plenty of GUI monitors available for all sorts of
things, but for cpu/gpu voltages and Hz settings, etc i know of none…
and, i unaware of any linux software which is able to change BIOS
settings…so…
why not use the BIOS (or Windows it really has the ability to manipulate
those) for setting the over clock parameters…then boot to Linux and
use any of the available monitors…
> As for as overclocking goes, as I’m sure you know all hardware is
> designed with a great amount of safety factor for increased stability
> purposes, in other words alot of untapped perfomance (free, which is
> what Linux is all about!).
but it is not free! more computing power means more electricity, heat
and wear/tear…again: buy the hardware which gives the required
performance and run it to spec…
> And the fun is to un-lock this free upgrade
> whilst still maintaining stability.
oh, i see…you want to play the fun Be a Computer Scientist Game…
in my opinion all games are best played on game systems, like Windows…
keep the important on industrial strength systems and separate from the
Redmond Game Desktop Station…
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conky can display all this kind of things and update them as often as you like … although setting an update time inferior to one second (which is possible) will use huge processor resources.
I suggest installing conkyconf from my repo. This is a script I wrote to setup a basic (but reasonably good) configuration file for conky. The package includes a lua script which colors processes using more CPU and memory resources in red and gradients filesystem usage from green to red (under openSUSE). conkyconf has several options and is highly configurable. It will try to find the sensors (but might fail) and add them. Anyway, it is just a help to generate the user ~/.conkyrc or the system wide /etc/conky/conky.conf, which are a little complex. Once you have this file, you can read conky documentation here: Conky - Documentation and modify your ~/.conkyrc as you like to add other sensors.
conkyconf will install conky and conkyweather by dependencies.
Here’s how to proceed.
As root:
su -l
zypper ar [noparse]http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/please_try_again/openSUSE_11.4/[/noparse] PTA
zypper refresh -r PTA
zypper in conkyconf
conkyconf -s
As user, to create a basic ~/.conkyrc:
conkyconf
If you’re using kde or gnome with compositing, you should add the option -k and call conky with the option -c $HOME/.conkyrc.kde … or use this wrapper:
#! /bin/bash
sysconf=/etc/conky/conky.conf.kde
userconf=$HOME/.conkyrc.kde
for conf in $sysconf $userconf ; do
-f $conf ] && cfg="-c $conf"
done
ps -C plasma-desktop && {
"$(kreadconfig --file kwinrc --group Compositing --key Enabled)" == "false" ] && exit
config=$cfg
}
#ps -C xfce4-panel && config=$cfg
#ps -C gnome-panel && config=$cfg
ps nc -C conky >/dev/null || conky $config
This post (which is not about conky at all) includes screenshots which show conky running on the KDE desktop: Thèmes et couleurs d’OpenOffice/LIbreOffice.
I know I should write a more detailed post about conkyconf but I haven’t done that yet. 
To see the different options, type:
conkyconf -h
You can change the update interval any time and as often as you like with the option -i. It might be very funny under circumstances. If you want to stress your CPU, try:
conkyconf -i 0.1
Have fun!
A GUI overclocking utility for Linux would have to be provided by your motherboard manufacturer. Ask them. As to hardware monitoring, simple CPU temp and some GPU temp monitors are available as KDE plasmoids (probably also for Gnome), have a look at kde-apps.org. For more involved stuff, have a look at conky.
If we weren’t or hadn’t been familiar with Windows, we would probably still use it.
On 06/12/2011 02:06 PM, please try again wrote:
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> If we weren’t or hadn’t been familiar with Windows, we would probably
> still use it.
well! i’m most familiar with Windows 3.11, because that is the last one
i used much…
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It was the best one anyway. … but not as good as the 3.1 which came as subsystem in OS/2.
Thanks for all the feed back.
> oh, i see…you want to play the fun Be a Computer Scientist Game…
> in my opinion all games are best played on game systems, like Windows…
Thankfully you don’t just have to play games to have fun.
Oh and I’ll try not to mention the ‘w’ word again!
Cheers!
On 06/12/2011 04:36 PM, please try again wrote:
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> It was the best one anyway. … but not as good as the 3.1 which came
> as subsystem in OS/2. 
actually, that is the one i used the most, but occasionally…from '95
to about 2002
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Jimt, I see you have fallen in to the trap of mentioning the anti-christ in church, and have got a load of not-very-useful blather in response.
Denver and some of the others seem to disapprove of over-clocking, well that is fine for them, but why they waste their time telling others of their prejudice I cannot fathom.
I wonder if anyone has costed the ‘extra’ power consumption and compared to $$ saved in buying new graphics/memory/mainboards every couple of months? And once you have paid out the $$ for shiny new kit, IT WILL CONSUME MORE POWER AS WELL! Also, as the OP says it is FUN (remember fun?) to squeeze the max performance out of the kit you have, more importantly it is a great learning experience, knowing about what goes on under the bonnet, ras cas timings, FSB speeds etc, Vcore etc.
Also there are so many graphics cards out there with products to hit every price price point that manufacturers sometimes deliberately cripple GPU’s to have a product fit in the price range occupied by a competitor, it is very satisfying to unlock this extra grunt. And free. And educational.
You guys wistfully reminiscing for the ol’ Win 3.11, were you never young? Did you never tune your first car/motorbike to get a few more BHP or MPH out of it? I can remember ‘tuning up’ carburettors, polishing valves, fitting better ignition systems, fabricating exhaust and inlet manifolds etc etc, on ancient BSA and Triumph engines to get a tiny improvement, when if all wanted was to go faster I could have bought a Kawasaki.
Anyhoo Jimt, Please_try_again’s suggestion of Conky would be a good start, to show temps, fan speeds etc etc, look into what sensors your Mb and GPU has and then ask here or elsewhere how to read the sensors and get the results to display in Conky or in a plasmoid.
On 06/15/2011 02:06 PM, wakou wrote:
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> Jimt, I see you have fallen in to the trap of mentioning the
> anti-christ in church, and have got a load of not-very-useful blather in
> response.
> Denver and some of the others
sorry you are so grumpy today, and hope you feel better soon…
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On 2011-06-15 14:06, wakou wrote:
> I wonder if anyone has costed the ‘extra’ power consumption and
> compared to $$ saved in buying new graphics/memory/mainboards every
> couple of months? And once you have paid out the $$ for shiny new kit,
> IT WILL CONSUME MORE POWER AS WELL! Also, as the OP says it is FUN
> (remember fun?) to squeeze the max performance out of the kit you have,
> more importantly it is a great learning experience, knowing about what
> goes on under the bonnet, ras cas timings, FSB speeds etc, Vcore etc.
> Also there are so many graphics cards out there with products to hit
> every price price point that manufacturers sometimes deliberately
> cripple GPU’s to have a product fit in the price range occupied by a
> competitor, it is very satisfying to unlock this extra grunt. And free.
> And educational.
It is specially educational when you start getting strange problems, like
some program behaving erratically. Then you ask us what is the problem, but
you fail to mention that your system is overclocked.
Linux is quite sensitive to those manipulations, because it tries to get
more from the hardware that windows.
On the other hand, the application the OP asked about is made by the
manufacturer of the board. You have to ask them to provide a linux version.
Or, find a forum where linux overclockers dwell - perhaps the hardware
subforumm here.
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(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)