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Ryzen "2" ?

@chroniclard
99 does not cut it in my case. Image You are rendering project for 5 hours and bam error at 70% or siomething and... You start from ZERO :S


Stess test is fun. Put it on and start doing my training :)

Yeah I don't do 5 hour renders. :p I do coding and gaming which so far its been solid. however I am still playing with stability and settings.
 
After installing the newest Windows 10 version 1803 which continued for several hours, I would just say that a faster processor and faster M.2 PCI-E SSD will save a lot, a lot of that time...
 
99 does not cut it in my case. Image You are rendering project for 5 hours and bam error at 70% or siomething and... You start from ZERO :S

I hammer stability tests because I tend to work on images (photoshop or manga studio) for 8-10 hours, and I dread the day something bluescreens half way through saving a 200mb file and corrupts the whole thing... Can't even start it off again with no losses, what's been un-drawn cannot be re-drawn :(

(I should probably go proper HEDT but they seem a bit pish these days... It was nice when the latest 6-core Intel had no disadvantages over the cheaper quads!)
 
I hammer stability tests because I tend to work on images (photoshop or manga studio) for 8-10 hours, and I dread the day something bluescreens half way through saving a 200mb file and corrupts the whole thing... Can't even start it off again with no losses, what's been un-drawn cannot be re-drawn :(

(I should probably go proper HEDT but they seem a bit pish these days... It was nice when the latest 6-core Intel had no disadvantages over the cheaper quads!)
Ye its anoying when i set up rendering from my gopro that will take 7 hours after coming back from rave. Wake up and i see it crashed on 3rd set production :S
 
I hammer stability tests because I tend to work on images (photoshop or manga studio) for 8-10 hours, and I dread the day something bluescreens half way through saving a 200mb file and corrupts the whole thing... Can't even start it off again with no losses, what's been un-drawn cannot be re-drawn :(

(I should probably go proper HEDT but they seem a bit pish these days... It was nice when the latest 6-core Intel had no disadvantages over the cheaper quads!)

HEDT is coming down in price in relative terms, X299 boards can be had for sub £200, X399 can be had for less than £300, and even Intel C422 can be had for less than £300 as well. The CPUs don't start at mega bucks either compared to top end 1151 and AM4 chips...

You could probably go HEDT for about £200 over a mid to high range standard enthusiast build, maybe a little less if careful
 
It's looking like my recent instability that came back after I thought I had got to the bottom of my ram issues may (and I need to spend more time with PC) be caused by enabling PBO in the bios on Friday.

The issue I was getting was freezing and even one spontaneous reboot but only when I pause a game for an extended period of time.

A few crashes here and there during game play though.

I turned it off and left a game running paused for about 10 mins and the PC was fine so fingers crossed it fixes that problem.

Maybe this PBO is still a beta thing on x370 boards?


Interesting stuff here

https://www.hardocp.com/article/2018/04/30/amd_precision_boost_2_wraith_prism_deep_dive/6
 

Good find!

From this it seems anyone with a 2700x needs to enable the following:

Core Performance Boost: Enabled (Same as auto but might as well be sure)
Performance Enhancer: Level 2.

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No mention of PBO tho.

I'll try setting the two mentioned above and see if it makes a difference. I expect CPB is already on as Auto is the same as enabled according to article and I see all core speeds of 3.94GHz as it is.
 
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@opethdisciple X370 should have all the features of X470 apart from PBO, which seems to be down to motherboard makers to implement. Not much reason to upgrade to X470 if you already have a good X370 motherboard.

Already in the giga K7 with their last bios (F23D), Looks like some of the asus boards have it too. So definitely no reason to bother if on a good 370 like you said. No clue if it works the same or as well s x470 chips.
 
Zen 2 7nm taping out this year ready for 2019 launch.

https://www.techpowerup.com/243818/...en-2-processors-within-2018-for-a-2019-launch

"We have a 7nm GPU based on Vega that we'll sample later this year. We have a 7nm server CPU that we'll sample later this year. And then, obviously, we have a number of products that are planned for 2019 as well. So it's a very, very busy product season for us. But we're pleased with the sort of the execution on the product roadmap," Dr. Su said. Unlike Zen+, Zen 2 is a major update to the company's processor micro-architecture, and presents the company with opportunities to improve several silicon-level specifications, such as the number of cores per CCX, the IPC of each core, the core-count of the die, the cache hierarchy, and the overall energy-efficiency."

Looks like 6 core CCX's are still on the cards!
 
@humbug , this is what I am holding out for so can hopefully go 24 core 3950X or whatever it will be called then. My second thought is of course when and how close will DDR5 be at that point. I believe that was 2019 to 2020 at this time so will have to wait for that as well to then pick up 64/128GB accordingly.
 
@humbug , this is what I am holding out for so can hopefully go 24 core 3950X or whatever it will be called then. My second thought is of course when and how close will DDR5 be at that point. I believe that was 2019 to 2020 at this time so will have to wait for that as well to then pick up 64/128GB accordingly.

You'll upset Worzel doing that, you know how he like to boast he has the most cores in a group. :D
 
So after much faffing, I'm running a -0.08v offset on the CPU, can't change BCLK at all or lose boost, regardless of other settings, but getting decent per-core of 4.355GHz and all-core 4.15GHz on the stock cooler, at reasonable temps on Ryzen Balanced power profile.

Guess I can't grumble too much at that...
 
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