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N19h7m4r3 · 7 Mar 2017 at 19:08

gavinh87 said:
Yeah, afterall it is the x99 series that these r7's are aimed at. Not z170/z270

Aye, I'd kill my productivity if I moved to the 7700K, and that smidgen of an increase in FPS won't help me then.

Wah007 · 7 Mar 2017 at 19:09

8 Pack said:
1.45v top voltage 24-7 as advised by amd. Temps top is 95 but for me 80-85 is enough.

Very helpful information thanks. Can I find any of this info on the AMD website and is it official figures?

gavinh87 · 7 Mar 2017 at 19:13

I've just noticed that with windows in balanced power mode it parks 8 threads. Putting it into performance solves this.

Scramz · 7 Mar 2017 at 19:17

TheBiznes said:
That is why you are having these results. Although you are overclocking it is after windows has loaded not prior set in bios. Without seeing how this tool is working it maybe a better way to improve power though I would ordinarily never use such a tool. I have always set in bios as per normal overclocking. Normally hate installing manufactures software that does this sort of overclocking, but if it actually does help power i might have a look see.

This has been clocked in the bios mate.

gavinh87 · 7 Mar 2017 at 19:31

Scramz said:
This has been clocked in the bios mate.

Would you mind posting your o/c settings mate?

LtMatt · 7 Mar 2017 at 19:53

Scramz said:
This has been clocked in the bios mate.

Clocking via the Ryzen Master Tool should allow you to apply a OC for gaming then reset to stock for idle/browsing situations where you want the processor to downclock and use less power.

Panos · 7 Mar 2017 at 19:58

AMDMatt said:
Clocking via the Ryzen Master Tool should allow you to apply a OC for gaming then reset to stock for idle/browsing situations where you want the processor to downclock and use less power.

Matt, did you got your gear yet?

awaybreaktoday · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:02

N19h7m4r3 said:
Ghost Recon Wildlands
1080p with GTX 1080 1060/RX480
7700K 5Ghz vs 1700 3.9Ghz

Have you seen how the performance scales from the 1060 to the 1080 on 1080p? It's a sub 10fps difference.

awaybreaktoday · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:06

awaybreaktoday said:
Have you seen how the performance scales from the 1060 to the 1080 on 1080p? It's a sub 10fps difference.

This game is not at all optimized for the ryzen or 7700K

LtMatt · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:18

Panos said:
Matt, did you got your gear yet?

So far i have a R7 1700, Ryzen TShirt and Memory. Can't find a X370 Motherboard anywhere in the Uk at the moment.

I've been without a desktop PC since Sunday. Currently living off a Carrizo laptop connected to my 4K display via HDMI @ 30Hz. You don't know how lucky you all are to have desktop PCs and 60HZ+ displays.

Deleted User 234324 · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:18

Think just BIOS optimisation and windows scheduler fixes would make up for a large portion of the performance deficit seen in wildlands, game was barely using 30% of the CPU's capacity.

opethdisciple · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:22

Where is there anything official from MS regarding the windows scheduler and updates?

Panos · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:22

AMDMatt said:
So far i have a R7 1700, Ryzen TShirt and Memory. Can't find a X370 Motherboard anywhere in the Uk at the moment.

I've been without a desktop PC since Sunday. Currently living off a Carrizo laptop connected to my 4K display via HDMI @ 30Hz. You don't know how lucky you are all to have desktop PCs and 60HZ+ displays.

Thats why I didn't dismantle my PC yet to put it for sale, two weekends had second thoughts just in case.....
Not going to suicide

Panos · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:23

opethdisciple said:
Where is there anything official from MS regarding the windows scheduler and updates?

Yes use Windows 7

roflmao
If you see a surge in the Windows 7 usage, it will be MS fault.......

Hell, Linux these days looks much better imho

harney · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:23

AMDMatt said:
So far i have a R7 1700, Ryzen TShirt and Memory. Can't find a X370 Motherboard anywhere in the Uk at the moment.

I've been without a desktop PC since Sunday. Currently living off a Carrizo laptop connected to my 4K display via HDMI @ 30Hz. You don't know how lucky you are all to have desktop PCs and 60HZ+ displays.

bah 30 60 hz old hat now anyhow ... some guy on here has a 144 Mega hz screen which is all the rage now.. seems there as difficult to source as a X370 board..will keep looking

LtMatt · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:24

Panos said:
Thats why I didn't dismantle my PC yet to put it for sale, two weekends had second thoughts just in case.....
Not going to suicide

Yes not advisable to be honest, but i do have my work laptop and my personal laptop to live off for now.

harney · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:25

Panos said:
Yes use Windows 7 roflmao
If you see a surge in the Windows 7 usage, it will be MS fault.......

Hell, Linux these days looks much better imho

awaybreaktoday · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:33

Panos said:
Yes use Windows 7 roflmao
If you see a surge in the Windows 7 usage, it will be MS fault.......

Hell, Linux these days looks much better imho

Ryzen is a dream come true for Linux..... Linux is concord mode on ryzen.

opethdisciple · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:33

Panos said:
Yes use Windows 7 roflmao
If you see a surge in the Windows 7 usage, it will be MS fault.......

Hell, Linux these days looks much better imho

This was a serious question. People posting on forums pretending to know what their talking about doesn't count. Has this actually been mentioned by AMD or MS?

gavinh87 · 7 Mar 2017 at 20:35

I appear to have a runt. 1.375 volts at 3.9 to get one cinebench run done. Using the stock cooler as Corsair are dragging their feet shipping my bracket out. Temps shot up from 40 to 75 in seconds.i was hovering over the stop button just in case lol. That's enough for me until I get my h100i fitted but I'll get this to 4.0 even of I have to hit 1.4v

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