Comment 44 for bug 164589

I am afraid these issue will never be fixed: I do think the bug is not just software but hardware as well... Nvidia never answered anything on the thread I posted few years back (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=96673), even if everybody with this card was experiencing the same issue... so cool...

Btw - I still use the 'powermizer' workaround, but slightly different:
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PowerMizerEnable=0x1; PerfLevelSrc=0x3333; PowerMizerDefault=0x3; PowerMizerDefaultAC=0x3; PowerMizerLevel=0x3
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(in xorg.conf and /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf)
To force the system in low consumption/slowest speed possible to avoid blink [link to speed change] and to keep the GPU cool - original GPU went foobar, the dell I am using 'seems' to have some design issues concerning the heat dissipation of the GPU... few people had their 7900 going dead due to heat...).

Btw, for some reasons, v185 don't seems to honor it correctly, nvidia-setting still shows speed changes... so I stick to 173.14.20...

Last NVIDIA for sure... will stick with card with open drivers...