Can't overclock GPU using amdgpu driver on archlinux

Question

I am using open-source driver amdgpu on my arch linux. I read that I can overclock my GPU by writing to this files: /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_sclk_od and /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_mclk_od to adjust my GPU's core and mem frequencies accordingly. But when I write, for example 5, to any of this files it resets it to 0 and clocks aren't applied.

Also I have this file pp_dpm_sclk and pp_dpm_mclk the contents of sclk is: 0: 300Mhz 1: 483Mhz 2: 662Mhz 3: 841Mhz 4: 881Mhz 5: 914Mhz 6: 939Mhz 7: 947Mhz *

And I can actually switch between this frequencies, but I want to go way beyond 947 and I don't understand how to do this.

Question is why pp_mclk_od and pp_sclk_od resets to 0 when I try to give some percentage boost (0-20) to it? And how can I add more frequencies to pp_dpm_sclk and select it from there if I can't achieve it with od?

Answer 1

You can change the frequencies and voltage by modifying the file /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_od_clk_voltage

first: This holds the presets for pp_dpm_sclk and pp_dpm_mclk.

Second check the current settings:

sudo cat /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_od_clk_voltage

You should see something similar to this:

OD_SCLK:
0:        300MHz        750mV
1:        588MHz        765mV
2:        980MHz        987mV
3:       1100MHz        950mV
4:       1100MHz        950mV
5:       1100MHz        950mV
6:       1100MHz        950mV
7:       1100MHz        950mV
OD_MCLK:
0:        300MHz        750mV
1:       1000MHz        800mV
2:       1970MHz        950mV
OD_RANGE:
SCLK:     300MHz       2000MHz
MCLK:     300MHz       2250MHz
VDDC:     750mV        1150mV

Example to set 1280Mhz at 950mV (check your output above for possible ranges!):

sudo echo "s 7 1280 950" > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_od_clk_voltage

Then to apply the changes:

sudo echo 0 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_sclk_od
sudo echo 1 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_sclk_od

These are all the settings I use on my crypto mining card which is an AMD Radeon RX570 in case it's useful to anyone.

echo 1 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/hwmon/hwmon0/pwm1_enable
echo manual > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_dpm_force_performance_level
echo 200 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/hwmon/hwmon0/pwm1 # Fan speed
echo 4 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_power_profile_mode # Compute Mode

echo "s 3 1100 950" > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_od_clk_voltage
echo "s 4 1100 950" > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_od_clk_voltage
echo "s 5 1100 950" > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_od_clk_voltage
echo "s 6 1100 950" > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_od_clk_voltage
echo "s 7 1100 950" > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_od_clk_voltage

echo "m 2 1985 950" > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_od_clk_voltage

echo 0 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_sclk_od
echo 1 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_sclk_od

echo 0 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_mclk_od
echo 1 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_mclk_od

Answer 2

2 possibilities to consider:

1)not all cards support this function

2) In Ubuntu at least, you have to modify those files as root not just use "sudo". So make sure you:

sudo su

to become root user. then:

echo "5" >> ./pp_mclk_od (for example)