New command-line tool for overclocking ATI cards (Linux)

[lueo]

I found a program in Github that can overlock ATI GPU as well. It works well for my 3 * 6970.

However, I don't know C++ much nor do I know python, can someone help to convert his code to atitweak?

https://github.com/Glakke/glakkeclock

[m0w3r]

Thanks OP, donation sent also.

[mmartoccia]

Thanks OP for the tool!  This is part of the BAMT image and is a super awesome/easy way to configure the settings.  I just recently started having a problem when setting the mem/core values on my 5970. 

Code:

root@miner:~# atitweak -m 175 -e 850 -A 0
Setting performance level 0 on adapter 0: engine clock 850MHz, memory clock 175MHz
Setting performance level 1 on adapter 0: engine clock 850MHz, memory clock 175MHz
Setting performance level 2 on adapter 0: engine clock 850MHz, memory clock 175MHz
ADL_Overdrive5_ODPerformanceLevels_Set failed.

No matter what I set, it always returns the same failed code.  Any ideas?

TIA

[lueo]

Hello everyone,

I've patched the atitweak so that it can operate in Windows correctly.

In addition, I change the way it works so that atitweak will show correct devices. For example, it will show 4 cores on my 2*6990.

Test and patch are welcome!

Please check my fork version on http://bit.ly/trXI0U

I found a program in Github that can overlock ATI GPU as well. It works well for my 3 * 6970.

However, I don't know C++ much nor do I know python, can someone help to convert his code to atitweak?

https://github.com/Glakke/glakkeclock

[amazingrando]

Hello everyone,

I've patched the atitweak so that it can operate in Windows correctly.

In addition, I change the way it works so that atitweak will show correct devices. For example, it will show 4 cores on my 2*6990.

Test and patch are welcome!

Please check my fork version on http://bit.ly/trXI0U

I found a program in Github that can overlock ATI GPU as well. It works well for my 3 * 6970.

However, I don't know C++ much nor do I know python, can someone help to convert his code to atitweak?

https://github.com/Glakke/glakkeclock

Thanks lueo!  I only have one Windows rig, but finally I can set the memory clocks nice and low and all the GPUs on that rig.  Works well so far!

[lueo]

Thanks amazingrando! Please tell me if anything went wrong~~

Hello everyone,

I've patched the atitweak so that it can operate in Windows correctly.

In addition, I change the way it works so that atitweak will show correct devices. For example, it will show 4 cores on my 2*6990.

Test and patch are welcome!

Please check my fork version on http://bit.ly/trXI0U

I found a program in Github that can overlock ATI GPU as well. It works well for my 3 * 6970.

However, I don't know C++ much nor do I know python, can someone help to convert his code to atitweak?

https://github.com/Glakke/glakkeclock

Thanks lueo!  I only have one Windows rig, but finally I can set the memory clocks nice and low and all the GPUs on that rig.  Works well so far!

[amazingrando]

Thanks amazingrando! Please tell me if anything went wrong~~

So far it works fine, but then again I only have one rig to test it on.  Thanks again!

[lueo]

New feature added:

* Powertune level adjustment.

Usage:

  -p POWERTUNE_LEVEL, --set-powertune=POWERTUNE_LEVEL
                        Sets powertune level (between -20% and 20%) for on the
                        selected adapters.

NOTE: Only support by 6xxx cards.

Checkout the latest version on GitHub: http://bit.ly/trXI0U

[mjmvisser]

UPDATE: adl3 v0.5

sudo easy_install --upgrade adl3

This release has two changes, both thanks to lueo:
- Windows fixes and general cleanup
- Powertune support (69xx only)

[j0800]

thanks for this overclocking app, it's really great when it works for me. BUT, I am running into an issue lately. I run archlinux x86_64, all my software and drivers are quite current = catalyst 11.12(-1), amdstream 2.6(-1), linux kernel 3.1.9-2, etc, etc -- I keep getting this error that I cannot for the life of me figure out how to resolve, so I thought I would try posting here and see if there's anything someone may be able to think of for fixing this lil' issue I seem to have... I get this error when running 'atitweak' ;;

# sudo easy_install-2.7 --upgrade adl3
# atitweak
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/atitweak", line 24, in <module>
    from adl3 import *
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/adl3-0.5-py2.7.egg/adl3/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from .adl_api import *
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/adl3-0.5-py2.7.egg/adl3/adl_api.py", line 39, in <module>
    _libadl = CDLL("libatiadlxx.so", mode=RTLD_GLOBAL)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/ctypes/__init__.py", line 353, in __init__
    self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
OSError: /usr/lib/libatiadlxx.so: undefined symbol: XextAddDisplay

# pacman -Qo /usr/lib/libatiadlxx.so
/usr/lib/libatiadlxx.so is owned by catalyst-total 11.12-1

# ls -al /usr/lib/libatiadlxx.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 275672 Jan 17 03:38 /usr/lib/libatiadlxx.so

# ldd /usr/lib/libatiadlxx.so
        linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fff493ff000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007fa123066000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007fa122cc3000)
        /lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fa1234d9000)

I'm out of ideas here, anyone know what is up with that 'undefined symbol: XextAddDisplay' error? thanks in advance if anyone has any ideas/suggestions/pointers/tips!

/j0800

[ArtForz]

for some reason you have to manually load libXext before libatiadlxx

Code:

--- a/adl_api.py  2012-01-18 18:04:59.199777656 +0100
+++ b/adl_api.py  2012-01-18 18:05:11.199734821 +0100
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
         from ctypes import RTLD_GLOBAL
 
         # load the ADL 3.0 dso/dll
+        CDLL("libXext.so", mode=RTLD_GLOBAL)
         _libadl = CDLL("libatiadlxx.so", mode=RTLD_GLOBAL)
     
         # ADL requires we pass an allocation function and handle freeing it ourselves

[mjmvisser]

For whatever reason, a 64-bit libXext.so doesn't exist on my server, but libXext.so.6 is there. I'll update github and push out another release to pypi.

[mjmvisser]

OK, the fix is on github, along with another fix from lueo that shows fan speed if only one of RPM or percentage is available. Please pull and test, and I'll push out the update to pypi when both issues are confirmed fixed.

thanks!

[ummas]

@lueo
is it possible to read VRM temp`s in the future ??

[lueo]

I think it needs a lot of work to retrieve i2c values. However, different card has different i2c chips, so it's not possible to support every card.

A similar discussion is on the forum, too.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=10228.0

I think mjmvisser had tried to read i2c but had failed, that's why he commented out the i2c-related code, right?

@lueo
is it possible to read VRM temp`s in the future ??

[mjmvisser]

I think it needs a lot of work to retrieve i2c values. However, different card has different i2c chips, so it's not possible to support every card.

A similar discussion is on the forum, too.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=10228.0

I think mjmvisser had tried to read i2c but had failed, that's why he commented out the i2c-related code, right?

I spent about a day on it, then gave up. I hate hardware hacking. :-)

[ummas]

1. Forgive me. I`m a linux no0b.
2. Why sommethink verry important to my GPU like seaing VRM temp is eassy in windows, but not in linux witch is so important to mu GPU too :>
3. If you dont understand that, i must sau, that i`m anglish no0b too

EDIT
I still have in mind such a nice toll for windows like setfsb. you could choose witch smd you wont use. if you ware wrong - reboot. i think thare is no unlimited pool of i2c`s, we just need to choose the right one we need.

[bogesman]

Has anyone tested this with 7970 or 7950?
Will it work, because as I know ATI limited things from drivers. And RBE does not not support 7xxx.

[omo]

I tried this  with 7970 under linux and it works!

[bogesman]

Somebody else having issues with latest driver 12.6?

driver info

[9.574] (II) fglrx(0):     Name: fglrx
[9.574] (II) fglrx(0):     Version: 8.98.2
[9.574] (II) fglrx(0):     Date: Jun 11 2012
[9.574] (II) fglrx(0):     Desc: AMD FireGL DRM kernel module

This is the error that I receive

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/atitweak", line 24, in <module>
    from adl3 import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/adl3/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from .adl_api import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/adl3/adl_api.py", line 40, in <module>
    _libadl = CDLL("libatiadlxx.so", mode=RTLD_GLOBAL)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/ctypes/__init__.py", line 353, in __init__
    self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
OSError: /usr/lib/fglrx/libatiadlxx.so: undefined symbol: APL_Initialize

I also have in Xorg.0.log a lot of lines like this

(WW) fglrx(0): ADL handler failure: PowerPlay library not initialized
(WW) fglrx(0): ADL handler failure: PowerPlay library not initialized