AMD and Microsoft are collaborating to ensure that the new design for the high-end Ryzen 7000 X3D processors that Team Red unveiled at CES 2023 runs well enough in Windows 11, and is fast enough for gaming.
If you’ll recall, AMD unveiled three new X3D models at CES: the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, as well as the Ryzen 9 7900X3D and 7950X3D (with 8, 12, and 16 cores, respectively).
In the case of the last two Ryzen 9 models, they have two CCDs, meaning there are two separate modules that hold the processor cores, and the twist is that only one of those disks has a 3D V-Cache on top of it. The idea is that this CCD can be used for games, or other applications where a cache would be useful, while the other CCD – the “bare” chip with nothing on top – can be registered to the clock, providing advantages for tasks where it isn’t. Cache It is very impressive (but the faster boost hours will be).
This new design complexity is something that needs to be taken care of in the software interface, then, and that’s exactly what AMD is doing.
as Tom devices (Opens in a new tab) According to reports, AMD is working with Microsoft to implement improvements for Windows along with a new AMD chipset driver, with the goal of being able to determine if any particular game will benefit from the cache, and then ensuring that it runs in a V-CCD topped cache. The opposite is true for those games that will be better rendered by increasing the speed of the other CCD’s higher boost.
If you’re wondering if that last “bare” chip can access the V-Cache on the other chip, well, AMD tells us that yes, it can – but the catch is that this isn’t a fast or perfect process at all (but it might still be useful in rare cases ).
So, there’s a great balance going on under the hood for the high-end Ryzen 7000 X3D chips.
Another interesting point Tom’s made is that while the new Ryzen X3D models will allow Precision Boost Overdrive and Curve Optimizer to increase performance – which was not possible with the original 3D V-Cache CPU, the 5800X3D – manual overclocking (overclocking) voltage directly) is still not allowed with Zen 4 models.
Analysis: Getting things right may take some time
There are already some concerns surrounding these Windows optimizations for the Ryzen 9 7900X3D and 7950X3D, as you might imagine. What if AMD and Microsoft struggle to get it to run smoothly? Should we expect teething problems when these X3D chips launch?
These are questions that can’t be answered without the help of a crystal ball, of course, but if there were any initial implementation hurdles with some of the games, I hope they’ll be resolved soon enough.
And we should also keep in mind that Microsoft had to make adjustments to Intel’s new processor designs when the chip giant brought its hybrid technology with Alder Lake. Working to ensure that the different types of performance and efficiency cores are properly used and running to their best capabilities in Windows is a task that Microsoft has tackled previously, and one that took a while to get everything to run really smoothly.
For AMD, the proof will be in the pudding, and how we’ll see its high-end Ryzen 7000 X3D processors actually run across a range of games when they’re released in February. We can’t wait — and we’re also very eager to know the prices of these V-Cache models, as this is something AMD hasn’t shared yet (which is a little unsettling, but we don’t expect the 12- and 16-core models to be remotely cheap, of course).
Via Wccftech (Opens in a new tab)