Now, obviouslythe 3900 X beingthetoptieratleastuntillaterthisyear, with a 39 50 x comesoutmorecourse, thisis a smallprocesssevencentimeterwith 12 course, 24 threadsonthemainstreamsized.
I guesspackagewillcallitbecausethere's morethanonedyingthere, soit's a lotoffocusedheat.
Sowe'veditchedtheprisoncoolerandobviouslywentwith a coursethere h 100 I a cooler.
Butwhatyou'regonnaseeisthatthingsstillgetprettywarm, soyouobviouslywanttomakesurethatyou'regonnabehavingcooling, takingintoconsiderationwithyouroverclockingbecausewe'renotin a chassishere.
Airflowoverthe V.
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Emsisalsoveryimportant.
So I justsaid 120 millimeterfanheretoblowdirectlyonthepowerdelivery.
I cantellyourightnow, that's thereasonwhyevenwithan H 100 I weresittingat 40.
See a titlethat's waytoohigh, becausethatis a aboutah 100 or 200 mill A voltsorsoactuallyhigherthanweneededtobeforstocksettingsthatthere's There's zeroexcuseforthat, Ace.
Allright, soafterspendingthelastcoupleofdaysbecause, like I said, wedidsomemoreworklockingyesterday, actually a lotofothercluckingyesterdayandthenwentbackthroughandredidallofourtestingtodayforsanitychecksandevenadded a coupleofteststhisthatweweren't planningon.
Sohere's thedeal.
The 3900 X andadmittedly, thisisonlythe 3900 X.
Thebehavioron 3700 X andtheotherexcusemightbedifferent.
Youcanlookatallthereviewsthathavemadeitoutinthemarket, bothwrittenandvideoformat, andyou'llfindthat 4 to 43 is a sweetspot.
Veryfewpeoplehitfourforiftheydidtake a lotofvotestogetthere, Somepeoplegotcompletedudsandlost a siliconlotterywheretheycouldntevengetforone.
Thishasbeenthecaseallalong, butwhatyou'reseeingisthematurityoftheirchiplitkindofinfrastructurehere, whereyou'vegottwodifferentccexeswithhalftheamountofcourseandeachplus s emptiesonbothsides.
Andthenwesawagainbyover, clocking a 4.3 veryminimaltwoseconddifferencebecauseagain, it's onlyabout a 75 megahertzoverclockversuswhereitwaslosingtwoonitsown.
Butwhenitcomestogamesontheotherhand, farcryfive.
Wechosethistitlespecifically.
Nowwewereveryawarethisisonlyonetitle.
Wewanttodo a wholeanotherpieceofcontentwherewegothroughandtestallofourgameswithouroverclocksandallthatsortofstufftoseeifweseethetypeofimprovements.
Wesawhimfarcryfiveacrosstheboard, butwechosefarcryfivebecauseweknowfor a factit's veryCPbound.
Andsothat's indicativeofthefactthatit's onlyabout 65 between 65 50% utilizedonour 28 e t I.
That's overclock.
Soforthetesting, wedid 10 80 p normalsettingsbecausewe'retryingtogetthe f pshitoputmoreof a strainontheCPU.
Now, ifwehadgone 14 40 uptheeyecandywouldhavetaken a lotofthatloaduptheCPU, anditwouldhavebeenindicativeofwhetherornottheoverclockingimprovedthegamingperformancebecausewehadtoinduce a bottleneck.
Thatwasthepoint.
Andsowesaw a prettylinearimprovementwherewhenweupthememory, wesaw a significantimprovementtonotonlymenandMax, butaverage.
Andthenwhenwewentwiththe F clockimprovement, wesawagain a fairlylargejump.
Nonetheless, byjustchanging a coupleofsettingsonthescreenandaslongasyouhadadequatecooling, keepingitcoolisanotherwholediscussion.
Wesaw 83 C onwater.
Onceweoverclockedatonly 1.375 volts, itcangetawaywith 1.35 I justdid 1.375 becausethat's stilllowerthan a lotofthereviewersweresayingtheyhadtouseintermsofbolted.
Somecuriousiswhattemperatureswere.
Uh, a nearcoolerwouldhave a hardtimekeepingtheCPUteamagainThat's becauseyouhaveto.
SevenNanometerchipletsonthere, plus a 14 centimeterIochiplit.
How?
Alsohandlingthememorycontrollershave a lotoffocusteat.
Remember, we'retalking 1920 x numberofseefewcoresinhalfthesizeversusthreadRipperjust a coupleyearsago, sotheyhavenoinsuranceprocess.
They'vetrumpedthepackageswell, whichiswhywe'reseeing a lotofheatwiththisseepyou, tobehonest, hasme a littlebitconcernedaboutthe 39 50 X comingoutlaterthisyearbecauseit's fourmorecoresandeightmorethreadsthanthe 3900 X.
But, youknow, allinall, therewas a lotofdiscussionabout a MDjustsuckingwhenitcomestooverclocking.
We'vehad a solid, I know, probably 15 hoursworthoftestingnowtogettotheseresultsonjustthesefewbenchmarks, andwestandbytheseresultssosoundoffinthecommentsbelow.