Refresh rate on AMD rx 7900 xtx

Hi,

I'm new to Garuda and also new to using an AMD GPU having always used Nvidia with proprietary drivers in the past.

I have just installed Garuda on my system with a new AMD rx 7900 xtx and under display and monitor settings the highest refresh rate I'm offered is 60Hz at 3840x2160. Previously in both Ubuntu and Fedora with the same system and screen other than Nvidia GPU I had 120Hz or 119 point something I think on the same screen, a 55" LG TV. I see in the output below it seems to think the screen is 72" instead of the actual 55" but I believe this was the same in Ubuntu and Fedora with Nvidia too.

Is there an AMD equivalant to the Nvidia-settings application that I need to use? Or some other way of getting 120Hz at 4k on this screen?

Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.

System:
Kernel: 6.2.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=073d277e-1fe1-4f42-8347-6eefb14a5e79 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.3 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX Z390-F GAMING v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1502
date: 02/21/2020
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming
Mouse serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i9-9900K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 9 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xD (13) microcode: 0xF4
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 8x256 KiB
L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1500 high: 3600 min/max: 800/5000 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 801 2: 800 3: 800 4: 3600
5: 800 6: 800 7: 3600 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 3600
14: 800 15: 800 16: 3600 bogomips: 115200
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 31 [Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX] vendor: Sapphire
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Navi-3x process: TSMC n5 (5nm)
built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:744c
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting,radeon
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1016x571mm (40.00x22.48")
s-diag: 1165mm (45.88")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 model: LG (GoldStar) TV
serial: <filter> built: 2019 res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 61 gamma: 1.2
size: 1600x900mm (62.99x35.43") diag: 1836mm (72.3") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 3840x2160 min: 720x400
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.1 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (gfx1100
LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.49 6.2.9-zen1-1-zen) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.2.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.67 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15bc class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth 4.0 type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 0a5c:21e8 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 12.26 GiB (1.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 27.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.26 GiB (1.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 608 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.26 GiB (1.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.26 GiB (1.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.26 GiB (1.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.26 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 28.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 38.0 C
mem: 49.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Processes: 319 Uptime: 19m wakeups: 3 Memory: 31.26 GiB
used: 3.06 GiB (9.8%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1786
libs: 517 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.26
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date:     2023-04-07
Last full system update: 2023-04-07
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
Failed units:

Hi there, welcome to the community

First of all, TV refresh rate might be different, even though they are both 4K TV from Same brand. They might be very different. Most of the times 4k TV do not offer 120Hz refresh rate, but more expensive TV do.

Secondly and more importantly, there might be a difference at HDMI cable, or you might be using display port instead of HDMI in your other configuration.

4K at 120Hz is only supported in HDMI 2.1, while HDMI 2.0 support 4k at 60 Hz only.

These are the first things to check.

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Hi, thanks for the response and the welcome.

It is the same exact TV I was using in 120Hz at 4k with an Nvidia rtx 3080 and the same HDMI cable too. Using a single cable from HDMI on the GPU to HDMI on the television in each case. No adapter or display port.

Hi, yeah, I searched on internet, and check this guide

Also see the first comment, users on other distributions with different monitors are facing similar issue.
I have no experience with AMD dGPU, so can't help much there. But I guess this is more or less AMD GPU related problem. Most probably, it will be fixed with time. You can report this bug at

It is most probably due to your GPU being too new and high end, in my humble opinion.

But don't worry, it will be fixed before too long, most probably

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Thanks for that, I did wonder if perhaps it was just too new a card but also thought maybe it could have been my lack of experience with AMD. Thank you for your help and your time.

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