Will just running games in Admin mode (click "run as administrator) help, or do you need to ran from that hidden super admin account?
it's sufficient
e.g. computerbase.de, translated:Link?
edit, original HWUB tweet:The same effect as described above by activating the administrator account can also be achieved more easily. All you have to do is use the "run as administrator" option, which can be found by right-clicking on the game's shortcut. Hardware Unboxed points this out in a tweet and also explains that many CPUs (including Intel) will potentially deliver better performance as a result, as this is not a bug on AMD systems, but rather a Windows feature. This behavior can also be observed on Windows 10.
Just a quick update for you on the Windows 11/Zen 5 testing, as I don't think I will get a video out on this over the next few days.
- The same gaming performance uplift using the administrator account is seen when using Windows 10, so this looks far less likely to be a bug as AMD suggested, and just the way Windows works.
- If you run the game "run as administrator" you will see the same performance uplift as seen in the system administrator account, so that's a much easier way to test this :D
- I'm still yet to test other CPUs but all indications point to this performance uplift applying to any and all CPUs. Trusted members in our Discord server have report similar findings with Intel CPUs for example.
- Changing the application priority level from low, medium and real-time doesn't change performance.
I'll keep testing when I can, but there is some other content I want to get done first, such as Black Myth Wukong GPU Benchmarking for example.
Thanks guys.
There would be smarter ways of doing this without sparking any outcry, for example making the support mandatory on high-end chipsets, optional on B and A. We already have something similar for PCIe support.I can already see the outcry on social media about artificial segmentation to milk customers
Next update, Microsoft needs to show some popup message to home users saying something like "Admin mode may expose you to serious security related issues. Tread with caution!".Teaching Joe and Jane to "solve" privilege separation related issues on their home computers through privilege escalation is a… questionable move.
Running games as administrator:
I haven't been following this, because I am not interested in video games myself. Now having read up on it, I am disturbed that AMD¹ made this suggestion to a youtuber (¹ according to this youtuber). From there, the news that entertainment software runs better with elevated privileges appears to spread like wildfire, well illustrated for the laymen by longer bar graphs. Teaching Joe and Jane to "solve" privilege separation related issues on their home computers through privilege escalation is a… questionable move.
TSo far, it has been a Jekyll & Hyde story for zen 5
Zen, 5 excuses vs zen 5$/day crypto mining
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X used by cryptominers, making $3 per day in profit from their CPUs
AMD's current-gen Ryzen 9 7950X processor is using used for cryptomining, as it's more profitable than GPU mining while Bitcoin rides new highs.www.tweaktown.com
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Annoying when hwu casually dismiss their viewer questions or points with a mere "nope"
I can't recall the exact doc right now, but the underlining technical base certainly was the L3 partitioning. But you can "google" something like RAM disk on Genoa-X V-cache. As for the "initiator question", may be certain L3 slices in this case are seen as the device with "dram" MTR value, or at the IF layer, one of the SDP ports could be configured as "coherent slave" for global visibility. Honestly, idk.Hmm, do you have a pointer to a description of this functionality? Was this one for CPU initiated accesses perhaps? SDCI is for device initiated accesses, the device being the writer.
They have covered some of those in great detail. Which one do you think deserves more than a "nope" at this point?
Guru3d is expecting some type of X3D announcement at Gamescom on Aug. 23.
Review: Ryzen 9 9950X processor - Updated with KB5041587 for Gaming Charts (Page 29)
We review the ZEN 5 processor series, highlighting the powerful 16-core Ryzen 9 9950X. This model boasts the highest number of cores for consumers and operates at the fastest speeds. We're moving beyond high-end to the enthusiast tier of processors.www.guru3d.com
Sorry, folks. I created the table for the ES 9950X DDR5-8000 configuration in LibreCalc and I guess I don't know how to make formulas work flawlessly in that AND I was in a hurry to post.
Here's the updated percentage improvement table and I hope I got it right this time:
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So looking at that, maybe the ST perf isn't that hot but in MT, it's a beast?
If you are perplexed by these numbers, you are not alone
Any mistakes are all mine!
I have not watch all their videos. There are already tons of content on the 9000 series. I view their tweet as condescending and dismissive so I wont bother with the rest of their videos.
Considering the most people were upset about Zen 5 was the gaming performance . This should make that and other concerns go away. They already rule on productivity.gamers rise up!!!! ✊✊✊✊✊
Oh yeah Bulldozer was a marketing failure. Calling their modules dual core was a failure and it cost them. And rightly so.
x3D is both AMD's doom and hope. I think that the 7800x3D/7950x3D make Ryzen 9000 look much worse than it probably would, but the Ryzen 9000x3D lineup might also be its saving grace if they manage to bring it quickly.gamers rise up!!!! ✊✊✊✊✊
Hardware unboxed mentioned I think in a Twitter post that some of their discord members were reporting that they see the same thing in Windows 10 as well.
Something went terribly wrong? That's a rather selective view on the matter.At this point, you've just got to ask yourself how/what went terribly wrong with Zen5.
This too.5-10% performance lift for better TDP
They are launch prices. Ryzen 7000 supply still seems to be in the channel, let's see for how long.won't cut it with the current prices.
Everybody keeps denying the change in avx-512 applications. First it was in PURE avx-512 benchmark show 98% faster than Zen 4. Now we have at least one application where it is 30-40% faster that is actually used (in the application areas). See the benchmarks in the DC forum here. These are not imaginary gains. In scientific and other areas, it should see these huge gains. This being the case, I doubt that it will die at Zen 5.
You forget the Server is the real moneymaker. desktop is a pittance compared to server, thats why they base desktop from server chipps binned differently. That also saves money. Ask yourself. Right now who is doing hands and feet above the other, and making money instead of bleeding money ? Companies are there for one reason, $$$$$, nothing else.Not denying it. But I doubt AMD went through the trouble of full and half speed AVX-512 on Zen 5 just to abandon the concept after one generation. And it's likely that mobile and desktop converge quite a bit in Zen 6.
What I really want to see from AMD, especially if the server parts start to diverge with better features, if the return of Threadripper. But I'm still totally turned off from the whole "we'll selectively release parts sometimes, sometimes very late, and sometimes we'll just skip generations and leave the segment to lie fallow" from before. The only way I would ever buy into a future TR platform is if AMD promised to pursue a specific cadence and swore off their previous behavior.
Research and Development often needs to try out moonshot architectures and ideas to see if they can at least be salvaged for future use. What is a constant struggle(in life too) is finding the right balance, not too hot and not too cold. That's the real challenge. In case of Bulldozer they shot too far in one direction, a wrong one.Bulldozer was an engineering failure that no amount of marketing could save. Yes, marketing failed of course, but in the end it was in many cases slower than Phenom II and ST performance was abysmal.
May be splitting hairs here but Ryzen is the brand (like Radeon or Instinct).If AMD benefitted from it and resulted in Ryzen
Let me try a second time.May be splitting hairs here but Ryzen is the brand (like Radeon or Instinct).
Zen(n) is the µArch.
Phenom did not persist as a brand past Thuban, Bulldozer temporarily resurrected FX and simultaneously killed it due to associated bad mojo, but Athlon remains I think as
So probably bypassing all kinds of windows security etc. when running in elevated mode freeing ressorces for the games.
You forgot 1 GiB Huge Pages, supported since Nehalem.Not "extra memory" but more efficient paging. Normally, all memory on x86 windows is accessed through 4kB pages. If you want to access 4GB of space, you need to set up a million PTEs, which is a problem because the TLB can only cache a few thousand. The hardware also supports 2MB pages, which are a lot more reasonable, and on zen use the same tlb entries so the cache can cover 6GB on Zen 4.