Reason to go 8 core now rather than later: Windows parking bug + laziness

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AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D is everything that gamers want: eight fast cores, in a single CCD, with 3D VCache stacked on top at a price point of $450. In our review we can confirm that 7800X3D is indeed the fastest gaming CPU available, beating Intel's 13900K and even the 7950X3D.

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It would seem that sometimes core parking might not come out of 6 core mode when popping in an 8+ core CPU and only a fresh install of Windows fixes it.

Something to bare in mind anyway.

 

[Wing-Man]

Interesting

 

[Tetras]

What the heck is that says me:

"The PPM Provisioning File driver monitors gaming activity. When a game is detected, it is restricted to a single CCX by dynamically parking the second CCX to reduce latency and increase framerates. The CCX with the larger cache is the preferred one. What happens if utilization is high because other tasks run beside the game’s code? In this case, the parked CCX will be automatically enabled again to handle the extra tasks. The abovementioned procedures seem and are complex, and as a programmer, I understand that AMD’s software engineers had a tough time implementing the required routines."

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Hmm..