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Topic: New command-line tool for overclocking ATI cards (Linux) - page 6. (Read 50928 times)

newbie
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Woo, finally! Ty much, will be testing this soon ^.^
newbie
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Will this allow me to get past 900Mhz on my XFX 5830 and 875Mhz on my Sapphire 5830? I'd love to get to about 950 on each card if possible.

I just tried on my 5850 and it won't allow me to go beyond its maximum. atitweak uses the same method to tweak settings as AMDOvDrvCtrl, so you if can't overclock with that tool, you can't overclock with this one.
jr. member
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Will this allow me to get past 900Mhz on my XFX 5830 and 875Mhz on my Sapphire 5830? I'd love to get to about 950 on each card if possible.
full member
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Anyone know how up voltage on linux, or unlock the stock voltage of a 5830 via flash?

Whit AMDOvDrvCtrl cant up more than stock on 5830 card.

Need up more than stock, same what i can do whit sapphire trixxx on windows.

thx  Wink
legendary
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Looks good.  If it can actually change the voltage, then it solves a problem.

FWIW, the Catalyst 11.6 drivers allow you to over/underclock beyond the BIOS limitations already using aticonfig (these cards have never seen Windows or DOS):

So i can underclock my memory using aticonfig and not resorting to amdoverdrivectrl?

With Catalyst 11.6, yes.  I'm able to at least.

I only use AMDOverdriveCtrl for changing the voltage.
full member
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Looks good.  If it can actually change the voltage, then it solves a problem.

FWIW, the Catalyst 11.6 drivers allow you to over/underclock beyond the BIOS limitations already using aticonfig (these cards have never seen Windows or DOS):

So i can underclock my memory using aticonfig and not resorting to amdoverdrivectrl?
member
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Looks good.  If it can actually change the voltage, then it solves a problem.

FWIW, the Catalyst 11.6 drivers allow you to over/underclock beyond the BIOS limitations already using aticonfig (these cards have never seen Windows or DOS):

Code:
Adapter 0 - ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series 
                            Core (MHz)    Memory (MHz)
           Current Clocks :    990           600
             Current Peak :    990           600
  Configurable Peak Range : [600-875]     [900-1200]
                 GPU load :    99%

Adapter 1 - ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series 
                            Core (MHz)    Memory (MHz)
           Current Clocks :    990           600
             Current Peak :    990           600
  Configurable Peak Range : [600-875]     [900-1200]
                 GPU load :    99%

Adapter 2 - ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series 
                            Core (MHz)    Memory (MHz)
           Current Clocks :    990           600
             Current Peak :    990           600
  Configurable Peak Range : [600-875]     [900-1200]
                 GPU load :    99%
hero member
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Great stuff, thank you. I was waiting for someone to do wrappers around that ADL lib (lazy I know). Will give it a try shortly, on a variety of cards. Thanks Again.
newbie
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As far as im aware, the original AMDOverdriveCtrl cant actually raise the voltage above the default? Can this?

I haven't tried, no desire to fry my cards.
full member
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As far as im aware, the original AMDOverdriveCtrl cant actually raise the voltage above the default? Can this?
newbie
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Hi everyone,

I'm an experienced software developer who set up a mining rig last month using Ubuntu. I found the overclocking tool available for Linux (AMDOvDrvCtrl) was a bit annoying to use, so I took a look at the source and decided to write my own command-line version. Rather than write one in C or C++, I figured it would be much more useful to wrap the underlying libraries using Python's ctypes package so I could write the tool in Python. This means no compiling, no installing an SDK, and you can read the code yourself to make sure there's no funny business going on.

Anyway, I'm done and the tool is available. You can install it in a few different ways:

From github: https://github.com/mjmvisser/adl3
From PyPi: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/adl3/0.3
With Python's "easy_install": sudo easy_install adl3==0.3

If you don't use easy_install, you'll need to run "sudo python setup.py install" to install the package after you download and unpack it.

Included is the "atitweak" tool. It can list your adapters just like aticonfig:

Code:
$ atitweak -l
0. ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series  (:0.0)
    engine clock range is 80 - 918MHz
    memory clock range is 150 - 1200MHz
    core voltage range is 0.95 - 1.088VDC
    performance level 0: engine clock 800MHz, memory clock 300MHz, core voltage 0.95VDC
    performance level 1: engine clock 918MHz, memory clock 300MHz, core voltage 1.088VDC
    performance level 2: engine clock 918MHz, memory clock 300MHz, core voltage 1.088VDC
    fan speed range: 0 - 100%,  800 - 5100 RPM
1. ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series  (:0.1)
    engine clock range is 80 - 918MHz
    memory clock range is 150 - 1200MHz
    core voltage range is 0.95 - 1.088VDC
    performance level 0: engine clock 800MHz, memory clock 300MHz, core voltage 0.95VDC
    performance level 1: engine clock 918MHz, memory clock 300MHz, core voltage 1.088VDC
    performance level 2: engine clock 918MHz, memory clock 300MHz, core voltage 1.088VDC
   fan speed range: 0 - 100%,  800 - 5100 RPM

It can also change the engine/memory clock speed and core voltage individually for each performance level and adapter:

Code:
$ atitweak --set-memory-clock=300 --performance-level=2 --adapter=0
Setting performance level 2 on adapter 0: memory clock 300MHz

new! You can set your fan speed (in percent) for each adapter:

Code:
$ atitweak --set-fan-speed=100 --adapter=all

new! It will also show the current status of adapters:

Code:
$ atitweak --status --adapter=0

0. ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series  (:0.0)
    engine clock 950MHz, memory clock 300MHz, core voltage 1.088VDC, performance level 2, utilization 99%
    fan speed 100% (3447 RPM) (user-defined)
    temperature 85.5 C

Here's the full command-line help:

Code:
Usage: atitweak [options]

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -l, --list-adapters   Lists all detected and supported display adapters.
  -s, --status          Shows current clock speeds, core voltage, utilization
                        and performance level.
  -e ENGINE_CLOCK, --set-engine-clock=ENGINE_CLOCK
                        Sets engine clock speed (in MHz) for the selected
                        performance levels on the selected adapters.
  -m MEMORY_CLOCK, --set-memory-clock=MEMORY_CLOCK
                        Sets memory clock speed (in MHz) for the selected
                        peformance levels on the selected adapters.
  -v CORE_VOLTAGE, --set-core-voltage=CORE_VOLTAGE
                        Sets core voltage level (in VDC) for the selected
                        performance levels on the selected adapters.
  -f FAN_SPEED, --set-fan-speed=FAN_SPEED
                        Sets the fan speed (in percent) for the selected
                        adapters.
  -d, --set-fan-speed-default
                        Resets the fan speed to its default setting.
  -A ADAPTERLIST, --adapter=ADAPTERLIST
                        Selects which adapters returned by --list-adapters
                        should be affected by other atitweak options.
                        ADAPTERLIST contains either a comma-seperated sequence
                        of the index numbers of the adapters to be affected or
                        else contains the keyword "all" to select all the
                        adapters. If --adapter is missing, all adapters will
                        be affected.
  -P PERFORMANCELEVELLIST, --performance-level=PERFORMANCELEVELLIST
                        Selects which performance levels returned by --list-
                        adapters should be affected by other atitweak options.
                        PERFORMANCELEVELLIST contains either a comma-separated
                        sequence of the index numbers of the performance
                        levels to be affected or else contains the keyword
                        "all" to select all performance levels. If
                        --performance-level is missing, all performance levels
                        will be affected.

So far, I've only tested this on my own rig (quad 5850s) so it would probably benefit from testing by experienced users.

UPDATE: I've verified that over/under-clocking outside of the BIOS range is possible with the Catalyst 11.6 drivers.

This should be obvious, but...
WARNING: This software may severely damage or destroy your graphics card if used incorrectly!

Please try it out, and let me know if you find any problems or bugs.

Donations welcome! 1Kh3DsAhiu65EC7DFFHDGoGowAp5usQrCG

cheers,
-Mark
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