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AMD Radeon Software Overclock Not Applying

geokilla

geokilla

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I have my XFX 7950 overclock set and applied in the AMD Radeon Software. However ever since I upgraded from Catalyst to Radeon Software, it seems that overclock doesn't work anymore. GPU-Z confirms that my GPU is running at stock speeds. Anyone know about this bug or know how to fix it? I've already reinstalled the latest 16.1 drivers but still no luck.
 
Haven't heard of any overclocking issues in Crimson software yet. May need to uninstall and reinstall a fresh set of Crimson, removing all the older software in the process.
 
Not sure if it will help you, but if you use MSI Afterburner, go into Settings->General->Extend official overclocking limits (requires reboot).
 
This may seem like a silly suggestion, but are you hitting the apply button after the overclock in crimson software? The other sections of the software don't have an apply button, but the overdrive section does and it's at the top right instead of the bottom right as is common.
 
I would recommend using MSI Afterburner or Sapphire Trixx instead anyways...
 
XFXSupport said:
Haven't heard of any overclocking issues in Crimson software yet. May need to uninstall and reinstall a fresh set of Crimson, removing all the older software in the process.
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That's what I did. Uninstalled the old ones, ran DDU in Safe Mode, then installed new ones. Still no luck.

crisium said:
Not sure if it will help you, but if you use MSI Afterburner, go into Settings->General->Extend official overclocking limits (requires reboot).
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Tried that. No luck. It used to overclock just fine on the AMD Catalyst drivers.

Hitman928 said:
This may seem like a silly suggestion, but are you hitting the apply button after the overclock in crimson software? The other sections of the software don't have an apply button, but the overdrive section does and it's at the top right instead of the bottom right as is common.
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Yes I did. It applies that one time then it doesn't stick on reboot. It'll claim the GPU is running at overclocked speeds but in reality, it isn't. GPU-Z and MSI Afterburner confirms that.
 
^^^ This problem happened to me. I would adjust my overclock with AMD's Trixx software and verified it was active. After I played a session in a game, came back from sleep mode, or reset my rig, the GPU clock would reset according to GPU-Z (the memory clock always remained OC'd though).

I fixed it by re-adjusting my OC, hitting apply in Trixx, then going into Crimson's OC page and applying it there as well. I haven't had a problem since.
 
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Are your sure it's not working correctly? Here is a pic of me playing Star Citizen and I can change the OC on my 7850 and it shows correctly.
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i know this is a 2 years old thread but i really need your help, i have an XFX 7730
having the same issue as yours, my overclock applies but after a while it resets to the stock clocks tho the overclock is still applied, resetting the OC didn't help, used Trixx, MSI after burner, AMD's overdrive. still stuck with the same issue, the only thing that seems to work is restating windows or restarting the drivers
i really hope to get an answer from you
 
You've clearly disabled the software autostart element that applies the clocks at start. What it does is it applies a software modification, and if the autostart component doesn't start when starting windows(restarting, sleep mode, shut down)it won't apply your profile clocks.
 
Guru said:
You've clearly disabled the software autostart element that applies the clocks at start. What it does is it applies a software modification, and if the autostart component doesn't start when starting windows(restarting, sleep mode, shut down)it won't apply your profile clocks.
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... and even if it does apply, if the GPU driver resets and re-inits, it often locks in BIOS-defined "failsafe" clocks, which are no longer adjustable using OverDrive, until a reboot.
 
it has nothing to do with applying any clocks at the startup, anyway i found out what it was all about. any apps using Hardware Acceleration triggers the 2D profile which has the stock clocks. the problem is it would NOT switch back to 3D profile after closing this app.
i rolled back to 17.7.1 and my problem is solved.
but i'm having some crashes in some games that i didn't use to get so if someone knows a more stable a version or if i can reach out to AMD's support so they can probably fix it
 
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