AMD Chipset Drivers? (FX-9590)

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TheDecentGatsby

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Hey guys so I recently upgraded from an 8320 to a 9590 (and got it to run 5ghz stable FIRST try) and was just going through my computer's drivers to make sure everything was up to date and such.

Then I remembered I had installed AMD Chipset Drivers from Gigabyte's motherboard last year when I had just built my system.

Do I need to update these? I see them on AMD's website under AMD Chipset Drivers.

Specs:

AMD FX-9590 @ 5.0Ghz
Asus GTX 1050Ti 4GB ROG Strix edition OC'd slightly
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 Rev. 4.0 (BIOS version F3 - latest)
Corsair RX750M PSU (750w)
16GB (4x 4gb) G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 2400Mhz RAM (Only can get it to 1600Mhz, that's a seperate issue.)
Corsair H90 AIO water cooler in push/pull config on top of case (140mm fans)
Samsung EVO 850 SSD (Windows 10 64bit)



Any input is appreciated, thanks guys!
 
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Darkbreeze
That is normal behavior and is probably the ONLY thing keeping your CPU from exceeding thermal specifications. CPUs are NOT designed to always keep their cores at full clock speeds unless they are actually under a 100% steady state load. You can force them to, by changing the processor power state options in the advanced power options section of control panel to 100% for both min and max, or changing the profile to performance, but for a CPU like the FX-9590 that has so many thermal and stability issues to begin with, this is a very bad idea.

Actually, for most all processors it's a bad idea. Cores need to be able to reduce clock speed and then resume, at rapid rates, so that they can (almost instantly) cool somewhat which allows the...
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TheDecentGatsby

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The ONLY thing I noticed this chip and my 8320 (@ 4.4ghz) doing was in HWMonitor it would show in the “Min” column that my CPU clock would (at some point when I’m gaming) drop down to anywhere between 3-4ghz. I was never able to actually see it do this, or even feel it really.

The 9590 has done this as well, but only by two or three hundred MHz.

Every power saving options and Cool N’ Quiet is disabled in bios.

AnywAy, thanks for the input! I’ll leave it be (maybe) ;)
 
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That is normal behavior and is probably the ONLY thing keeping your CPU from exceeding thermal specifications. CPUs are NOT designed to always keep their cores at full clock speeds unless they are actually under a 100% steady state load. You can force them to, by changing the processor power state options in the advanced power options section of control panel to 100% for both min and max, or changing the profile to performance, but for a CPU like the FX-9590 that has so many thermal and stability issues to begin with, this is a very bad idea.

Actually, for most all processors it's a bad idea. Cores need to be able to reduce clock speed and then resume, at rapid rates, so that they can (almost instantly) cool somewhat which allows the overall "package" temp to be somewhat lower. That's a good thing. You do not WANT to disable all the power saving features because it allows for hardware saving cooling methods to be employed. Fluctuations in clock speed, like those you are seeing, are NORMAL for all processors. If there is actually enough of a load to warrant all cores saying at full clock speed then they will, without all these changes you have made trying to make them do it when they DON'T need to be doing it.

And if they don't, it's because you have a serious thermal issue ALREADY happening, which is unsurprising on an FX-9590, due to VRM overheating and throttling. By not allowing Cool N Quiet or power profile options to occur, you may actually be further increasing the problem causing the behavior you are seeing in the first place.

So to summarize, just because you have noticed that at some point core clock speed has been reduced for a few milliseconds does not mean that something is wrong, the opposite is true, and you should NOT tamper with that behavior trying to get all cores to never drop below their base clock speed. That's a bad idea, especially on this platform.
 
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