Question about overclocking
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I've noticed I can't actually set my clock speed past their defaults (i.e the bounds of the clock rates available):
ccgamer@trusk:~/amdcovc$ ./amdcovc Adapter 0: Device 67df Core: 300 MHz, Mem: 300 MHz, CoreOD: 0, MemOD: 0, Temp: 58 C, Fan: 16.8627% Core clocks: 300 588 952 1041 1106 1168 1209 1340 Memory Clocks: 300 1000 1750 Adapter 1: Device 67df Core: 300 MHz, Mem: 300 MHz, CoreOD: 0, MemOD: 0, Temp: 58 C, Fan: 24.7059% Core clocks: 300 588 952 1041 1106 1168 1209 1340 Memory Clocks: 300 1000 1750
On Windows, I can quite happily set the memory clock up to 2240 (stable), but I don't seem to be able to use something that's not 300, 1000, 1750 in the above case. Do I need to add more usable memory clock's to a config file somewhere?
Memory clock 2240 MHz is beyond value acceptable by amdcovc and (possible) by driver. In my knowledge, drivers (amdgpu-pro and opensource amdgpu) accept only values higher by 20% than nominal clocks. ofcourse you can put your value to file "/sys/class/drm/card?/device/pp_mclk_od", however likely will not impact on clocks.
This tool is WIP. It is good, but it isn't complete. Many of the things that are considered standard in windows are considered hacks in Linux. This tool is in the "won't break your shit" category. As the poster above mentions, there are enumerated device nodes that can be probed and poked, some work, some don't. Some persist .. others don't. Some depend on the kernel nodes, others on the amdgpu-pro enumeration. The CURRENT OFFICIAL way to do what you are trying to do is with this https://github.com/RadeonOpenCompute/ROC-smi - touching the memclk and/or the VDDC are not possible, and source code is not provided either. There are folks that are doing some of this via the VBIOS. https://github.com/OhGodACompany/OhGodATool .. the documentation is scant. But these folks are legit and know what they are doing, so I have no doubt that their claims are possible.
Thanks, clears things up!