AMD's
relatively low performance in some games has led to a flurry of theories, with
the most popular being that the Windows scheduler bears the blame. (S+P+O)
AMD
released a community update that contradicts the theories. (S+P+C)
AMD
also clarified its temperature reporting methodology and announced that it's
pushing an update in April to refine its power management policy. (S+P+C)
The
company also released a separate blog post outlining several tweaks to get the
best gaming experience. (S+P+O)
The
Windows Scheduler Is Not To Blame
(S+P+C)
Ryzen's
unique cache topology and simultaneous multi-threading (SMT, which is akin to
Intel's Hyper-Threading) has led to reduced performance in many games, which
AMD claimed can be fixed through updates that allow software to interact
correctly with the new architecture.
(S+P+O)
Windows
7 doesn't appear to park cores as aggressively, which is likely contributing to
increased performance in the older operating system. (S+P+O)
AMD
also touched on the performance disparity between the balanced and
high-performance power plans, and the company plans to issue an update in the
April time-frame to address the issue.
(S+P+O)
AMD
also addressed Ryzen's somewhat confusing temperature reporting. (S+P+O)
AMD
also confirmed the fact that some games perform better with SMT disabled, which
we already characterized with targeted testing in our launch piece. (S+P+O)
