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Topic: What Is Your Favorite ATI Overclocking Software In Ubuntu? (Read 6992 times)

legendary
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Yep. Twiddle with the sliders in this tool and when you go back to CLI  $aticonfig the limits have changed ... go figure.
That only makes it possible to go below the limits, not above.
legendary
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Eadem mutata resurgo
Will this overclock past the BIOS limits?

No, it can't go over limits.
Does anybody know how to bypass limits without BIOS modification in linux?

Yep. Twiddle with the sliders in this tool and when you go back to CLI  $aticonfig the limits have changed ... go figure.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/underclock-mem-speed-on-hd-5970-linux-4806

http://www.overclock.net/software-news/514993-phoronix-ati-overclocking-utility-linux-2.html#post6338431
dds
newbie
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Will this overclock past the BIOS limits?

No, it can't go over limits.
Does anybody know how to bypass limits without BIOS modification in linux?
newbie
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You can use AMDOverdriveCtrl from the command line.  Save a profile (.ovdr file) and pass the -b flag.
sr. member
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Does it need X to work, or can you use it at the command line, too ?


It is a command line program, but you need X running to see any error messages or warnings.
legendary
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What do you use to tweak your ATI GPU settings in Ubuntu? And why?

It depends on what you're trying to tweak. If you're just looking to overclock then aticonfig will do it.

If you want to go more advanced and tweak voltage and lower clocks then you want AMDOverdriveCtl.

If you're using AMDOverdriveCtl you really need to understand your BIOS limits and voltages being supplied to the card so you don't damage it.

Thanks for that tip, grndzero!

Do you have a link to that AMDOverdriveCtl??? I can't find any reference to it on the net :S

right here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/amdovdrvctrl/

great tool...


Does it need X to work, or can you use it at the command line, too ?
full member
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What do you use to tweak your ATI GPU settings in Ubuntu? And why?

It depends on what you're trying to tweak. If you're just looking to overclock then aticonfig will do it.

If you want to go more advanced and tweak voltage and lower clocks then you want AMDOverdriveCtl.

If you're using AMDOverdriveCtl you really need to understand your BIOS limits and voltages being supplied to the card so you don't damage it.

Thanks for that tip, grndzero!

Do you have a link to that AMDOverdriveCtl??? I can't find any reference to it on the net :S

right here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/amdovdrvctrl/

great tool...

Will this overclock past the BIOS limits?
full member
Activity: 126
Merit: 100
What do you use to tweak your ATI GPU settings in Ubuntu? And why?

It depends on what you're trying to tweak. If you're just looking to overclock then aticonfig will do it.

If you want to go more advanced and tweak voltage and lower clocks then you want AMDOverdriveCtl.

If you're using AMDOverdriveCtl you really need to understand your BIOS limits and voltages being supplied to the card so you don't damage it.

Thanks for that tip, grndzero!

Do you have a link to that AMDOverdriveCtl??? I can't find any reference to it on the net :S

right here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/amdovdrvctrl/

great tool...
legendary
Activity: 3920
Merit: 2349
Eadem mutata resurgo

$aticonfig --adapter=0 --od-setclocks=770,1126

check out ...

$aticonfig --help

GUI based tools should be treated with caution when you are thrashing the GPUs as hard as you can under linux using a miner

Thanks for that moa!

And the --adapter value is the same as the "d" value for poclbm?

No, aticonfig use 0,1,2,...
and poclbm uses 1,2,3, ...

Just give it a

$aticonfig --list-adapters

or

$aticonfig --lsa

and it will list the adapters that the fglrx (the graphics driver) has intialised and aticonfig is 'seeing'.
sr. member
Activity: 280
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What do you use to tweak your ATI GPU settings in Ubuntu? And why?

It depends on what you're trying to tweak. If you're just looking to overclock then aticonfig will do it.

If you want to go more advanced and tweak voltage and lower clocks then you want AMDOverdriveCtl.

If you're using AMDOverdriveCtl you really need to understand your BIOS limits and voltages being supplied to the card so you don't damage it.

Thanks for that tip, grndzero!

Do you have a link to that AMDOverdriveCtl??? I can't find any reference to it on the net :S
sr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 252

$aticonfig --adapter=0 --od-setclocks=770,1126

check out ...

$aticonfig --help

GUI based tools should be treated with caution when you are thrashing the GPUs as hard as you can under linux using a miner

Thanks for that moa!

And the --adapter value is the same as the "d" value for poclbm?
sr. member
Activity: 392
Merit: 250
What do you use to tweak your ATI GPU settings in Ubuntu? And why?

It depends on what you're trying to tweak. If you're just looking to overclock then aticonfig will do it.

If you want to go more advanced and tweak voltage and lower clocks then you want AMDOverdriveCtl.

If you're using AMDOverdriveCtl you really need to understand your BIOS limits and voltages being supplied to the card so you don't damage it.
legendary
Activity: 3920
Merit: 2349
Eadem mutata resurgo

$aticonfig --adapter=0 --od-setclocks=770,1126

check out ...

$aticonfig --help

GUI based tools should be treated with caution when you are thrashing the GPUs as hard as you can under linux using a miner
sr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 252
What do you use to tweak your ATI GPU settings in Ubuntu? And why?
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