Comm=
ent # 121
on bug 10995=
5
from =
Mauro Gaspari
(In reply to blppt from comment #120)
> I dont have anything to attach here, but same is=
sue here, ubuntu 19.04,
> kernel 5.4-rc3, vega64 W/C, Mesa 19.3.0 -- it only seems to occur with=
DXVK
> and not D9VK for some reason.
>=20
> Example: GW2 (DX9 game) will work perfectly under heavy load in WvW wi=
th
> massive zergs for hours with no crash, but FFXIV (DX11) will always lo=
ck the
> entire system up after a time.
>=20
> That being said, when you force the top clock using
>=20
> echo manual > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/power_dpm_force_performan=
ce_level
>=20
> and
>=20
> echo 7 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_dpm_sclk
>=20
> FFXIV no longer locks the system at all. It does eat up a good deal mo=
re
> watts according to my UPS meter though, so resetting to auto is necess=
ary
> IMHO.
>=20
> So, it sounds like you guys are on the right track with the whole &quo=
t;power
> management" thing being the culprit. Just wanted to add my experi=
ence to
> this.
>=20
> (and yes, echoing the guy above, the exact same system is stable in wi=
ndows
> 10, so its not a hardware issue).
I agree with this. I am having much better experience myself even without
commands to force the power performance level by doing:
- change game to windowed or full-screen borderless (fixed window)
- disable vsync
- disable frame limiter
by doing the above 3, it seems that GPU is forced into max power state all =
the
time while playing. I have been using this method for a few days with DXVK
games and I had no freeze so far.
But again this is just a temporary workaround. So is the command to manually
force high power performance level. Hopefully a permanent fix comes with
AMDGPU/Kernel updates.