Intel Reveals "Performance Maximizer" Auto Overclocking Tool

[WYP]

Intel is taking the work, and fun, out of overclocking.



Read more about Intel's "Performance Maximiser" Auto Overclocking tool.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Probably gives it to much voltage too. I still say manual is the way to go..

 

[grec]

Manual might still be better for a little time but I think with next gen thermal & voltage monitoring tools combined with neural network based analysis it's not long at all until these systems can eek out more for less than any human physically could (Due to the necessity of realtime adjustments hundreds of times a second based on analysis of quite a large amount of realtime data to really get the most out of silicon).

 

[looz]

Probably gives it to much voltage too. I still say manual is the way to go..

That's not in Intel's best interest, motherboard manufacturers want to be considered the best overclockers and as such they apply voltages which go beyond Intel's spec.

It's probably going to be like AMD XFR, better than manual OC in most cases. All core load might be a different story as that's a power hog and as such causes some significant heat - not to mention binning.

I also doubt these really quick adjustments are feasible for a fancy neural network. The backwards compatible tool will probably try different voltages and multipliers fairly quickly to gauge how good the silicon lottery result was, and do the multiplier part per core.

 

[grec]

Not on current silicon, mostly because of the sensors though, neural networks have been used for many many years in the branch predictor(Since Piledriver at least), not particularly complex or computationally expensive in low layers, in fact their value is in how cheap, quick & low memory they are. Intel had working concepts on Itanium around the time the "fast-path" method was finalised (~2003) and could very well have been using them for longer(But this is arguably the most secretive part of the CPU).

The kind of sensor array used in Radeon VII is much much more useful(Actual transistor temps with high sample rates) but there's definitely room for refinement.

 

[TheF34RChannel]

Probably gives it to much voltage too. I still say manual is the way to go..

I'd give it a go and check if only it supported my 8th gen.

 

[FTLN]

Little birdy tells me no z370 support, only z390... I hope that's not true !!

 

[NeverBackDown]

I'd give it a go and check if only it supported my 8th gen.

I would too if I wasn't thermally limited. It wouldn't do better than what I currently got dialed in already.