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Core i9-11900 Tested on B560 Motherboard

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Chinese news outlet Bilibili was able to get access to an unknown B560 chipset motherboard, along with an engineering sample Core i9-11900 (QV1J) processor to pair with it. The news outlet then ran a series of benchmarks to see how the new Rocket Lake part performs under a bevy of benchmarks.

We have additional details on the Core i9-11900 engineering sample that’s floating. Simply put, it’s a development version of the upcoming Core i9-11900 8-core/16-thread CPU, but with lower core frequencies than we’ll see in the final release parts.

Bilibili believes the B560 board they have may not be the full version we’ll see next year, as it seems to be a modified version of a B460 or simiilar model, as the board has no USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports whatsoever. The board does support PCIe Gen4, but only with an x4 link width. The board is powered by a 6+2 phase system and a 3-phase controller, but we have no screenshots of the board so we don’t know what sort of cooling or what type of power delivery components the board is using.

Bilibili verified the chip uses Intel’s new integrated Xe Graphics, Intel’s replacement for the previous UHD Graphics found in older desktop parts. Bilibili tried to install a notebook Xe Graphics driver to get more functionality out of the chip, but the driver would not install properly due to it being designed for notebook SKUs. At least we have confirmation Rocket Lake will be coming with Xe Graphics, though that’s not going to be particularly critical for desktop parts that usually end up paired with a dedicated GPU.

The 11900 engineering sample was run under several benchmarks including Cinebench R15, R20, and power consumption tests with AIDA64 with the AVX2 and AVX-512 (AVX3) instruction sets.

For Cinebench R15, the Core i9-11900 (ES) scored 217 in the single-threaded test and 1929 in the multi-threaded test. That’s a similar result to a Core i9 9900K from a few years ago. In Cinebench R20 the 11900 scored 529 points for the single-threaded benchmark and 4683 in the multi-threaded test.

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For power consumption tests under AIDA64, the core i9-11900 averaged around 120W of power usage with the AVX2 instruction set, which is pretty typical and shouldn’t be a problem for most coolers. However, that changes with the AVX-512 instruction set, which allows the CPU to hit 160W of power draw.

Bilibili also makes the point that this was all under the standard PL1 and PL2 ratings in the motherboard BIOS. PL1 is set to 65W and PL2 to 224W at default. If you fully unlock the PL2 limit (to 4096W) Bilibili says the 11900 will easily shoot beyond the default PL2 wattage which is 224W under AVX-512 workloads. Hopefully, Intel can further optimize AVX-512 workloads to not be as power-hungry as they are now with this Core i9 engineering sample.

Will AVX-512 be useful on Rocket Lake, or will it end up behaving more like a power virus? We’ll have to wait for retail hardware, as early firmware and silicon could account for the current behavior. New for Rocket Lake, the activation of AVX-512 workloads shouldn’t forcibly downclock all cores to the AVX turbo frequency. This can help a lot in AVX-512 scenarios that only require a couple of cores.

Again, this is an engineering sample, so performance is quite low right now. We expect performance to be much greater on the official SKUs coming next year.

ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X Review

Introduction

Today, we have with us the ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X, the company’s most premium custom-design version of the RX 6800 XT “Big Navi.” Although a giant with motherboards, ASRock is one of the youngest in the graphics card business, making its debut exclusively with the AMD Radeon brand. Given “Big Navi” is the first enthusiast segment GPU by AMD since ASRock’s foray, the RX 6800 XT Taichi ends up being the most top-shelf graphics card by the company. The Taichi X combines a custom-design PCB with ASRock’s 3X cooling solution. The “gearwheel” design language of ASRock has been well received by enthusiasts and is used across the company’s motherboard and graphics card families.

AMD launched the Radeon RX 6800 XT this November, introducing the RDNA2 graphics architecture that meets all the feature requirements for DirectX 12 Ultimate, including real-time raytracing. This is particularly important as RDNA2 is deployed across the latest PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S next-gen consoles, which is where the money is for game developers, and optimizing for these consoles makes it easier to optimize for AMD Radeon.

Real-time raytracing is the final frontier with 3D graphics, and while fully raytraced interactive 3D remains only theoretical, the latest graphics architectures, starting with NVIDIA “Turing,” are able to combine conventional raster 3D graphics with certain raytraced elements, such as lighting, shadows, reflections, and illumination, to vastly improve realism. Even these tiny bits of raytracing call for enormous amounts of compute power and dictate the use of fixed-function hardware. AMD RDNA2 architecture relies on an enormous uplift in the GPU’s compute capabilities, by a doubling SIMD resources over the previous generation “Navi” RDNA architecture. The most compute-intensive task of intersections is handled by fixed-function hardware called Ray Accelerators. Each of the 72 RDNA2 compute units on the RX 6800 XT has one.

An off-shoot of the enormous SIMD uplift is that conventional raster 3D performance is significantly increased over the past generation, with AMD claiming that the RX 6800 XT performs in the same league as NVIDIA’s flagship GeForce RTX 3080. Based on the 7 nm “Navi 21” silicon, the Radeon RX 6800 XT features 72 out of 80 RDNA2 compute units physically present on the silicon, amounting to 4,608 stream processors, 72 Ray Accelerators, 288 TMUs, and 128 ROPs. The company has also doubled the memory amount to 16 GB and is using the fastest JEDEC-standard 16 Gbps GDDR6 memory. The memory bus width, however, has remained 256-bit wide, which works out to 512 GB/s of memory bandwidth. AMD claims to have overcome the bandwidth shortfall through an innovative feature it calls Infinity Cache, a 128 MB on-die cache that operates at an enormous data-rate, assisting the memory.

Running at up to 2360 MHz compared to the 2250 MHz reference, the ASRock Radeon RX 6800 XT Taichi X in this review features the company’s highest factory overclock for this GPU. Powering the card is a powerful 16-phase VRM solution that pulls power from three 8-pin PCIe power connectors, and power limits are increased as well. Keeping it all cool is the Taichi 3X cooling solution, which uses a thick aluminium fin-stack heatsink ventilated by three fans. The card is well into the triple-slot category and features plenty of RGB LED embellishments, and certain handy features, like an ARGB control that lets you synchronize your rig’s lighting to that of the graphics card, and dual-BIOS. In this review, we tested the card with its default “P” (performance) BIOS and the quieter “Q” BIOS. ASRock is pricing the RX 6800 XT Taichi X at $830—the card goes against established rivals from the AMD ecosystem, such as the Red Devil, Sapphire NITRO+, and ASUS ROG STRIX.

Radeon RX 6800 XT Review Market Segment Analysis
	Price	Shader Units	ROPs	Core Clock	Boost Clock	Memory Clock	GPU	Transistors	Memory
RX Vega 64	$400	4096	64	1247 MHz	1546 MHz	953 MHz	Vega 10	12500M	8 GB, HBM2, 2048-bit
GTX 1080 Ti	$650	3584	88	1481 MHz	1582 MHz	1376 MHz	GP102	12000M	11 GB, GDDR5X, 352-bit
RX 5700 XT	$370	2560	64	1605 MHz	1755 MHz	1750 MHz	Navi 10	10300M	8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RTX 2070	$340	2304	64	1410 MHz	1620 MHz	1750 MHz	TU106	10800M	8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RTX 2070 Super	$450	2560	64	1605 MHz	1770 MHz	1750 MHz	TU104	13600M	8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
Radeon VII	$680	3840	64	1802 MHz	N/A	1000 MHz	Vega 20	13230M	16 GB, HBM2, 4096-bit
RTX 2080	$600	2944	64	1515 MHz	1710 MHz	1750 MHz	TU104	13600M	8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RTX 2080 Super	$690	3072	64	1650 MHz	1815 MHz	1940 MHz	TU104	13600M	8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RTX 2080 Ti	$1000	4352	88	1350 MHz	1545 MHz	1750 MHz	TU102	18600M	11 GB, GDDR6, 352-bit
RTX 3070	$500	5888	96	1500 MHz	1725 MHz	1750 MHz	GA104	17400M	8 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RX 6800	$580	3840	96	1815 MHz	2105 MHz	2000 MHz	Navi 21	26800M	16 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RX 6800 XT	$650	4608	128	2015 MHz	2250 MHz	2000 MHz	Navi 21	26800M	16 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
ASRock RX 6800 XT Taichi	$830	4608	128	2110 MHz	2360 MHz	2000 MHz	Navi 21	26800M	16 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RTX 3080	$700	8704	96	1440 MHz	1710 MHz	1188 MHz	GA102	28000M	10 GB, GDDR6X, 320-bit
RX 6900 XT	$1000	5120	128	2015 MHz	2250 MHz	2000 MHz	Navi 21	26800M	16 GB, GDDR6, 256-bit
RTX 3090	$1500	10496	112	1395 MHz	1695 MHz	1219 MHz	GA102	28000M	24 GB, GDDR6X, 384-bit

Intel Core i9-11900 with 1.8 GHz tested in Cinebench R15 and R20. How is the early version of Rocket Lake performing?

Not so long ago, we described an early version of the Intel Core i9 processor 11900, which was characterized by relatively low clock speeds . Nevertheless, the result of the system from the CPU-Z diagnostic program was very promising, because Rocket Lake was doing the 8-core Core i7 – 10700. Malcontents may say that the performance from an average representative benchmark still means nothing, but they probably will lose their argument now, because the tests of the same engineering sample in Cinebench R programs have appeared on the network 15 and R 20. Now everything should be clear – we have almost confirmation that the final Rocket Lake variant will leave Intel processors behind.

Even the low-clocked Intel Core i9 – 11900 is getting closer to systems such as Core i7 – 10700 or Core i9 – 9900 K. So there is something to wait for.

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Intel Core i9 – 11900 in the engineering version has been tested in CPU-Z. Performance is equal to the strongest Comet Lakes

8-Core / 16 – threaded Intel Core i9 – 11900, marked as QV1J, runs at a base clock of 1.8 GHz, but accelerates to 3.8 GHz (for all cores) or even to 4.4 GHz (one core). tested on a motherboard with the mid-shelf B chipset 11900 . Due to the lack of appropriate drivers, we cannot confirm that the system has Xe graphics or supports the PCIe 4.0 standard, but we should be careful about that. The most interesting thing is the performance of the processor, which will give us an idea of how fast this model will be with the final timings. Core i9 – 11900 @ 1.8 GHz has been validated with Cinebench R 15 and R 20, and see the results below.

Intel Core i9 – 11900 @ 1.8 GHz in Cinebench R 15

Intel Core i9 – 11900 @ 1.8 GHz in Cinebench R 20

Publishing plans for AMD and Intel processors for the coming years have been leaked. What are the industry giants preparing for us?

In short, it is confirmed what we wrote about recently – even low clocked i9 – 11900 is getting closer to systems like Core i7 – 10700 or Core i9 – 9900 K. So we expect that after reaching the target of ~ 5.0 GHz per core, the new Rocket Lake will leave its predecessors far behind. Interestingly, the leak also includes CPU power consumption, which was verified by AVX tests 512 and AVX2. Processor downloads from 123 to 161 Depending on the selected instruction, while in the motherboard BIOS it was noticed that the values PL1 and PL2 of the CPU are set to 65 and 224 W. Well, there is no question of an energy revolution. We expect Intel to introduce 11 . Core chip generation already in January at CES. At the same time, the motherboards of the series 500 should debut. However, we can wait for the availability of Rocket Lakes until March.

Source: VideoCardz, Bilibili

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Lian Li Updates RGB Strimer PSU Cables for RTX 30 Series GPUs

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Earlier this year, Lian Li updated its fully RGB lit Strimer PSU cable extensions for both your motherboard and graphics card. But all you could get at the time was a 24 pin motherboard extension and dual 8-pin GPU extension kit. Fortunately, Lian Li has now updated its product lineup with a new Strimer+ Triple kit that includes a triple 8-pin GPU extension cable and an RGB hub. The kit is designed specifically for aftermarket RTX 3080s and RTX 3090s that are equipped with triple 8 pin power connectors.

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If you are unaware of how these extensions work, they don’t actually light up the physical PSU extension cable itself, rather the cables themselves are covered by RGB-lit strips. So in reality, you have two sets of cables running from your PSU cables to the system components. But in the end, the cables do look pretty with all that extra mass.

This new Strimer+ Triple kit also includes a little RGB hub that allows you to control the RGB lights however you want. The hub requires a SATA power connection, as well as an ARGB header on your motherboard. If you need to connect other ARGB devices and want to sync them to the hub, you can do that as well.

Keep in mind, this only includes the triple in pin extension for your graphics card. If you want the 24 pin motherboard RGB extension cable, you’ll have to buy that separately. The Strimer+ Triple kit goes for $59.99 right now on Newegg.com, and the Strimer 24-pin SKU goes for $10 less at $49.99.

ASUS improved ROG-Strix and TUF-RTX-30 series BIOS

ASUS has released a number of BIOS updates for its various graphics card series in the past few days. With these updates, the manufacturer addresses various problems with the cards. This also includes a further improvement to the 0 dB fan mode, in which the fans should stand still.

ASUS describes the improvements across all models:

Further optimize the performance for 0dB fan feature
Fixed motherboard “beeping” bug during computer start-up

Whether and which thresholds ASUS have now selected for the 0 dB fan mode or what changes have been made is not known. The second point apparently fixes unintended beeps during the boot process. The BIOS update version V1 and version 2 for the different models of the GeForce RTX – 30 – series is available via the support option, which is available via the respective product page can be called up.

At this point a note on the previous tests of the ROG Strix and TUF gaming cards:

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 OC
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3070 OC
ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3060 Ti OC

ASUS had in the Already past problems and improved accordingly. As part of the TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC test, the 0 dB fan mode was already noticed negatively because it was coupled to a certain idle power consumption and the The threshold was so low that this threshold was exceeded on high-resolution monitors or multi-monitor systems and the fans continued to turn. As a result, ASUS raised the threshold. But there have been reports of a non-functioning 0 dB fan mode or fans starting too late or too early.

There was and still is the problem that some models did not reach their specifications regarding the power limit. This was also a well-known phenomenon, especially with the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC. It is not known whether ASUS has made any changes here as well.

Cyberpunk 2077 – Performance test of processors and RAM. AMD Ryzen vs Intel Core duel – How many cores do you need?

Cyberpunk 2077 is a real mine of … money? Having fun? Bugów? Memów? It all depends on the perspective, but for editorial offices such as PurePC it is primarily a great material for hardware tests. So first I checked the performance of AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards, then the implementation of ray tracing and DLSS, but now I targeted processors and RAM. Today, a dozen or so popular models will face each other, which will show how Cyberpunk 2077 scales with cores and the threads that the unit requires to keep it flowing. I will also show why it is worth investing in faster RAM memory. Get up samurai, we have a lot of charts to analyze …

Author: Sebastian Oktaba

During the performance tests of graphics cards, I mentioned many times that Cyberpunk 2077 also requires a sufficiently powerful processor to avoid the occurrence of so-called. bottleneck phenomena. Bottelenck on the processor side causes painful drops in liquidity despite having an efficient graphics system, which could be experienced especially by people with monitors with resolution 1920 x 1080 and AMD processors (an explanation of this ailment is part of the publication). By the way – the forecasts I made based on the pre-release version of Cyberpunk 2077 turned out to be correct – the production he really likes multi-core units. Of course, to say one thing, but to show another, that’s why this publication takes into account popular AMD and Intel processors. However, conducting the measurements required taking into account several factors, because Cyberpunk 2077 had problems with the correct operation of the models AMD Ryzen built on a single CCD module. The problem turned out to be very acute and will be described on the following pages, but the community quickly (!) Created the hotfix on its own, which was officially introduced in patch 1. 05.

Processor tests in Cyberpunk 2077 was not a simple and fast job , but eventually a list of several popular models was created. Everything was done on the ACTINA PBA platforms with RTX 3080.

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Cyberpunk computer game performance test 2077 – What are the hardware requirements? Test of AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards

Both test platforms were provided by the company ACTINA, the basic specification of which can be found in the table below. Manufacturer as recommended processors for Cyberpunk 2077 Indeed, it indicated AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and Intel Core i7 – 6700, even to the most advanced modes, although as you will see soon it was just a reasonable mini mum. ACTIBA PBA computers (Powered by ASUS) have the top Intel Core i9 units – 10900 and AMD Ryzen 9 5900 X, which are combined with the high-performance ASUS GeForce RTX graphics card 3080 TUF Gaming ensure comfortable gameplay even in the resolution 3840 x 2160 and High Settings. Of course, the processors were rotated during testing, the LGA platform 1151 also required motherboard replacement, otherwise the comparison would be very limited. In addition, I allowed myself to crank up the Patriot RAM to 3600 MHz CL 16 – 16 – 16 – 36. A similar procedure was performed by ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 TUF Gaming, whose factory clocks were raised to the maximum (120 MHz GPU / MHz VRAM). The rest of the hardware platform was identical, not of any importance in the context of processor performance tests.

	Intel’s ACTINA PBA Platform	AMD ACTINA PBA Platform
Processor	Intel Core i9 – 10900	AMD Ryzen 9 5900 X
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z 490 M-Plus	ASUS TUF Gaming B 550 M-Plus
Graphics Card	ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming	ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming
RAM	16 GB Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 3600 CL 17	16 GB Patriot Viper 4 Blackout 3600 CL 17
SSD	Crucial MX 500 1 TB SATA	Crucial MX 500 1 TB SATA
Power Supply	be quiet! Straight Power 11 850 In	be quiet! Straight Power 11 850 In
Cooling	SilentiumPC Grandis 3	SilentiumPC Grandis 3
Housing	ASUS TUF Gaming GT 301	ASUS TUF Gaming GT 301
Price	–	9879 zlotys

Cyberpunk CPU tests 2077 turned out to be extremely tiring, which is of course due to the programmers’ mishaps. Intel models behaved correctly from the beginning, the load on the cores and threads was correct, but AMD Ryzen worked below their capacity. This mainly concerned variants with one CCD module, where the SMT technique (the Intel’s HT equivalent) simply did not work. The use of threads was lower, bottleneck and stuttering appeared. So an unofficial hotfix was created, which actually did wonders – Ryzens with one CCD regained their condition, but models with two could lose performance. It therefore required checking ALL AMD Ryzen processors in variant hotfix ON / OFF , regardless of the official corrections (I trust the rule, but check). I also checked the editing of the memory_pool_budgets.csv file, although opinions about the effectiveness of assigning other values for PoolCPU and PoolGPU are divided and I personally did not notice the change in favor. Overall, the graphs show you the best results for each CPU achieved with file modifications and / or the latest patch 1. 05.

Cyberpunk 2077 PC – Performance test of graphics cards in ray tracing and DLSS. What do you need to play ultra? Ray tracing does not yet work on Radeons

The engineering version of Intel Core i9-11900 has been tested in CPU-Z. Its efficiency is equal to the strongest Comet Lakes

Everything seems to indicate that Intel fans still working on computers with Haswell or Skylake processors that are several years old, they will soon have good reasons to switch to newer hardware. As we know, the Blue’s performance progress has not been very impressive in recent years, but fortunately the situation will be different in a few months. Rocket Lake chips (Core 11. Generation) based on the new Cypress Cove architecture, which should guarantee a noticeable increase in IPC even despite the same lithography 14 nm . Not only that, the effects of the new technology are already visible after the first leaks, where the upcoming systems record good results. Now we have another piece of evidence in the form of early Intel Core i9 testing – 11900 on CPU-Z.

I have to admit that such a low clocked processor performed extremely well. So it is easy to imagine the Rocket Lake result if it only worked with the announced clock rates at the level of ~ 5.0 GHz.

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Intel Core processors 11. Generation is not only Rocket Lake? Core i3, Pentium and Celeron models can be Comet Lake Refresh systems

An 8-core engineering model fell into the hands of an unknown tester / 16 – threaded Core i9 – 11900, which was characterized by quite low clock speeds – basically it worked at 1.8 GHz, for it accelerated to 3.8 GHz for all cores and 4.4 GHz for a single core. We just don’t know if these frequencies correspond to Thermal Velocity Boost or Turbo Boost Max 3.0 mode. The processor was tested on the MSI Z motherboard 490 And (probably the UNIFY model) made in Mini-ITX format with LGA socket 1200, which is adapted to support both Core processors 11. and 10. generation. According to the published announcement, the current BIOS does not support the new integrated Xe graphics.

Intel Core i9 – 11900 K tested in Ashes of the Singularity

You have to admit that such a low-clocked processor did extremely well. With a score of 582 points in the single-threaded built-in benchmark in CPU-Z, the upcoming Rocket Lake has almost caught up with the current top 10 – Core i9 – 10900 K. In the multi-thread test, he managed to get 5262 points, which in turn translates into a slightly weaker result than the Core i7 – 10700. This sounds promising – it’s easy to imagine the Rocket Lake result if it only worked with the announced clock speeds of ~ 5.0 GHz.

Source: VideoCardz, @ 9550 pro

vivo V20 (2021) key specs revealed by Geekbench

vivo announced the V20 in September, and it will soon follow it up with the V20 (2021) that has been certified by multiple regulators. We are yet to hear anything from vivo about the V20 (2021), but the smartphone has passed through Geekbench, revealing key specs in the process.

The V20 (2021) that ran the benchmark test had 8GB RAM on board with Android 11. The smartphone has SM6150 mentioned in the motherboard section, which is associated with the Snapdragon 675 SoC.

Geekbench doesn’t reveal any other specs of the V20 (2021), but you can expect it to come with some improvements over this year’s V20, which is built around a 6.44″ FullHD+ AMOLED screen, has a Snapdragon 720G at the helm, and sports a 64MP triple camera setup.

You can read our vivo V20 review to learn all about it.

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Asus and MSI confirm that Zen and Zen2 processors also support AMD Smart Access Memory

Home / Component / CPU / Asus and MSI confirm that Zen and Zen2 processors also support AMD Smart Access Memory

João Silva
56 mins ago
CPU, Featured Tech News, Graphics, Motherboard

Back when AMD announced Smart Access Memory, it was said that only Zen3 processors would support it. Contrary to this, Asus and MSI were able to make it work on systems using AMD 400-series and 500-series motherboards equipped with Zen and Zen2 processors.

Back when AMD said Smart Access Memory would only work with Zen3 processors, there were rumours that older Zen processors couldn’t handle it because they don’t support a special PDEP instruction at native speeds. According to Wccftech, this was then debunked by AMD itself, which said that this wasn’t the case, but the company didn’t share a specific reason for the older Zen processors incapacity.

Despite these claims, Asus has seemingly enabled SAM/Resizeable BAR support on the BIOS of the ASUS B450-PLUS motherboard and it works with a first-gen Ryzen 1700 processor.

As if that wasn’t enough, MSI also shared some screenshots with Wccftech showing X570 motherboards supporting AMD Smart Access Memory on Ryzen 3000 CPUs and Ryzen 4000G APUs. One important thing to note is that both screenshots show an Nvidia GPU was equipped in these systems, meaning they were also supporting Resizeable BAR.

KitGuru says: It takes some tweaking, but it would seem that Smart Access Memory can indeed work on older CPUs, motherboards and even non-AMD GPUs.

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MSI gives us a glimpse at AMD’s Curve Optimizer undervolting feature

Home / Component / CPU / MSI gives us a glimpse at AMD’s Curve Optimizer undervolting feature

João Silva
34 mins ago
CPU, Featured Tech News, Motherboard

Not long ago, AMD announced that it will introduce a new feature called Curve Optimizer as part of the Precision Boost Overdrive 2. According to AMD, this feature set should only come with AGESA 1.1.8.0., but it seems that AGESA 1.1.0.0. Patch D firmware on the MSI B450 Tomahawk motherboard already has the Curve Optimizer unlocked.

AMD had previously confirmed that the curve Optimizer update would be available in early January, but according to Wccftech, MSI claimed that MSI B450 Tomahawk will receive it in just a few days.

The screenshots give us a glimpse at how the Curve Optimizer feature works on the MSI B450 Tomahawk, which apparently has a Ryzen 9 5900X equipped. Unlike other Ryzen processor features that can be turned on in Ryzen Master software, Curve Optimizer is enabled on BIOS.

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Alongside the screenshots, the results of this system at stock and with Curve Optimizer feature configured were also compared. The BIOS settings were set to apply Curve Optimizer to all cores, the “All Core Curve Optimizer Sign” was set to “Negative”, and the “All Core Curve Optimizer Magnitude” was set to 15. The following table shows the results on Cinebench R20 nT and 1T benchmark running at stock and with Curve Optimizer enabled and configured.

Curve Optimizer = Disabled	CPU frequency	CPU Temp	Cinebench R20 Score
Cinebench R20 nT	4350-4550MHz	72.3C	8346
Cinebench R20 1T	4900MHz Max	68.6C	630
Curve Optimizer = -15	CPU frequency	CPU Temp	Cinebench R20 Score
Cinebench R20 nT	4450-4675MHz	72.1C	8513
Cinebench R20 1T	4950MHz Max	67.3C	640

As per these results, we see that Curve Optimizer can increase performance while making the processor operate slightly cooler. The performance increase in Cinebench R20 single-thread and multi-thread benchmark has only increased by almost 2%, with the single-core frequency increasing by 50MHz, and the all-core frequency improving by 100-125MHz.

The system was also tested with “All Core Curve Optimizer Magnitude” set to 30, but made it become unstable because the Vcore was decreased to a value that didn’t allow the Ryzen 9 5900X to run properly.

KitGuru says: Have you already bought a Ryzen 5000 series processor? Will you try Curve Optimizer once it is available for your motherboard?

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Very nice LCD display
Strong cooling performance
Quieter operation than competition

Against

Requires two applications to manage lighting, PWM curves and custom LCD image
Expensive

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Features and Cooler Specifications

Gigabyte’s Aorus line of products have always leaned heavily on RGB lighting and aesthetics, while still aiming to deliver the pinnacle of PC performance. And as the brands pinnacle CPU AIO cooling option, the Aorus Liquid Cooler 360 aligns with this vision, bringing good cooling performance in a quiet package with a flashy customizable LCD screen atop the pump. It’s not cheap at $265, but those willing to pay extra for some internal flair without sacrificing performance should find it appealing. Just be aware that managing the pump, fans and the screen requires some software juggling.