This guide is great; I've now set up two rigs (one for me, one for a friend) using it.
I've noticed some have been asking about how to get AMDOverdriveCtrl working with this guide; here's what I did, after following every last step in this guide, including the final reboot:
- Download the appropriate .deb file for your architecture (i386 for 32-bit, amd64 for 64-bit) from their SourceForge page (latest version at this time is 1.2.1): AMDOverdriveCtrl SourceForge Files Page
- Install using the .deb file; by default the Ubuntu Software Center will open when you double-click the .deb.
- You can run the software at a terminal by using "AMDOverdriveCtrl -i #", replacing '#' with the index of the GPU you wish to view info on. You can get these by running "AMDOverdriveCtrl -h"; it'll likely show more than one index per GPU. (For my 5830s, I use indexes 0 and 3 to access the first and second card.) You'll need to run one instance of the software per GPU installed.
- Optionally, I like to setup a few launchers on the Desktop to make it easier to bring the software up. (Right-click on desktop, "Create Launcher...", give it a descriptive name and use "AMDOverdriveCtrl -i #" as the command.) You could also add these commands to the Startup Applications ('System'->'Preferences'->'Startup Applications') to make it even easier.
You can save overclocking settings by using the 'Save default' button on the 'Overdrive' tab, and it'll use those settings every time you start the software. The downside is, it'll use those same settings for every instance of the software, so if, for example, you wanted to set up different clocks for different cards, you'd have to manually load a profile each time you start the software.
The default settings file is pretty easy to edit by hand, should one be so inclined; It is located at '~/.AMDOverdriveCtrl/default.ovdr'.
Hopefully this helps some people.
tried this on a fresh install following the guide, and nothing happends except the progam gives me this, dont get the program window up or anything
~$ AMDOverdriveCtrl -i 3
INF: Nr. of Adapters: 9
INF: Adapter index: 0, active, ID:34336384, ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
INF: Adapter index: 1, inact., ID:34336384, ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
INF: Adapter index: 2, inact., ID:34336384, ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
INF: Adapter index: 3, active, ID:35027456, AMD Radeon HD 6990
INF: Adapter index: 4, inact., ID:35027456, AMD Radeon HD 6990
INF: Adapter index: 5, inact., ID:35027456, AMD Radeon HD 6990
INF: Adapter index: 6, inact., ID:35027456, AMD Radeon HD 6990
INF: Adapter index: 7, inact., ID:35027456, AMD Radeon HD 6990
INF: Adapter index: 8, active, ID:37262064, AMD Radeon HD 6990
INF: Adapter index 3 choosen.
INF: Nr. of Performance Levels: 3
INF: Card's default Perf Level 0: GPU 250MHz Memory 150MHz Voltage 0.9V
INF: Card's default Perf Level 1: GPU 500MHz Memory 1250MHz Voltage 1V
INF: Card's default Perf Level 2: GPU 880MHz Memory 1250MHz Voltage 1.175V
ACT: Set fan speed to default
INF: Nr. of Displays to check 6
WRN: color temperature setting not supported.