Is AMD's TurboCore dead on Ubuntu 16.04?
I know that many people will say "it automatically kicks in regardless of software your settings" but that's not true. I'm not a noob.
I'm on an AMD A6-4400m with regular frequency of 2.7 GHz, up to 3.2Ghz with TurboCore. But it seems that turbocore only works when propietary drivers are installed (am I wrong?). As of Ubuntu 16.04, fglrx support has been dropped so I don't find a way to install them or enable TurboCore.
This is the output of sudo cpupower frequency-info:
boost state support:
Supported: yes
Active: no
Boost States: 2
Total States: 8
Pstate-Pb0: 3200MHz (boost state)
Pstate-Pb1: 2900MHz (boost state)
Pstate-P0: 2700MHz
Output of cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost:
1
Yes, I ran "sudo modprobe msr" before running that command. Whether on battery or plugged in TurboCore won't kick in, but with Ubuntu 14.04+fglrx it kicks in fine and in the boost state it will say that it's active. I can even notice that TurboCore is working because cpufreq-aperf will show the turbocore frequencies. Is there any solution for this with the open source amd drivers? Or tell me, there won't be a solution and I should downgrade to Ubuntu 14.04?
EDIT: What's even worse is that a clean Windows 8.1 installation is able to reach TurboCore frequencie, without amd's drivers. The radeon driver seems to be buggy.
16.04 fglrx
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I know that many people will say "it automatically kicks in regardless of software your settings" but that's not true. I'm not a noob.
I'm on an AMD A6-4400m with regular frequency of 2.7 GHz, up to 3.2Ghz with TurboCore. But it seems that turbocore only works when propietary drivers are installed (am I wrong?). As of Ubuntu 16.04, fglrx support has been dropped so I don't find a way to install them or enable TurboCore.
This is the output of sudo cpupower frequency-info:
boost state support:
Supported: yes
Active: no
Boost States: 2
Total States: 8
Pstate-Pb0: 3200MHz (boost state)
Pstate-Pb1: 2900MHz (boost state)
Pstate-P0: 2700MHz
Output of cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost:
1
Yes, I ran "sudo modprobe msr" before running that command. Whether on battery or plugged in TurboCore won't kick in, but with Ubuntu 14.04+fglrx it kicks in fine and in the boost state it will say that it's active. I can even notice that TurboCore is working because cpufreq-aperf will show the turbocore frequencies. Is there any solution for this with the open source amd drivers? Or tell me, there won't be a solution and I should downgrade to Ubuntu 14.04?
EDIT: What's even worse is that a clean Windows 8.1 installation is able to reach TurboCore frequencie, without amd's drivers. The radeon driver seems to be buggy.
16.04 fglrx
Have you installed the microcode for your CPU via hardware drivers?
– Arup Roy Chowdhury
Jun 19 '16 at 2:52
Yes. Should I uninstall it?
– Høst
Jun 19 '16 at 3:06
No leave it as its necessary. Have you checked and updated your BIOS.
– Arup Roy Chowdhury
Jun 19 '16 at 5:11
My bios doesn't have anything related to it. It's system driven so I guess there must be something wrong in the open source driver.
– Høst
Jun 19 '16 at 6:38
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I know that many people will say "it automatically kicks in regardless of software your settings" but that's not true. I'm not a noob.
I'm on an AMD A6-4400m with regular frequency of 2.7 GHz, up to 3.2Ghz with TurboCore. But it seems that turbocore only works when propietary drivers are installed (am I wrong?). As of Ubuntu 16.04, fglrx support has been dropped so I don't find a way to install them or enable TurboCore.
This is the output of sudo cpupower frequency-info:
boost state support:
Supported: yes
Active: no
Boost States: 2
Total States: 8
Pstate-Pb0: 3200MHz (boost state)
Pstate-Pb1: 2900MHz (boost state)
Pstate-P0: 2700MHz
Output of cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost:
1
Yes, I ran "sudo modprobe msr" before running that command. Whether on battery or plugged in TurboCore won't kick in, but with Ubuntu 14.04+fglrx it kicks in fine and in the boost state it will say that it's active. I can even notice that TurboCore is working because cpufreq-aperf will show the turbocore frequencies. Is there any solution for this with the open source amd drivers? Or tell me, there won't be a solution and I should downgrade to Ubuntu 14.04?
EDIT: What's even worse is that a clean Windows 8.1 installation is able to reach TurboCore frequencie, without amd's drivers. The radeon driver seems to be buggy.
16.04 fglrx
I know that many people will say "it automatically kicks in regardless of software your settings" but that's not true. I'm not a noob.
I'm on an AMD A6-4400m with regular frequency of 2.7 GHz, up to 3.2Ghz with TurboCore. But it seems that turbocore only works when propietary drivers are installed (am I wrong?). As of Ubuntu 16.04, fglrx support has been dropped so I don't find a way to install them or enable TurboCore.
This is the output of sudo cpupower frequency-info:
boost state support:
Supported: yes
Active: no
Boost States: 2
Total States: 8
Pstate-Pb0: 3200MHz (boost state)
Pstate-Pb1: 2900MHz (boost state)
Pstate-P0: 2700MHz
Output of cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq/boost:
1
Yes, I ran "sudo modprobe msr" before running that command. Whether on battery or plugged in TurboCore won't kick in, but with Ubuntu 14.04+fglrx it kicks in fine and in the boost state it will say that it's active. I can even notice that TurboCore is working because cpufreq-aperf will show the turbocore frequencies. Is there any solution for this with the open source amd drivers? Or tell me, there won't be a solution and I should downgrade to Ubuntu 14.04?
EDIT: What's even worse is that a clean Windows 8.1 installation is able to reach TurboCore frequencie, without amd's drivers. The radeon driver seems to be buggy.
16.04 fglrx
16.04 fglrx
edited Jun 19 '16 at 1:23
Høst
asked Jun 19 '16 at 0:40
HøstHøst
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Have you installed the microcode for your CPU via hardware drivers?
– Arup Roy Chowdhury
Jun 19 '16 at 2:52
Yes. Should I uninstall it?
– Høst
Jun 19 '16 at 3:06
No leave it as its necessary. Have you checked and updated your BIOS.
– Arup Roy Chowdhury
Jun 19 '16 at 5:11
My bios doesn't have anything related to it. It's system driven so I guess there must be something wrong in the open source driver.
– Høst
Jun 19 '16 at 6:38
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Have you installed the microcode for your CPU via hardware drivers?
– Arup Roy Chowdhury
Jun 19 '16 at 2:52
Yes. Should I uninstall it?
– Høst
Jun 19 '16 at 3:06
No leave it as its necessary. Have you checked and updated your BIOS.
– Arup Roy Chowdhury
Jun 19 '16 at 5:11
My bios doesn't have anything related to it. It's system driven so I guess there must be something wrong in the open source driver.
– Høst
Jun 19 '16 at 6:38
Have you installed the microcode for your CPU via hardware drivers?
– Arup Roy Chowdhury
Jun 19 '16 at 2:52
Have you installed the microcode for your CPU via hardware drivers?
– Arup Roy Chowdhury
Jun 19 '16 at 2:52
Yes. Should I uninstall it?
– Høst
Jun 19 '16 at 3:06
Yes. Should I uninstall it?
– Høst
Jun 19 '16 at 3:06
No leave it as its necessary. Have you checked and updated your BIOS.
– Arup Roy Chowdhury
Jun 19 '16 at 5:11
No leave it as its necessary. Have you checked and updated your BIOS.
– Arup Roy Chowdhury
Jun 19 '16 at 5:11
My bios doesn't have anything related to it. It's system driven so I guess there must be something wrong in the open source driver.
– Høst
Jun 19 '16 at 6:38
My bios doesn't have anything related to it. It's system driven so I guess there must be something wrong in the open source driver.
– Høst
Jun 19 '16 at 6:38
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Just found a way to make TurboCore working. Edited /etc/default/grub with nano and modified the line with GRUB_CMD_LINUX_[...], ending up with something like this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash **radeon.bapm=1**"
Then
sudo update grub; sudo modprobe msr
and
sudo cpufreq-aperf
And see if your processor is indeed using TurboCore speeds. Plus you can see if your processor is using its UV frequencies with powersave as governor (for instance, my proc's lowest frequency is 1.4GHz, but it sometimes goes 1.2-1.0 GHz).
It's worth to mention too that to get the most out of your proc you'll need to set the default governor to Perfomance. Oh, and I forgot, once the processor heats up (>70°C), even if you force your processor to its max frequency (let's say, mine is 2.7GHz) it will start throttling down and it won't use TurboCore until the processor gets cooled down. This doesn't happen in windows, so the radeon driver is still buggy.
My laptop also throttles to 1.2 Ghz from 2.3 - 2.8 Ghz although the temperature is only 75C . In Ubuntu 14.04 with fglrx the boost lasts longer and only throttles to 2.0 Ghz after 5 minutes of Prime 95 . My CPU is A8-4500M quad-core
– Suici Doga
Oct 23 '16 at 1:56
My processor is a8 4500m. After applying the above settings my pc doesn't boots at all.
– Samim
Feb 3 at 15:38
quiet splash radeon.bapm=1
is what i tried. Are those asterisks needed
– Samim
Feb 3 at 15:39
@SuiciDoga : Did you try these settings in ubuntu 18.04
– Samim
Feb 3 at 16:16
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This method works in 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish.
# apt install linux-tools-generic
# nano /etc/default/grub
Change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= "quiet splash radeon.bapm=1". CTRL+X, y, enter to save changes.
# update-grub
# reboot
Running an A8-5557M, and confirmed by using Ubuntu MATE's CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor panel applet.
add a comment |
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Just found a way to make TurboCore working. Edited /etc/default/grub with nano and modified the line with GRUB_CMD_LINUX_[...], ending up with something like this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash **radeon.bapm=1**"
Then
sudo update grub; sudo modprobe msr
and
sudo cpufreq-aperf
And see if your processor is indeed using TurboCore speeds. Plus you can see if your processor is using its UV frequencies with powersave as governor (for instance, my proc's lowest frequency is 1.4GHz, but it sometimes goes 1.2-1.0 GHz).
It's worth to mention too that to get the most out of your proc you'll need to set the default governor to Perfomance. Oh, and I forgot, once the processor heats up (>70°C), even if you force your processor to its max frequency (let's say, mine is 2.7GHz) it will start throttling down and it won't use TurboCore until the processor gets cooled down. This doesn't happen in windows, so the radeon driver is still buggy.
My laptop also throttles to 1.2 Ghz from 2.3 - 2.8 Ghz although the temperature is only 75C . In Ubuntu 14.04 with fglrx the boost lasts longer and only throttles to 2.0 Ghz after 5 minutes of Prime 95 . My CPU is A8-4500M quad-core
– Suici Doga
Oct 23 '16 at 1:56
My processor is a8 4500m. After applying the above settings my pc doesn't boots at all.
– Samim
Feb 3 at 15:38
quiet splash radeon.bapm=1
is what i tried. Are those asterisks needed
– Samim
Feb 3 at 15:39
@SuiciDoga : Did you try these settings in ubuntu 18.04
– Samim
Feb 3 at 16:16
add a comment |
Just found a way to make TurboCore working. Edited /etc/default/grub with nano and modified the line with GRUB_CMD_LINUX_[...], ending up with something like this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash **radeon.bapm=1**"
Then
sudo update grub; sudo modprobe msr
and
sudo cpufreq-aperf
And see if your processor is indeed using TurboCore speeds. Plus you can see if your processor is using its UV frequencies with powersave as governor (for instance, my proc's lowest frequency is 1.4GHz, but it sometimes goes 1.2-1.0 GHz).
It's worth to mention too that to get the most out of your proc you'll need to set the default governor to Perfomance. Oh, and I forgot, once the processor heats up (>70°C), even if you force your processor to its max frequency (let's say, mine is 2.7GHz) it will start throttling down and it won't use TurboCore until the processor gets cooled down. This doesn't happen in windows, so the radeon driver is still buggy.
My laptop also throttles to 1.2 Ghz from 2.3 - 2.8 Ghz although the temperature is only 75C . In Ubuntu 14.04 with fglrx the boost lasts longer and only throttles to 2.0 Ghz after 5 minutes of Prime 95 . My CPU is A8-4500M quad-core
– Suici Doga
Oct 23 '16 at 1:56
My processor is a8 4500m. After applying the above settings my pc doesn't boots at all.
– Samim
Feb 3 at 15:38
quiet splash radeon.bapm=1
is what i tried. Are those asterisks needed
– Samim
Feb 3 at 15:39
@SuiciDoga : Did you try these settings in ubuntu 18.04
– Samim
Feb 3 at 16:16
add a comment |
Just found a way to make TurboCore working. Edited /etc/default/grub with nano and modified the line with GRUB_CMD_LINUX_[...], ending up with something like this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash **radeon.bapm=1**"
Then
sudo update grub; sudo modprobe msr
and
sudo cpufreq-aperf
And see if your processor is indeed using TurboCore speeds. Plus you can see if your processor is using its UV frequencies with powersave as governor (for instance, my proc's lowest frequency is 1.4GHz, but it sometimes goes 1.2-1.0 GHz).
It's worth to mention too that to get the most out of your proc you'll need to set the default governor to Perfomance. Oh, and I forgot, once the processor heats up (>70°C), even if you force your processor to its max frequency (let's say, mine is 2.7GHz) it will start throttling down and it won't use TurboCore until the processor gets cooled down. This doesn't happen in windows, so the radeon driver is still buggy.
Just found a way to make TurboCore working. Edited /etc/default/grub with nano and modified the line with GRUB_CMD_LINUX_[...], ending up with something like this:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash **radeon.bapm=1**"
Then
sudo update grub; sudo modprobe msr
and
sudo cpufreq-aperf
And see if your processor is indeed using TurboCore speeds. Plus you can see if your processor is using its UV frequencies with powersave as governor (for instance, my proc's lowest frequency is 1.4GHz, but it sometimes goes 1.2-1.0 GHz).
It's worth to mention too that to get the most out of your proc you'll need to set the default governor to Perfomance. Oh, and I forgot, once the processor heats up (>70°C), even if you force your processor to its max frequency (let's say, mine is 2.7GHz) it will start throttling down and it won't use TurboCore until the processor gets cooled down. This doesn't happen in windows, so the radeon driver is still buggy.
answered Jun 24 '16 at 4:02
HøstHøst
364
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My laptop also throttles to 1.2 Ghz from 2.3 - 2.8 Ghz although the temperature is only 75C . In Ubuntu 14.04 with fglrx the boost lasts longer and only throttles to 2.0 Ghz after 5 minutes of Prime 95 . My CPU is A8-4500M quad-core
– Suici Doga
Oct 23 '16 at 1:56
My processor is a8 4500m. After applying the above settings my pc doesn't boots at all.
– Samim
Feb 3 at 15:38
quiet splash radeon.bapm=1
is what i tried. Are those asterisks needed
– Samim
Feb 3 at 15:39
@SuiciDoga : Did you try these settings in ubuntu 18.04
– Samim
Feb 3 at 16:16
add a comment |
My laptop also throttles to 1.2 Ghz from 2.3 - 2.8 Ghz although the temperature is only 75C . In Ubuntu 14.04 with fglrx the boost lasts longer and only throttles to 2.0 Ghz after 5 minutes of Prime 95 . My CPU is A8-4500M quad-core
– Suici Doga
Oct 23 '16 at 1:56
My processor is a8 4500m. After applying the above settings my pc doesn't boots at all.
– Samim
Feb 3 at 15:38
quiet splash radeon.bapm=1
is what i tried. Are those asterisks needed
– Samim
Feb 3 at 15:39
@SuiciDoga : Did you try these settings in ubuntu 18.04
– Samim
Feb 3 at 16:16
My laptop also throttles to 1.2 Ghz from 2.3 - 2.8 Ghz although the temperature is only 75C . In Ubuntu 14.04 with fglrx the boost lasts longer and only throttles to 2.0 Ghz after 5 minutes of Prime 95 . My CPU is A8-4500M quad-core
– Suici Doga
Oct 23 '16 at 1:56
My laptop also throttles to 1.2 Ghz from 2.3 - 2.8 Ghz although the temperature is only 75C . In Ubuntu 14.04 with fglrx the boost lasts longer and only throttles to 2.0 Ghz after 5 minutes of Prime 95 . My CPU is A8-4500M quad-core
– Suici Doga
Oct 23 '16 at 1:56
My processor is a8 4500m. After applying the above settings my pc doesn't boots at all.
– Samim
Feb 3 at 15:38
My processor is a8 4500m. After applying the above settings my pc doesn't boots at all.
– Samim
Feb 3 at 15:38
quiet splash radeon.bapm=1
is what i tried. Are those asterisks needed– Samim
Feb 3 at 15:39
quiet splash radeon.bapm=1
is what i tried. Are those asterisks needed– Samim
Feb 3 at 15:39
@SuiciDoga : Did you try these settings in ubuntu 18.04
– Samim
Feb 3 at 16:16
@SuiciDoga : Did you try these settings in ubuntu 18.04
– Samim
Feb 3 at 16:16
add a comment |
This method works in 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish.
# apt install linux-tools-generic
# nano /etc/default/grub
Change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= "quiet splash radeon.bapm=1". CTRL+X, y, enter to save changes.
# update-grub
# reboot
Running an A8-5557M, and confirmed by using Ubuntu MATE's CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor panel applet.
add a comment |
This method works in 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish.
# apt install linux-tools-generic
# nano /etc/default/grub
Change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= "quiet splash radeon.bapm=1". CTRL+X, y, enter to save changes.
# update-grub
# reboot
Running an A8-5557M, and confirmed by using Ubuntu MATE's CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor panel applet.
add a comment |
This method works in 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish.
# apt install linux-tools-generic
# nano /etc/default/grub
Change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= "quiet splash radeon.bapm=1". CTRL+X, y, enter to save changes.
# update-grub
# reboot
Running an A8-5557M, and confirmed by using Ubuntu MATE's CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor panel applet.
This method works in 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish.
# apt install linux-tools-generic
# nano /etc/default/grub
Change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= "quiet splash radeon.bapm=1". CTRL+X, y, enter to save changes.
# update-grub
# reboot
Running an A8-5557M, and confirmed by using Ubuntu MATE's CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor panel applet.
answered Feb 3 at 16:36
RedmageRedmage
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Have you installed the microcode for your CPU via hardware drivers?
– Arup Roy Chowdhury
Jun 19 '16 at 2:52
Yes. Should I uninstall it?
– Høst
Jun 19 '16 at 3:06
No leave it as its necessary. Have you checked and updated your BIOS.
– Arup Roy Chowdhury
Jun 19 '16 at 5:11
My bios doesn't have anything related to it. It's system driven so I guess there must be something wrong in the open source driver.
– Høst
Jun 19 '16 at 6:38