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Re: AMD Memory Tweak - Read and modify memory timings on the fly - [Vega Friendly]
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pbfarmer
on 29/03/2019, 22:10:59 UTC
you’re prob running 225-250w for that 2100h/s, or about 80-100w more than you would need for 2000, without timing mods (I got 2K @ 837mv.)  +50% power for +5% h/r is not worth it - even if your power is free!

Normally 1500MHz needs around 925mV. I don't get those sub 850 numbers. Do you have a watt meter on it? Vddci is also set to <837?

to do the math in my case:  975/925=1.054  and 1.054^2 = 1.11 (+11%), and considering the higher clock, that means power consumption is only ~15% higher then before.


@coinscrow:
Thank you mate, going to try that!

Even 1500MHz is high - ~1400Mhz effective is a pretty efficient spot from all my testing. That combined w/ keeping your SOC <= 1107 MHz, generally allows <= 850mv.  My 50% number was based on 1030 vs 837mv - even @ 975 it would be 35%+. 

My 56 is plugged into a PDU, but on a mixed rig currently, so hard to isolate.  Though I have benched every GPU i own on a meter in the past (w/ multiple algos,) and tend to see 1400/1107 @ 837 eating around 160-170w (64 bios).

As to the 'mem/vddci' setting - since it's really just a vddc floor, in Windows I make it a point to always just set it well below my active state, while in linux I just use ppts, so it's forced by nature of being a table ref.