AMD Ryzen Master software question.

[Chris P. Bacon]

Was wondering if I have to keep AMD Ryzen Master open/minimized to tray while gaming if I set it to auto oc? Managed to squeeze out +400mhz but just wanted to be sure before I closed it if it will reset back to default if closed.

[Spec_Ops_Ape]

You can close Ryzen Master, any changes it makes Ryzen Master saves it to BIOS (advanced - AMD (I forget the name now) tab).

[r.linder]

Any settings set in Ryzen Master should remain applied when you close the program.

Keep in mind that if you're using a Zen2 or Zen3 processor (not sure if Zen and Zen+ even have Auto OC option) that PBO isn't exactly safe if PBO's scalar setting is changed from 1X mode, as anything higher will override the default health management of the FIT, which would allow for higher voltages than what would normally be allowed as safe based on the current state of the CPU (CPU load, current draw, etc.)
So if you care about CPU lifespan and warranty, don't use PBO or Auto OC. It's not covered under warranty if something goes wrong, and it's not exactly "safe." Some motherboards like the X470 AORUS GAMING 7 have been known to change the scalar multiplier when it's set to auto because of how the firmware was set. A lot of beefier ASUS and Gigabyte boards are guilty of things like that for more performance.

[Chris P. Bacon]

Yeah I have an ASUS TUF x570 chipset but my R9 3900XT just isn't giving the performance I like. Not sure if its a defective CPU or not but it only seems to output workloads to 4 out of the 12 cores while gaming. I was hoping auto oc would help unify the workloads somehow.

[r.linder]

Publicado originalmente por Chris P. Bacon:

Yeah I have an ASUS TUF x570 chipset but my R9 3900XT just isn't giving the performance I like. Not sure if its a defective CPU or not but it only seems to output workloads to 4 out of the 12 cores while gaming. I was hoping auto oc would help unify the workloads somehow.

Zen2 works a bit differently than Zen3 and most games don't use more than 4 cores, nothing will fix that.

Ryzen 9 was never a "gaming" CPU despite advertisements.

[Chris P. Bacon]

You think I should just revert back to default/factory clock if I can't really pull any more multi-threaded workloads onto more cores in the CPU anyway?

[r.linder]

Publicado originalmente por Chris P. Bacon:

You think I should just revert back to default/factory clock if I can't really pull any more multi-threaded workloads onto more cores in the CPU anyway?

Yeah, it's better to just run it at the "default" setting (as shown in Ryzen Master) since it's safer and boost will be the same or better if PBO/Auto OC is using too much voltage

Turning on PBO will not boost more cores