Hi,

Yes, they are 4k monitors. Any reason for such and expected boost for them?

BTW: I try to increase blanking periods for both monitors without any change.

Jaroslav P.

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> Hi Jaroslav,
> Are both of your monitors 4K resolution?
> Then most likely the memory clock is expected to be boosted.
> Thanks.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amd-gfx <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Alex 
> Deucher
> Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 11:07 PM
> To: Jaroslav Pulchart <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: High Power Consumption of AMD RX6800xt in Idle with Secondary 
> Monitor Connected
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> On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 3:25 AM Jaroslav Pulchart 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Dear AMD GPU Kernel Maintainers,
> >
> > I am writing to report an issue with high power consumption of my AMD
> > RX6800xt graphics card when a secondary monitor is connected.
> >
> > Upon investigation, I observed that my desktop computer generates more
> > heat while idling. I determined that the high power consumption issue
> > arises when I connect a secondary monitor to my AMD RX6800xt card,
> > causing it to consume approximately 40W of power in idle state .
> >
> > I checked the "GFX Clocks and Power:" in
> > /sys/kernel/debug/dri/1/amdgpu_pm_info of my RX6800xt during idle, and
> > here are the findings:
> >
> > With the secondary monitor connected memory frequency is up and
> > constantly at 1000MHz:
> >         1000 MHz (MCLK)
> >         3 MHz (SCLK)
> >         1825 MHz (PSTATE_SCLK)
> >         1000 MHz (PSTATE_MCLK)
> >         856 mV (VDDGFX)
> >         45.00 W (average SoC)
> >
> > Single monitor connected:
> >         96 MHz (MCLK)
> >         0 MHz (SCLK)
> >         1825 MHz (PSTATE_SCLK)
> >         1000 MHz (PSTATE_MCLK)
> >         6 mV (VDDGFX)
> >         8.00 W (average SoC)
> >
> > The significant difference in power consumption between the two states
> > indicates a potential issue in power management that needs to be
> > addressed. Your assistance in resolving this matter would be greatly
> > appreciated.
>
> It depends on the timing of the monitors.  The memory reclocking can only 
> occur during blanking periods on the monitors.  If the reclocking is done 
> outside of the blanking periods, you will see flickering or artifacts on the 
> display when it happens.  If the blanking periods are too short the driver 
> can only downclock memory when the displays are off.  Adding more monitors 
> makes this harder as you have to take into account the blanking periods on 
> all monitors.  You can try adjusting the modelines used on each display to 
> increase the blanking periods.
>
> Alex

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