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    July 03, 2011, 11:12:59 PM
    Last edit: July 17, 2011, 08:19:13 PM by mjmvisser
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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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