MSI's X570 Tomahawk May Become Go-To OC Board??

Yaayuh! · 26 Apr 2021 at 12:19

SpudMaster said:
Already knew about that thanks. And no never had that tripe installed

I installed it once anyway because I thought it couldn't be any worse than what ASUS provide but Jesus Mary Joseph and the wee donkey, it's bloody awful!

The Asgard · 26 Apr 2021 at 19:52

Cadder said:
Is anyone using the 7C84v163(Beta version) BIOS? Released 2021-04-12. I'm interested in knowing how it's performing. I am on the previous stable version and have had USB issues, so wondering if it's worth the upgrade, or if the beta aspect of it just trades my problems for something else.

Running perfectly stable, zero issues.

Type_R · 12 May 2021 at 07:52

As a recent owner of the MSI Tommy I can't quite believe that splash logo. I have had to turn it off and make my computer boot like a 1980s machine currently...what exactly were MSI thinking with that tiny thing on my 4k screen?

SpudMaster · 12 May 2021 at 12:49

Type_R said:
As a recent owner of the MSI Tommy I can't quite believe that splash logo. I have had to turn it off and make my computer boot like a 1980s machine currently...what exactly were MSI thinking with that tiny thing on my 4k screen?

Don't even know what the logo looks like. It's one of the options I always disable in bios

Type_R · 12 May 2021 at 17:12

I've just updated to BIOS 1.50. Is that what everyone is using? I've got a 5900X in there.

Stu · 12 May 2021 at 17:45

I'm using 1.63 beta BIOS... not had any issues, but not yet had time to tweak settings.

SpudMaster · 15 May 2021 at 20:21

I just moved to 1.63 BIOS. It seems with every BIOS update that's released CPU performance goes down. Firstly, can't remember which BIOS it was but PBO boost was limited to 200mhz, now with this BIOS I've lost ~200 points in Cinebench. Little further investigation and CPU now only boost to 4775mhz on all cores whereas with 1.50 BIOS I was getting 4800mhz and above with exact same settings.

Anyone else notice similar results?

JRS · 15 May 2021 at 20:34

SpudMaster said:
I just moved to 1.63 BIOS. It seems with every BIOS update that's released CPU performance goes down. Firstly, can't remember which BIOS it was but PBO boost was limited to 200mhz, now with this BIOS I've lost ~200 points in Cinebench. Little further investigation and CPU now only boost to 4775mhz on all cores whereas with 1.50 BIOS I was getting 4800mhz and above with exact same settings.

Anyone else notice similar results?

My experience isn't consistent across benchmarks or games. GTA V performance up slightly. Cinebench down a hundred points. AIDA64 memory benchmarks up. CPU not boosting as high.

It's a strange one.

Stu · 16 May 2021 at 09:18

I turned on rebar in BIOS yesterday and it automatically enabled "above 4G memory/crypto currency mining" and "restore PCIE registers" at the same time... Normal?

FrankJH · 16 May 2021 at 09:28

I seem to recall that being normal on the two boards Ive had Stu

Still struggling with the USB issue though, seems like most others have resolved it one way or the other but even the beta bios , PCIE gen 3 and C States disabled (as well as a full uninstall / reinstall of chipset drivers direct from AMD ) still have unusable / really unstable usb connections. Really hope AMD come up with a definitive solution (as apposed to potential work arounds) soon

PeegeeTips · 16 May 2021 at 11:02

i have the 1.5 bios and see two options:

1. that seems to indicate it is referencing SAM
2. above 4G memory/crypto currency mining

I turned #1 on and left #2 off.
Now, GPUZ reports that resizable bar = "off".

Am i doing this wrong?

Stu · 16 May 2021 at 13:53

I'm on 1.63 and just wrote rebar into the search bar, turned on rebar that was found by search, and after hitting "save and exit" it told me that all three settings had been changed to "enabled".

stooeh · 16 May 2021 at 15:23

SpudMaster said:
I just moved to 1.63 BIOS. It seems with every BIOS update that's released CPU performance goes down. Firstly, can't remember which BIOS it was but PBO boost was limited to 200mhz, now with this BIOS I've lost ~200 points in Cinebench. Little further investigation and CPU now only boost to 4775mhz on all cores whereas with 1.50 BIOS I was getting 4800mhz and above with exact same settings.

Anyone else notice similar results?

I noticed that 1.63 seems to run very conservatively compared to 1.5 and prevous betas. Lower all core speed and single thread boost but also lower temps and volts. I never saw the volts go above 1.316 on the 1.63 whereas I would see spikes as high 1.48 on previous BIOS

Stu · 24 May 2021 at 16:33

Just tried my front USB ports (Phanteks Evolv X) for the first time... left USB-A working fine; right one is detecting external HDD and showing up in explorer, but not loading files/folders; and the USB-C port seems totally dead.

Might this be my case, or is this the X570 USB bug?

slipd · 30 May 2021 at 15:23

Hi guys,

Is everyone else only reporting 3/4 fans, assuming they have 4 connected in Windows? I haven't checked in on the bios yet.

I definitely have x4 PWM connected.

Currently still on 7C84v13 2020-09-07.

Thanks.

JRS · 30 May 2021 at 16:22

slipd said:
Hi guys,

Is everyone else only reporting 3/4 fans, assuming they have 4 connected in Windows? I haven't checked in on the bios yet.

I definitely have x4 PWM connected.

Currently still on 7C84v13 2020-09-07.

Thanks.

I long since gave up with fan speed reporting in Windows. If your BIOS/UEFI can't see 'em all then there might be an issue. Otherwise...*shrug*

PeegeeTips · 31 May 2021 at 09:12

Stu said:
I'm on 1.63 and just wrote rebar into the search bar, turned on rebar that was found by search, and after hitting "save and exit" it told me that all three settings had been changed to "enabled".

tell me more?

what does one need to configure/toggle to get SAM enabled on the toma...

Stu · 31 May 2021 at 12:09

PeegeeTips said:
tell me more?

what does one need to configure/toggle to get SAM enabled on the toma...

I think my previous post gives you everything you need to know regarding the mobo. You also need a GFX card that supports SAM/ReBAR.

Stu · 31 May 2021 at 14:55

Fanless model incoming...

slipd · 1 Jun 2021 at 09:06

New bios out...