Good luck. EVGA isn't even supporting Windows properly. 

This post is so incredibly SPOT ON that it's virtually IMPOSSIBLE to ignore.

68 MILLION USERS of Linux...
That seems VERY much worth it to me.
I spent a BOATLOAD of money on my EVGA cards. I loved the hybrids. If I'm forced to use Windows because EVGA can't see the forest through the trees... so be it. I'll move my business elsewhere. Bricking these cards because something as simple as fan control only being accessible through XOC and XOC only being accessible through Windows is at best short-sighted and at worst, negligent to shareholders. You're intentionally ignoring a huge potential client base (68 Million users world wide) because of a prejudice? 

1) EVGA's software development team hasn't gotten the software to work correctly in Windows. Think that they can split their work in two different directions and get them both working correctly? Not likely.

2) Fan control isn't required. Your card won't "brick". The card is designed to work out of the box, for the entire warranty period, without any customization on your part.

3) This thread is from 3 years ago and two iterations of Precision in the past. Precision has been re-written twice since this thread has started, yet still no Linux support. Let it rest. Precision is not coming to Linux.

4) NVIDIA hasn't provided proper support in Linux for EVGA to utilize. EVGA uses NVAPI in Windows to monitor and control the video card's behavior. Until NVIDIA adds NVAPI (or something similar) to Linux, I don't know what you expect EVGA utilize.

OK,
 
Best place to make your Ideas heard is:  Complaints and Suggestions
 
EVGA does review these suggestions

tiddielle

ty_ger07
1) EVGA's software development team hasn't gotten the software to work correctly in Windows. Think that they can split their work in two different directions and get them both working correctly? Not likely.

2) Fan control isn't required. Your card won't "brick". The card is designed to work out of the box, for the entire warranty period, without any customization on your part.

3) This thread is from 3 years ago and two iterations of Precision in the past. Precision has been re-written twice since this thread has started, yet still no Linux support. Let it rest. Precision is not coming to Linux.

4) NVIDIA hasn't provided proper support in Linux for EVGA to utilize. EVGA uses NVAPI in Windows to monitor and control the video card's behavior. Until NVIDIA adds NVAPI (or something similar) to Linux, I don't know what you expect EVGA utilize.

1) fancy GUIs are in the way of software to work correctly... Plus windows is way more unreliable when it comes down to compatibility nowadays.
2)EVGA provides warranty for any OC and anything you want to do to your card. It is the most expensive brand for this reason too.
3)i won't let it rest only because you think it should, i am an evga user and i made a legit polite request and you can mind your business.
4) there are already many tools out there for gpu oc under linux, like this one ( GreenWithEnvy Project ID: 10152670 at GitHub ). Have this people stopped since there's no official NVAPI support? no, they just came out with the software in their spare time. I don't need control over those features, i already have... What i miss is control over RGB. that's it, i am not asking a lift to the moon...

1) Irrelevant response. My statement still stands.
2) Again, irrelevant response. The claim was that EVGA was causing cards to "brick" by refusing to support Linux. Nonsense.
3) Good luck.
4) Irrelevant response. EVGA uses NVAPI. Like said in #1, EVGA isn't going to fragment its software implementation process multiple directions.

As stated above, there are other existing ways to get partial customization support in Linux. NVIDIA-smi and Coolbits. All you are really missing in Linux is low-level support for EVGA's proprietary ICX fan/sensor and RGB customization. Unfortunately, I don't see that changing any time soon / ever. Expect to wait at least 3 more years. ;) As stated, the card will function properly for its entire warranty period without adjusting the fan speed or RGB lighting, for those cards where EVGA's proprietary implementation doesn't allow for customization in Linux.

IF NVIDIA adds NVAPI support to Linux, I think that is when EVGA would more seriously consider Linux Precision development; since implementation would be more similar to what its development team is already familiar with. Even then, somewhat unlikely. But definitely extremely unlikely until then.




If you really, really want some feature to be available in Linux, I suggest that you find a group of like-minded individuals, band together, and fund the development of such software. There have been breakthroughs in understanding how to communicate with EVGA's ICX MCU. Wizzard over at Techpowerup is likely a good developer to have this discussion with. He at least can tell you what he already knows about the ICX MCU communication process.

ty_ger07
Why was my response deleted?
 

 
The spam filter got it as a false positive. It is still training but getting better. Sorry about that.

hate to beat a dead horse here, but its still happening AND the Nvidia X server settings only turn on one fan.
 
Also the commands to enable do not work anymore on 21.04
 
sudo nvidia-xconfig --cool-bits=28

WARNING: Unable to locate/open X configuration file.

Package xorg-server was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xorg-server.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'xorg-server' found
New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
 
 
The nvidia x server has 2 fan speed control bars but if you manipulate them only one fan turns on.



 
This CANNOT be good for the cards longevity and if EVGA would allow it I'd like to return my 2080ti for a single fan founders edition card. I'll even pay the difference.