Overclocking and Benchamarking

[ricstr]

I was told that unix systems dont use the BIOS of the computer, instead they just detect and configures all the hardware when the operating system boots ?

How would this effect overclocking my processor or memory via the BIOS , would i have to edit config files in Linux or can i still use the BIOS ?

What application should i use to benchamark my system in linux.

Thanks in advance.

[pmrphs2002]

I dont think so. I think the BIOS works juuuuust fine. BIOS overclocking works ok- mine is. When you overclock in the bios, on startup, it should tell you the current clock speed.

[the_raptor]

Linux does use BIOS to detect your settings at boot (go read the kernel source). It however *does* not use the BIOS once loaded unlike windows. The BIOS has a small amount of functionality that is better off (in a cross platform program) being in the OS any way.