Yeah, unfortunately I need this functioning for work and this will involve dismantling and possibly screwing up my card. I'm going to have to wait until I'm done with this project before trying it. But I'll reply back once I'm able to unplug the PC.
Also, the first link only mentioned doing this if i can't POST and there seems to be a lot of confusion on that thread about 1-5 and 1-8.
The second link looked like more work than giving up on gaming to focus on more lucrative ventures.
In the end, I might just manually turn up the clocks when I play something until the card dies.