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opethdisciple · 27 Mar 2017 at 00:37

I forgot to order some new thermal paste. I do have 5 year old Noctua paste that came with my cooler. Do you think it's still OK to use?

Scougar · 27 Mar 2017 at 00:40

AlamoX said:
from this tweet i thought they were talking about XPG Z1 for Ryzen Ram

Even a reference to 4600mhz in those tweets back in 2015.

Hotwired · 27 Mar 2017 at 00:40

If it hasn't dried out then stick it on.

Worst case scenario you think temps could be better and get some more later.

opethdisciple · 27 Mar 2017 at 00:50

Hotwired said:
If it hasn't dried out then stick it on.

Worst case scenario you think temps could be better and get some more later.

Well it's still seems spreadable, so I'm gonna give it a go!

opethdisciple · 27 Mar 2017 at 00:56

AMDMatt said:
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Hi Matt, wondered if you could give me your thoughts on a post I made earlier today:

"In terms of drivers, I imagine I download everything from Asus for the mobo apart from chipset which I get from AMD as it will be more uptodate?

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Chipset drivers on Asus webpage are 1.26Gb. On AMD page they are 110MB? :confused:

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Thanks

humbug · 27 Mar 2017 at 02:19

hyperseven said:
How are Doom and BF1 more popular than say DOTA2 or GTA V?

No idea why you should ask a daft question like that, i never said anything about those games, but to answer it they aint as far as i know and Digital Foundry should test those too.

hyperseven · 27 Mar 2017 at 02:43

humbug said:
No idea why you should ask a daft question like that, i never said anything about those games, but to answer it they aint as far as i know and Digital Foundry should test those too.

You wrote, "why would you not do Doom and BF1? they are by far the most popular games of the day.", they are not by any means the most popular.

Scougar · 27 Mar 2017 at 04:33

A ton of people play cs:go, doesn't mean it is worth benching a tired engine.

Yaayuh! · 27 Mar 2017 at 07:19

Scougar said:
A ton of people play cs:go, doesn't mean it is worth benching a tired engine.

Indeed, I don't believe the kids really care that much either, so would probably be wasted.

ubersonic · 27 Mar 2017 at 09:00

opethdisciple said:
Chipset drivers on Asus webpage are 1.26Gb. On AMD page they are 110MB? "

I answered this for you on the previous page dude:

ubersonic said:
I brought this up a few days ago, it's the same for MSI/Gigabyte.

I think the conclusion we came to was that the 1.3GB pack contain the 32/64 bit drivers for every AMD chipset/GPU/etc, it's like a master pack (obviously it only installs drivers for hardware present).

opethdisciple · 27 Mar 2017 at 09:02

ubersonic said:
I answered this for you on the previous page dude:

I know. Thanks. Just thought by the time we have an AMD rep I'd ask.

LtMatt · 27 Mar 2017 at 09:15

opethdisciple said:
Hi Matt, wondered if you could give me your thoughts on a post I made earlier today:

"In terms of drivers, I imagine I download everything from Asus for the mobo apart from chipset which I get from AMD as it will be more uptodate?

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Chipset drivers on Asus webpage are 1.26Gb. On AMD page they are 110MB? "

Thanks

Correct. Always use our latest Chipset drivers and check once a month for updates. Asus likely bundle all OS support and display drivers in that package.

TwsT · 27 Mar 2017 at 09:32

noticed that with the asus ones for the prime B350 however the board is much much more stable now

3.8 @ 2400 on a 1700 is much more stable than it was

Shawn Ivan · 27 Mar 2017 at 11:21

OMG something new from AMD :3

Then again do we really need more APU's?

Martini1991 · 27 Mar 2017 at 11:22

I wish AMD would release the APU's

humbug · 27 Mar 2017 at 11:24

Zen APU's probably not until the end of the year, am i right?

N19h7m4r3 · 27 Mar 2017 at 11:48

So it seems the CCX issue has been sorted in the latest Windows 10 updates!
Almost no difference between Dual CCX vs Single.

The R5 1400/1500X at $170/190 is going to be a stellar CPU! 4c/8t with the Wraith Cooler. Run it at 4Ghz on the reference cooler, and put the extra money towards a whole better GPU.

Especially when compared to the 7600 or 7700K.

Bollse · 27 Mar 2017 at 12:33

N19h7m4r3 said:
So it seems the CCX issue has been sorted in the latest Windows 10 updates!
Almost no difference between Dual CCX vs Single.

Any other sources for that? Making the 5 series look very interesting.

gavinh87 · 27 Mar 2017 at 12:34

Bollse said:
Any other sources for that? Making the 5 series look very interesting.

Check the video above. There is literally nothing between them.

N19h7m4r3 · 27 Mar 2017 at 12:57

Bollse said:
Any other sources for that? Making the 5 series look very interesting.

gavinh87 said:
Check the video above. There is literally nothing between them.

Aye nothing really between them now. Previously tests found quite the difference when doing the exact same tests.
In Battlefield 1 there's a 4FPS difference, where as before

Battlefield 1 announces a differential of almost 20% which translates into practice by 22 FPS of difference!

http://www.hardware.fr/articles/956-24/retour-sous-systeme-memoire-suite.html

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