SOVED - Display refresh rate locked to 60 FPS on amdgpu driver

clara-lmao · 2023-11-09 10:50:16

Hello!!
I am using arch on my Lenovo Legion 5 pro laptop, it has a built in AMD Ryzen Vega GPU and a discrete NVIDIA 3070 GPU. I set the GPU setting to dynamic graphics in the BIOS so it uses the AMD GPU to render and it offloads it to the NVIDIA GPU for heavy tasks. This is because I want to use Wayland and that doesn't work well with the NVIDIA GPU. Everything works great and the offloading works perfectly.
The issue is that the FPS is locked to 60hz, when the screen supports 165hz. When I set it to discrete graphics in the BIOS and use the proprietary NVIDIA driver it is able to use 165hz, and in windows 165hz is supported on the AMD GPU as well. Is there some setting I am missing that will let me use 165hz or is there just something wrong with the amdgpu driver?

I don't know what information to provide since I don't know what the issue could be, so if there's anything I should add please let me know.

Last edited by clara-lmao (2023-11-09 16:32:45)

seth · 2023-11-09 14:03:33

It's rather common that the higher refresh rates are only available w/ the GPU

Please post the edid(s)

for OUT in /sys/class/drm/card0*; do echo $OUT; edid-decode $OUT/edid; echo "================="; done

You'll need https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/edid-decode-git

clara-lmao · 2023-11-09 14:29:42

seth wrote:

Please post the edid(s)

[clara@Arch-Oogway ~]$ for OUT in /sys/class/drm/card0*; do echo $OUT; edid-decode $OUT/edid; echo "================="; done
/sys/class/drm/card0
/sys/class/drm/card0/edid: No such file or directory
=================
/sys/class/drm/card0-DP-1
EDID of '/sys/class/drm/card0-DP-1/edid' was empty.
=================
/sys/class/drm/card0-DP-2
EDID of '/sys/class/drm/card0-DP-2/edid' was empty.
=================
/sys/class/drm/card0-eDP-1
EDID of '/sys/class/drm/card0-eDP-1/edid' was empty.
=================
/sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1
EDID of '/sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1/edid' was empty.
=================

Edit: I accidentally did the command with an external display connected which made it more unclear

When doing xrandr it says that the display is on eDP-2, which is not in the list

[clara@Arch-Oogway ~]$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 16 x 16, current 2560 x 1600, maximum 32767 x 32767
eDP-2 connected primary 2560x1600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 340mm x 220mm
   2560x1600     59.99*+
   2048x1536     59.95  
   1920x1440     59.97  
   1600x1200     59.96  
   1440x1080     59.99  
   1400x1050     59.98  
   1280x1024     59.89  
   1280x960      59.94  
   1152x864      59.96  
   1024x768      59.92  
   800x600       59.86  
   640x480       59.38  
   320x240       59.52  
   1920x1200     59.96  
   1680x1050     59.95  
   1440x900      59.89  
   1280x800      59.81  
   1152x720      59.97  
   960x600       59.96  
   928x580       59.88  
   800x500       59.50  
   768x480       59.90  
   720x480       59.71  
   640x400       59.95  
   320x200       58.96  
   2560x1440     59.96  
   2048x1152     59.90  
   1920x1080     59.96  
   1600x900      59.95  
   1368x768      59.88  
   1280x720      59.86  
   1024x576      59.90  
   864x486       59.92  
   720x400       59.55  
   640x350       59.77

Last edited by clara-lmao (2023-11-09 14:34:45)

seth · 2023-11-09 14:34:35

/sys/class/drm/card0-DP-2

  Detailed Timing Descriptors:
    DTD 1:  3440x1440   50.000000 Hz  43:18    74.050 kHz    266.580000 MHz (797 mm x 334 mm)
                 Hfront   48 Hsync  32 Hback   80 Hpol P
                 Vfront    3 Vsync   5 Vback   33 Vpol N
    DTD 2:  3440x1440  120.000000 Hz  43:18   180.000 kHz    648.000000 MHz (797 mm x 334 mm)
                 Hfront   48 Hsync  32 Hback   80 Hpol P
                 Vfront    3 Vsync   5 Vback   52 Vpol P

    DTD 4:  2560x1080  144.000000 Hz  64:27   162.000 kHz    440.640000 MHz (797 mm x 334 mm)
                 Hfront   48 Hsync  32 Hback   80 Hpol P
                 Vfront    3 Vsync   5 Vback   37 Vpol P
    DTD 5:  3440x1440  100.000000 Hz  43:18   150.000 kHz    540.000000 MHz (797 mm x 334 mm)

Block 2, DisplayID Extension Block:
    DTD:  3440x1440  144.000000 Hz  16:9    216.000 kHz    777.600000 MHz (aspect 16:9, no 3D stereo)

Is that on the nvidia or the AMD (hybrid setup) GPU?

This is because I want to use Wayland

Please start an X11 session nevertheless and post the output of "xrandr -q" and your Xorg log, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#General
The limiting factor here might just be your wayland compositor…

clara-lmao · 2023-11-09 14:36:54

Sorry I did some edits as I accidentally had my external display connected

seth wrote:

Is that on the nvidia or the AMD (hybrid setup) GPU?

It is on the hybrid setup

seth · 2023-11-09 14:41:07

Probably

for OUT in /sys/class/drm/card1*; do echo $OUT; edid-decode $OUT/edid; echo "================="; done

Also enable https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA … de_setting

clara-lmao · 2023-11-09 14:53:23

seth wrote:

Probably for OUT in /sys/class/drm/card1*; do echo $OUT; edid-decode $OUT/edid; echo "================="; done

[clara@Arch-Oogway ~]$ for OUT in /sys/class/drm/card1*; do echo $OUT; edid-decode $OUT/edid; echo "================="; done
/sys/class/drm/card1
/sys/class/drm/card1/edid: No such file or directory
=================
/sys/class/drm/card1-eDP-2
edid-decode (hex):

00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 0e 6f 00 16 00 00 00 00
00 1e 01 04 b5 22 16 78 03 ee 95 a3 54 4c 99 26
0f 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
01 01 01 01 01 01 6e 6e 00 a0 a0 40 84 60 30 20
36 00 59 d7 10 00 00 18 00 00 00 fd 0c 3c a5 1f
1f 4e 01 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fe 00 43
53 4f 54 20 54 33 0a 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fe
00 4d 4e 47 30 30 37 44 41 31 2d 31 0a 20 01 03

02 03 1d 00 e3 05 80 00 e6 06 05 01 6a 6a 24 6d
1a 00 00 02 03 3c a5 00 04 6a 24 6a 24 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff

----------------

Block 0, Base EDID:
  EDID Structure Version & Revision: 1.4
  Vendor & Product Identification:
    Manufacturer: CSO
    Model: 5632
    Made in: 2020
  Basic Display Parameters & Features:
    Digital display
    Bits per primary color channel: 10
    DisplayPort interface
    Maximum image size: 34 cm x 22 cm
    Gamma: 2.20
    Supported color formats: RGB 4:4:4
    First detailed timing includes the native pixel format and preferred refresh rate
    Display supports continuous frequencies
  Color Characteristics:
    Red  : 0.6396, 0.3300
    Green: 0.2998, 0.5996
    Blue : 0.1503, 0.0595
    White: 0.3134, 0.3291
  Established Timings I & II: none
  Standard Timings: none
  Detailed Timing Descriptors:
    DTD 1:  2560x1600   60.007981 Hz  16:10   103.934 kHz    282.700000 MHz (345 mm x 215 mm)
                 Hfront   48 Hsync  32 Hback   80 Hpol N
                 Vfront    3 Vsync   6 Vback  123 Vpol N
    Display Range Limits:
      Monitor ranges (Range Limits Only): 60-165 Hz V, 286-286 kHz H, max dotclock 780 MHz
    Alphanumeric Data String: 'CSOT T3'
    Alphanumeric Data String: 'MNG007DA1-1'
  Extension blocks: 1
Checksum: 0x03

----------------

Block 1, CTA-861 Extension Block:
  Revision: 3
  Native detailed modes: 0
  Colorimetry Data Block:
    BT2020RGB
  HDR Static Metadata Data Block:
    Electro optical transfer functions:
      Traditional gamma - SDR luminance range
      SMPTE ST2084
    Supported static metadata descriptors:
      Static metadata type 1
    Desired content max luminance: 106 (496.743 cd/m^2)
    Desired content max frame-average luminance: 106 (496.743 cd/m^2)
    Desired content min luminance: 36 (0.099 cd/m^2)
  Vendor-Specific Data Block (AMD), OUI 00-00-1A:
    Version: 2.3
    Minimum Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
    Maximum Refresh Rate: 165 Hz
    Flags 1.x: 0x00
    Flags 2.x: 0x04
    Maximum luminance: 106 (496.743 cd/m^2)
    Minimum luminance: 36 (0.099 cd/m^2)
    Maximum luminance (without local dimming): 106 (496.743 cd/m^2)
    Minimum luminance (without local dimming): 36 (0.099 cd/m^2)
Checksum: 0xff  Unused space in Extension Block: 98 bytes
=================

seth wrote:

Also enable https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA … de_setting

I believe I have already done that

clara-lmao · 2023-11-09 15:05:35

Oh I forgot to say that I use KDE as my DE, so the compositor is Kwin.

seth · 2023-11-09 15:12:10

  Detailed Timing Descriptors:
    DTD 1:  2560x1600   60.007981 Hz  16:10   103.934 kHz    282.700000 MHz (345 mm x 215 mm)
                 Hfront   48 Hsync  32 Hback   80 Hpol N
                 Vfront    3 Vsync   6 Vback  123 Vpol N

And that's it.

Display supports continuous frequencies
…
    Minimum Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
    Maximum Refresh Rate: 165 Hz

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Variable_refresh_rate

What does the edid look like on the GPU?
(If VRR fails you, one might try to inject that edid into the hybrid system)

clara-lmao · 2023-11-09 15:15:43

I was able to change into x11 now so here is the xrandr

[clara@Arch-Oogway ~]$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2560 x 1600, maximum 16384 x 16384
eDP-1 connected primary 2560x1600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 345mm x 215mm
   2560x1600     60.01*+
   1920x1200     60.01  
   1920x1080     60.01  
   1600x1200     60.01  
   1680x1050     60.01  
   1280x1024     60.01  
   1440x900      60.01  
   1280x800      60.01  
   1280x720      60.01  
   1024x768      60.01  
   800x600       60.01  
   640x480       60.01  
DP-1-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-4 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

It is still stuck on 60hz but it feels a lot more responsive, maybe there's more latency on Wayland?

seth wrote:

And that's it.

I tried to turn on vrr but there was no difference and it was still locked to 60fps in games

seth wrote:

What does the edid look like on the GPU?

I will restart and check now!

clara-lmao · 2023-11-09 15:21:18

This is the edid on the NVIDIA card, and on x11 because I just got a black screen when trying to use wayland

[clara@Arch-Oogway ~]$ for OUT in /sys/class/drm/card0*; do echo $OUT; edid-decode $OUT/edid; echo "================="; done
/sys/class/drm/card0
/sys/class/drm/card0/edid: No such file or directory
=================
/sys/class/drm/card0-DP-1
EDID of '/sys/class/drm/card0-DP-1/edid' was empty.
=================
/sys/class/drm/card0-DP-2
EDID of '/sys/class/drm/card0-DP-2/edid' was empty.
=================
/sys/class/drm/card0-eDP-1
edid-decode (hex):

00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 0e 6f 00 16 00 00 00 00
00 1e 01 04 b5 22 16 78 03 ee 95 a3 54 4c 99 26
0f 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
01 01 01 01 01 01 6e 6e 00 a0 a0 40 84 60 30 20
36 00 59 d7 10 00 00 18 00 00 00 fd 0c 3c a5 1f
1f 4e 01 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fe 00 43
53 4f 54 20 54 33 0a 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fe
00 4d 4e 47 30 30 37 44 41 31 2d 31 0a 20 02 02

02 03 1d 00 e3 05 80 00 e6 06 05 01 6a 6a 24 6d
1a 00 00 02 03 3c a5 00 04 6a 24 6a 24 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff

70 13 79 00 00 03 01 14 ac 2f 01 85 ff 09 9f 00
2f 00 1f 00 3f 06 83 00 02 00 05 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 37 90

----------------

Block 0, Base EDID:
  EDID Structure Version & Revision: 1.4
  Vendor & Product Identification:
    Manufacturer: CSO
    Model: 5632
    Made in: 2020
  Basic Display Parameters & Features:
    Digital display
    Bits per primary color channel: 10
    DisplayPort interface
    Maximum image size: 34 cm x 22 cm
    Gamma: 2.20
    Supported color formats: RGB 4:4:4
    First detailed timing includes the native pixel format and preferred refresh rate
    Display supports continuous frequencies
  Color Characteristics:
    Red  : 0.6396, 0.3300
    Green: 0.2998, 0.5996
    Blue : 0.1503, 0.0595
    White: 0.3134, 0.3291
  Established Timings I & II: none
  Standard Timings: none
  Detailed Timing Descriptors:
    DTD 1:  2560x1600   60.007981 Hz  16:10   103.934 kHz    282.700000 MHz (345 mm x 215 mm)
                 Hfront   48 Hsync  32 Hback   80 Hpol N
                 Vfront    3 Vsync   6 Vback  123 Vpol N
    Display Range Limits:
      Monitor ranges (Range Limits Only): 60-165 Hz V, 286-286 kHz H, max dotclock 780 MHz
    Alphanumeric Data String: 'CSOT T3'
    Alphanumeric Data String: 'MNG007DA1-1'
  Extension blocks: 2
Checksum: 0x02

----------------

Block 1, CTA-861 Extension Block:
  Revision: 3
  Native detailed modes: 0
  Colorimetry Data Block:
    BT2020RGB
  HDR Static Metadata Data Block:
    Electro optical transfer functions:
      Traditional gamma - SDR luminance range
      SMPTE ST2084
    Supported static metadata descriptors:
      Static metadata type 1
    Desired content max luminance: 106 (496.743 cd/m^2)
    Desired content max frame-average luminance: 106 (496.743 cd/m^2)
    Desired content min luminance: 36 (0.099 cd/m^2)
  Vendor-Specific Data Block (AMD), OUI 00-00-1A:
    Version: 2.3
    Minimum Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
    Maximum Refresh Rate: 165 Hz
    Flags 1.x: 0x00
    Flags 2.x: 0x04
    Maximum luminance: 106 (496.743 cd/m^2)
    Minimum luminance: 36 (0.099 cd/m^2)
    Maximum luminance (without local dimming): 106 (496.743 cd/m^2)
    Minimum luminance (without local dimming): 36 (0.099 cd/m^2)
Checksum: 0xff  Unused space in Extension Block: 98 bytes

----------------

Block 2, DisplayID Extension Block:
  Version: 1.3
  Extension Count: 0
  Display Product Type: Extension Section
  Video Timing Modes Type 1 - Detailed Timings Data Block:
    DTD:  2560x1600  165.018764 Hz  16:10   285.812 kHz    777.410000 MHz (aspect 16:10, no 3D stereo, preferred)
               Hfront   48 Hsync  32 Hback   80 Hpol N
               Vfront    3 Vsync   6 Vback  123 Vpol N
  Checksum: 0x37
Checksum: 0x90
=================
/sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1
EDID of '/sys/class/drm/card0-HDMI-A-1/edid' was empty.
=================

seth · 2023-11-09 15:29:32

http://0x0.st/HtI3.bin
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel … s_and_EDID

This is however not VRR capable,

I tried to turn on vrr but there was no difference and it was still locked to 60fps in games

1. tried how?
2. measured difference "how"? => https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Variab … te#Testing
3. "games" are not a very good metric here - the game might have an internal maxfps or derive that from the modeline (instead of just swapping) or simply not be able to render faster

clara-lmao · 2023-11-09 15:49:31

I tried it by turning adaptive sync on in the kde display settings

I didn't measure the difference other than feel before now

I tried the test tool with hybrid graphics on wayland and it dropped frames when vsync was not turned on and it was set to 165hz, so I am guessing it is not working?

seth wrote:

This is however not VRR capable

Could it be because I did it on X11?

seth · 2023-11-09 15:55:26

Could it be because I did it on X11?

No, the EDID is provided by the output (and the driver) - the display server is irrelevant.

I tried it by turning adaptive sync on in the kde display settings

X11 or wayland?

it dropped frames when vsync was not turned on

But that's to be expected.

and it was set to 165hz

On the GPU or w/ the edid injected into the hybrid system?
How does glxgears behave (on X11, to not make things too complicated) - visually and what FPS does it report?

clara-lmao · 2023-11-09 16:03:01

I did the thing and it works perfectly now!! Thank you so much!!!

Is there a way to mark the post as solved?

clara-lmao · 2023-11-09 16:05:57

How does glxgears behave (on X11, to not make things too complicated) - visually and what FPS does it report?

I did it on wayland as I wanted to try that before having to restart the session, and it reported 165hz!!

seth · 2023-11-09 16:08:24

Mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

And also please briefly explain "the thing" to record your actual solution for future readers.

clara-lmao · 2023-11-09 16:38:22

And also please briefly explain "the thing" to record your actual solution for future readers.

Alright!
Hello future readers! I followed the instructions in the link seth sent (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel … s_and_EDID) with the EDID file that was in the same message (I do not know how that was created). I renamed the EDID file to 2560x1600 as that is the resolution of the monitor and copied it to /usr/lib/firmware/edid/, and added

drm.edid_firmware=edid/2560x1600.bin

to my grub kernel parameters using grub customizer. After that I just rebooted and did the tests and everything worked flawlessly!

seth · 2023-11-09 20:09:20

I do not know how that was created

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/hex2bin-git - but you could also have copied the edid file from the sysfs.

Benkle · 2024-12-08 10:06:21

Hi, I'm experiencing this same issue and have the same laptop (Legion 5 pro w/ 3070), and tried solving by following this thread, however I'm unable to obtain edid-decode-git, and so tried using the EDID Seth provided and updating the Grub using grub customiser, but unfortunately I had no success.

Any suggestions?

Head_on_a_Stick · 2024-12-08 10:10:59

Benkle wrote:

updating the Grub using grub customiser

Check /proc/cmdline to see if grub-customiser has managed to work.

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