Old Windows and software problems re-released
With the two large Ryzen 9000 processors, AMD also has further guidelines on how to achieve the best performance. While the first ones are quite simple and concern the energy saving plan, the activated Windows Game Mode and the activated Xbox Game Bar, things get interesting after that. Because AMD is plagued by problems here that have already been present in the past and which came to light especially at the X3D launch last year.
AMD now explains that regular Ryzen 9000s are also plagued by core provisioning. Switching back from a Ryzen 9 9950X to a Ryzen 7 9700X should therefore be avoided. Reinstalling the chipset driver may work, but it doesn't have to. This normal method is only described as a workaround, but in the end it always comes down to a fresh Windows.
"Unfortunately, sometimes Windows does not apply the correct provisioning after the CPU installed has changed. You can try uninstalling then re-installing the AMD Chipset Driver as a workaround, but a fresh install of Windows is ideal. Please make sure to restart then wait for the system to idle so that the provisioning installation may complete.
For the review purposes we highly recommend performing a clean Windows installation to ensure the provisioning is applied correctly. It may save time to have a separate SSD/image for the 9950X/9900X, and 9700X/9600X, so you don't have to reinstall windows every time you switch between a single CCD and dual CCD configuration while benchmarking. We recommend using Cyberpunk as a sanity check. Using a 4090 you should be getting ~210FPS with the 9950X and ~200FPS with the 9900X.
— AMD"
Testers are now slowly approaching the point where almost every second new AMD CPU will have to have a separate SSD in order to avoid constantly losing time in new installations. This is because the X3D CPUs already wanted their own Windows installations with one or two CCDs and, if possible, should not be mixed with regular Ryzen 7000s. With the 9000 generation, this already affects normal CPUs, and with the following X3D variants, the game will continue under exactly the same conditions.
Effects in the ComputerBase test
The ComputerBase editorial team therefore had no choice but to reinstall Windows and then reinstall it again between the Ryzen 9000 CPUs. The testers did not think the result of the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X was entirely kosher even without AMD's information three working days before the NDA case. The Cyberpunk mentioned crashed, especially in the percentiles, which looked better again with a new, clean Windows, which replaced the five-day-old Windows. In terms of pure FPS, there was no such drastic gain in Cyberpunk, but Baldur's Gate 3, for example, won clearly here. Smoothed out over many games, in which often nothing at all happens, it still only makes up around 4 percent. The Ryzen 9000 processor will of course not be a high-flyer in gaming.
There were no such significant fluctuations in applications. On average, the CPU ultimately reacts no differently than it would without an updated Windows. All individual results for each game and application can be found on the following pages. The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X was tested directly with the new Windows.
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That was the Ryzen 9000 launch plus outlook
So that was it, the launch of the AMD Ryzen 9000 on the desktop. In some places it went as expected, but in many others it didn't. And so the expectations that were met were mixed with some disappointment, garnished with missteps at AMD such as a modest naming scheme and strange, unattainable goals and platform problems. The first tests thus degenerated into question time even among experienced testers about what they had done wrong, only to realize that the manufacturer had slightly overshot the mark.
However, the AMD Ryzen 9000 is not a flop, as YouTubers (have to) shout out. From now on, they deliver the best performance in almost all applications, the single-core IPC is outstanding. If modern features such as AVX-512 are used, the performance goes through the roof. It is also clear that the new cores also need to consume power. Nevertheless, AMD has adjusted the consumption of almost every model downwards compared to its predecessor, three times over the TDP/PPT and even in the flagship model over the PPT. So the bottom line is that the solutions are all more efficient than their predecessors.
