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AMD FX Processors U nleashed | a Gui de to Performance Tuning w i th AMD Ov erDrive and the ne w AMD FX Processors.
2 Disclaimer The information presen ted in this docu ment is for in formational purposes only and may contain technical inaccuracies , omissions and ty pographical errors.
3 Introduction Systems based on the platform technology codenamed “Scorpius” may be tuned to deli v er added system perform a nce. The AMD FX™ CPUs and th e AMD 9-series chipset motherboards offer an exci ting amount of performance tuning options, incl u ding potential overclocking headroo m.
4 Glossar y of Terms HyperTrans p ort™ Referenc e Clock (H T ref. clk) : The bas e cloc k for various clock domains on t he AM D “Scorpius” pla tf orm technology. H T r ef. clock is 200MHz by default. CPU, CPU NB, H T L i nk and Memory c locks are all link ed to HT ref.
5 Glossar y of Terms – c ont inued CPU / CPU NB Voltage OFFSET: Most AMD “Scorpius” p latfor m technology m otherboards have a BIOS opt i on that allows Voltage ad j ustments beyond th e C PU V ID Voltage range. This voltage offset is added on top of the VID v a lue.
6 AMD OverD r ive™ utilit y The AMD OverDrive™ utility is a comprehensive utili ty for p erformance tu n i ng , system monitoring a n d testing. PLE A SE NOTE THAT THE A MD PRODUC T W A R RA NTY DOES NOT COVER D A M A GES C A US ED BY RUNNING C O MPONENTS OUTSIDE OF SPECIFIC A TION.
7 Figure 1, presented above sho w s all t h e available clock/voltage t u ni ng options available in the AMD Over Dr ive™ util ity . The processor, northbridge, PCIe and memor y can all be adjusted to obtain an optimally tuned system.
8 Memory Tuning Figure2: A M D OverDri v e™ uti lity Mem ory Tuning Memor y ti ming adjustments ( 1) The items circled with red color ca n directly affect the overall system performance.
9 AMD OverDrive™ utility Stability Te st The AMD OverDrive™ u tility features an impressive s y stem stability assessment. The “Stability Test” tab under “P e rf ormance Control” incorporates AMD’ s CPU test algorithms to stress the CPUs worst-case scenario.
10 AMD “Sco r pi us” plat fo r m – Pe rf ormance T uning Sugges tions CPU Core Clock P erformance Tunin g CPU core clock is the most important i tem to a djust for the advanced users w hen t uning t h e perf o rmance of the system. The CPU Clock speed has a big impact on overall s y stem perf ormance.
11 The ke y set tin gs i n t h e W indows® XP, W indow s Vis ta® o r W indows 7® ope rating system to adjust bef ore overclocking t he CPU: • Close all ma j or applications and background tools a.
12 CPU NorthBridge Perfor mance Tuning The CPU Nort hBridge ( CPU NB) clock s pe ed det ermines the efficiency and b andwidth capacity of the Memory controller. L3 cac he runs at this frequency as well. CPU N B p erformance t uning gives a m easurable boost f or overall s y st em performanc e .
13 Figure 7: A M D OverDrive™ util ity H T ref. clock sl ide r 5) Run a st ab ility test b efore increasing the HT re f. clock to another level 6) Adjust CPU NB VI D voltage slid er in A OD if there were any stability issues (in 0. 0 50V steps – th e AMD FX-8150 C PU may requ i re 1.
14 CPU NB performance tuning through the BIOS menu: 1) Set the CPU NB clock speed up to the n ext avail able value (example: if 1800 MHz / x9 is the def au lt and NB clock test i n g v i a AMD OverDr .
15 Memory Performance tuning – AM3+ / DDR3 PLEASE NO TE THAT THE A MD PRODUCT W A RR A NTY DOES N OT COVER DAMAGE S CAUSED BY RUNNING COMPONENTS OUTSIDE OF SP ECI F I CATION INCLUDING DA MAGES CA USED BY OVERCLOCKIN G (EVEN WHEN O VER CLOCKI NG IS ENABLED WITH THE AMD OVERDRIV E UTILIT Y ) .
16 A dva n ced Memor y tuning examples : The f ollowing BIOS settings may i mprove the Memor y per formance tuning margin and enable operation at the higher memory c lock modes (DDR3-1866…2400).
17 Figure 10: E xample settings for DDR3-2133 memo r y c lock m ode (2 D IMMs, one DIMM per channel) The fo l lo w ing memor y timing fine tune parame ters that may furt her improve the c l ock margin.
18 HyperTransport™ (H T) reference cl ock HT ref e rence clock value h as no direct impact on s ystem perform a nce. Th erefore the max i mum a mount of HT reference clock tuning is not required in ord er t o get the h i ghest perform a nce. HT ref.
19 AMD “Scorpiu s” P la t f orm T echnology – P erfo r ma nce T uning T arget s The fo l lo w ing t a ble lists some p ossible results f or an unlocked AMD FX -8150 CP U as well as t h e optimal voltage values for most AMD “Sc o rpius” platf orm tec h nology systems.
20 ATTRIBUTION © 2011 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All ri g hts reserved. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, ATI, the ATI logo, , AMD OverDrive and combinations there o f are tr ademarks of Advanced Mi c ro Devices, Inc. HyperTransport is a li cen s e d trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium.
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