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sherminatorex7

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RX 9070 XT won't overclock

Hello guys,
I'm desperate I need help, I used to be able to overclock my GPU but for some reason I cannot anymore.
The ppfeaturemask is set.
I tried with lact and sysfs interface and none of them work for the memory clock. It works for the power cap but other than that when I check the mclk from hwmon or amdgpu_top or mangohud, they all report 1258Mhz.
When I print the output of pp_od_clk_voltage I can see the frequencies I entered but they don't take effect.

OD_SCLK_OFFSET:
300Mhz
OD_MCLK:
0: 97Mhz
1: 1320MHz
OD_VDDGFX_OFFSET:
0mV
OD_RANGE:
SCLK_OFFSET:    -500Mhz       1000Mhz
MCLK:      97Mhz       1500Mhz
VDDGFX_OFFSET:    -200mv          0mv

I'm out of idea, I tried downgrading packages with no success, tried on a fresh install with no success neither.

sherminatorex7

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Re: RX 9070 XT won't overclock

I tried on Linux Mint 22.3 and it worked...

sherminatorex7

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Re: RX 9070 XT won't overclock

idk wth is going on i'm tired of this

ewaller

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Re: RX 9070 XT won't overclock

You might look at the journal on each system (Mint and Arch) and look for clues in the differences.
I don't have your hardware, so I can't offer any other advice.

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sherminatorex7

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Re: RX 9070 XT won't overclock

Ok thanks I'll do that.

sherminatorex7

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Re: RX 9070 XT won't overclock

Nothing relevant to me. What can it be if it's not the kernel or the firmware?

sherminatorex7

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Re: RX 9070 XT won't overclock

Sometimes it eventually applies the mem frequency after a while like a few hours idk why.

5hridhyan

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Re: RX 9070 XT won't overclock

Hey, if you have smtg to add use the edit button instead of posting multiple times

is it wayland? how's the behavior on a x11 session?
check amdgpu_top when no browser or elcetron app is running; if it  becomes adjustable
Does your monitor have Freesync/Adaptive Sync enabled? if yes try disabling it or lowering your refresh rate to 60Hz temporarily to see if the pp_od_clk_voltage settings suddenly "take."
run `sudo fuser -v /dev/dri/renderD128` when the clock is stuck see if smtg is holding...

Last edited by 5hridhyan (2026-05-04 17:47:32)

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sherminatorex7

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Re: RX 9070 XT won't overclock

why is it a problem that i post multiple times ? it's wayland, thanks i'll try the things you suggested

5hridhyan

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Re: RX 9070 XT won't overclock

Not a big deal, just mentioning it since the Arch guidelines suggest editing instead of multiple posts so threads stay easier to follow
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/General_guidelines

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agaskins

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Re: RX 9070 XT won't overclock

What kernel version are you on? I am using CachyOS atm and noticed that if I boot 7.x I have the same issue, if I boot LTS 6.x kernel it works fine. I don't have more of a solution atm as I am trying to solve this as well. Here's the output of the LACT service when running kernel 7.0.5, but it's been happening since at least 7.0.3.

lactd.service - LACT GPU Control Daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lactd.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2026-05-08 15:34:37 EDT; 21min ago
 Invocation: 45c09cf1b6c347c8866d0f3e353518d4
   Main PID: 1109 (lact)
      Tasks: 3 (limit: 38328)
     Memory: 130.9M (peak: 472.8M)
        CPU: 3.443s
     CGroup: /system.slice/lactd.service
             └─1109 lact daemon

May 08 15:34:37 Studio-PC systemd[1]: Started LACT GPU Control Daemon.
May 08 15:34:38 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:34:38.050362Z  INFO lact_daemon::socket: listening on "/run/lactd.sock"
May 08 15:34:38 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:34:38.054909Z  INFO lact_daemon::server: TCP listener disabled
May 08 15:34:38 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:34:38.106432Z  INFO lact_daemon::server::handler: AMDGPU DRM initialized
May 08 15:34:38 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:34:38.106606Z  INFO lact_daemon::server::handler: initialized amdgpu controller for GPU 1002:687F-1462:3681-0000:09:00.0 at '/sys/class/drm/card1/device'
May 08 15:34:38 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:34:38.106615Z  INFO lact_daemon::server::handler: initialized 1 GPUs
May 08 15:34:38 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:34:38.108107Z ERROR lact_daemon::server::gpu_controller::amd: custom clock settings are present but will be ignored, could not get clocks table: parse error: parse error: No sclk range found at line 15 at line 1
May 08 15:35:52 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:52.715292Z  INFO lact_daemon: got kernel drm subsystem event, reloading GPUs
May 08 15:35:52 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:52.721838Z  INFO lact_daemon::server::handler: initialized amdgpu controller for GPU 1002:687F-1462:3681-0000:09:00.0 at '/sys/class/drm/card1/device'
May 08 15:35:52 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:52.721849Z  INFO lact_daemon::server::handler: GPU list reloaded with 1 devices, reapplying configuration
May 08 15:35:52 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:52.724379Z ERROR lact_daemon::server::gpu_controller::amd: custom clock settings are present but will be ignored, could not get clocks table: parse error: parse error: No sclk range found at line 15 at line 1
May 08 15:35:52 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:52.724553Z  INFO lact_daemon::server::handler: configuration applied
May 08 15:35:53 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:53.004013Z  INFO lact_daemon: got kernel drm subsystem event, reloading GPUs
May 08 15:35:53 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:53.010562Z  INFO lact_daemon::server::handler: initialized amdgpu controller for GPU 1002:687F-1462:3681-0000:09:00.0 at '/sys/class/drm/card1/device'
May 08 15:35:53 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:53.010571Z  INFO lact_daemon::server::handler: GPU list reloaded with 1 devices, reapplying configuration
May 08 15:35:53 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:53.010671Z ERROR lact_daemon::server::gpu_controller::amd: custom clock settings are present but will be ignored, could not get clocks table: parse error: parse error: No sclk range found at line 15 at line 1
May 08 15:35:53 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:53.011054Z  INFO lact_daemon::server::handler: configuration applied
May 08 15:35:54 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:54.215692Z  INFO lact_daemon: got kernel drm subsystem event, reloading GPUs
May 08 15:35:54 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:54.222098Z  INFO lact_daemon::server::handler: initialized amdgpu controller for GPU 1002:687F-1462:3681-0000:09:00.0 at '/sys/class/drm/card1/device'
May 08 15:35:54 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:54.222106Z  INFO lact_daemon::server::handler: GPU list reloaded with 1 devices, reapplying configuration
May 08 15:35:54 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:54.222318Z ERROR lact_daemon::server::gpu_controller::amd: custom clock settings are present but will be ignored, could not get clocks table: parse error: parse error: No sclk range found at line 15 at line 1
May 08 15:35:54 Studio-PC lact[1109]: 2026-05-08T19:35:54.222481Z  INFO lact_daemon::server::handler: configuration applied

uname -a output:

Linux Studio-PC 7.0.5-1-cachyos #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 08 May 2026 11:18:45 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Last edited by agaskins (2026-05-08 19:57:27)

sherminatorex7

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Re: RX 9070 XT won't overclock

Not a big deal, just mentioning it since the Arch guidelines suggest editing instead of multiple posts so threads stay easier to follow

Okay sorry I understand.

What kernel version are you on?

It's 7.x zen, but I had tried the 6.18 and it still occured. When I quit the wayland session and launch it again the mem clock is applied or when I turn off a monitor. Idk, it can't be libdrm because last time I updated was a while ago. It's weird.