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[WYP]

You can do per-CCX overclocking (or is it CCD?) with available tools. Lots of folks on OCN are experimenting with those things.

I just wish per core overclocking was possible/easy. It would be a killer feature for Ryzen, as it could fix a lot of the downsides of Ryzen overclocking.

 

[Bartacus]

I just wish per core overclocking was possible/easy. It would be a killer feature for Ryzen, as it could fix a lot of the downsides of Ryzen overclocking.

It is possible. Easy is a matter of learning, and perspective. It's easy for any geek. The big question is whether it's worth the headache or not. Is it really worth it, testing for hours to figure out which cores boost higher than others? Not to me, but YMMV. I'm content to wait for more BIOS updates. Once they get the major bugs squashed, and AGESA code is stabilized, then I'll look more into OCing and tweaking. I see no point in doing that now, other than for fun.

 

[WYP]

It is possible. Easy is a matter of learning, and perspective. It's easy for any geek. The big question is whether it's worth the headache or not. Is it really worth it, testing for hours to figure out which cores boost higher than others? Not to me, but YMMV. I'm content to wait for more BIOS updates. Once they get the major bugs squashed, and AGESA code is stabilized, then I'll look more into OCing and tweaking. I see no point in doing that now, other than for fun.

I know there are ways to get it to work. I'd be trying to test this right now if I had Ryzen 3rd Gen hardware here. I'm just hearing that the process is a little tedius ATM.

What I mean is that I wish it was possible via the BIOS in the same way that it's possible on Intel platforms.

 

[Bartacus]

I know there are ways to get it to work. I'd be trying to test this right now if I had Ryzen 3rd Gen hardware here. I'm just hearing that the process is a little tedius ATM.

What I mean is that I wish it was possible via the BIOS in the same way that it's possible on Intel platforms.

Ahh, understood. Yeah it's ugly right now on X570, no matter what the rabid AMD fanboys say. Patience is a virtue.

 

[grec]

At least it should be easier to work out what the strong and weak cores are now if it does get simpler to do, by monitoring the per core frequencies in the chips stock config under load.

 

[Dicehunter]

9900KS spotted in 3DMark, Basically the 9900K but with an all core boost of 5GHz, Will apparently be made available around Q4.

https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/i...re-i9-9900ks-processor-spotted-in-3dmark.html

 

[grec]

A particularly funky cased PlayStation 5 dev kit seems to have leaked (& confirmed by Codemasters.)
https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matt...kit-detailed-in-newly-discovered-sony-patent/

Original Dutch article: https://nl.letsgodigital.org/spelcomputers-games/sony-playstation-5-console/

 

[WYP]

A particularly funky cased PlayStation 5 dev kit seems to have leaked (& confirmed by Codemasters.)
https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matt...kit-detailed-in-newly-discovered-sony-patent/

It looks to me that, like a lot of dev kits, that it is designed to be stacked on top of other dev kits for cooling purposes.

 

[grec]

Yeah it does seem to have little recesses so they slot in nicely, I guess the increased surface area for the vents is probably necessary for this one can be so small compared to previous devkits (Edit: Actually it's not that small going from that disk drive size I guess it's just a monster chip or two hiding in there)

 

[Dicehunter]

So Crytek just teased their new Cryengine update 5.6 and at 2:21 in the trailer the original Crysis 1 music starts playing, It shows Crysis 1 like terrain and it ends with a shot of the infamous beach scene, Now either they're going to release a remastered version of Crysis 1, Crysis 4 is going to be a thing or it's just a nod to Crysis 1 fans, I'm personally hoping it's either a remaster or Crysis 4.

 

[WYP]

So Crytek just teased their new Cryengine update 5.6 and at 2:21 in the trailer the original Crysis 1 music starts playing, It shows Crysis 1 like terrain and it ends with a shot of the infamous beach scene, Now either they're going to release a remastered version of Crysis 1, Crysis 4 is going to be a thing or it's just a nod to Crysis 1 fans, I'm personally hoping it's either a remaster or Crysis 4.

Words cannot describe the hype...

 

[Dicehunter]

Words cannot describe the hype...

Same, I really hope it does turn out to be something

 

[WYP]

Same, I really hope it does turn out to be something

My question is if Crytek can do this without EA.

 

[Dicehunter]

My question is if Crytek can do this without EA.

I'm hoping so, Fingers crossed

 

[Dicehunter]

Humble Bundle are giving away free copies of Dirt Rally for Steam, Only available for the next 2 days so get it while it lasts.

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/...e_index_1_c_freegame_2019_storetile_dirtrally

 

[Dicehunter]

 

[Avet]

This would be one interesting wedding.

https://www.techspot.com/news/81690-you-can-now-get-married-duke-nukem.html

 

[Dark NighT]

Ohhhh yeaaaaaaah A new homeworld!



Thanks for posting this!

 

[Dicehunter]

An interesting indepth article about a bug with AMD's RTC *real time clock* and Windows which makes certain benchmarks unreliable for testing on an AMD platform.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-clock-bug-benchmark-scores,6312.html

 

[grec]

The bug is in Windows(Introduced with Windows 8 and has caused issues on every new CPU launch since), it's just already been patched for Intel CPUs(Because they haven't had a new arch since Win10 launched)