With the introduction of the AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Processors, AMD is also enabling better overclocking support to allow enthusiasts to reach even higher performance on their new Zen 5 systems.
Memory Overclocking
One of the key areas of enhancement on the Ryzen 9000 series is its memory overclocking capabilities. With the latest AGESA updates to the current AM5 motherboards, the new Ryzen 9000 series CPUs can support up to DDR5-8000 speeds with AMD Expo. Also, AMD will also support native DDR5 JEDEC speeds of DDR5-5600 as well, improving both DIMM compatibility and bringing out the best possible memory performance.
Moreover, understanding that memory speed may not reflect real performance of a system, AMD has also introduced Memory Optimized Performance Profiles, which could tighten timings instead of going for the highest memory speed for even better overall system performance.
What’s interesting is that some of these memory tweaks and configuration edits on the system can be applied directly on the OS, with the new Memory Overclocking on-the-fly system. This makes the application of system memory speeds and timings even more accessible even for casual users who wishes to push out more performance out from their new Zen 5 system.
Precision Boost Overdrive, Curve Shaper and Curve Optimizer
AMD has also introduced the new Curve Shaper feature within their latest AGESA BIOS. Building on the Curve Optimizer feature, which was available since the Ryzen 7000 series CPUs, Curve Shaper is now able to further “reshape” the underlying voltage curve on the CPU to maximize the undervolting of the CPU.
By undervolting the CPU, a Precision Boost Overdrive enabled system can provide more performance to the overall system, now that it is not power limited. The video below shows how Curve Shaper works, and how much more performance it brings to the new Ryzen processors.
Moreover, the AMD overclocking team also tried to break some world records with the new Ryzen 9 9950X CPU. Outstanding performance by the Ryzen 9 9950X!
