AGESA 1.0.0.4 to be released alongside Ryzen 9 3950X

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/07/2019 08:33 AM | source: | 6 comment(s)

Before the weekend we talked a bit about the 100 new features/fixes and updates to the pending 1.0.0.4 AGESA update from AMD. A few more details are now surfacing, the firmware update would become available in the same timeframe as the 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X release. Next to that there will be updated boost tweaks.

The boost adjustments invoke the timing of Precision Boost 2 and Precision Boost Overdrive (PBO). And as noted there will be be improvements to CCX overclocking, ie the ability to use tools, for individual CPU core complexes tweaks. Our bud Yuri "1usmus" from the DRAM Calculator for Ryzen mentions AGESA 1.0.0.4 is expected to be released together with the Ryzen 9 3950X in November, and according to MSI holds more than 100 improvements or fixes. The MSI slide, however, is a marketing slide and as they always do, they love hype and virals - since the info already was labeled wrongly in the presentation dubbed 'fixes', I call it pure marketing from the EU team, I would not hold my breath on the accuracy on that one.

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Alex13
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#5717696 Posted on: 10/07/2019 09:52 AM

Functional PBO would be nice. atm you're left with stock for low thread perf. or all core oc for a multi-thread boost

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#5717728 Posted on: 10/07/2019 12:04 PM

Would love to know if there are any benefits for older Zen+ 2xxx or Zen 1xxx CPUs??

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#5717736 Posted on: 10/07/2019 12:58 PM

Can't wait for this, hope it fixes all the issues, like my 3700x idling at 1.48v.

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#5717780 Posted on: 10/07/2019 03:28 PM

Would love to know if there are any benefits for older Zen+ 2xxx or Zen 1xxx CPUs??

I highly doubt it. In my experience, you're better off not upgrading unless you have a known issue. Granted, I am using a Biostar motherboard, so, take my situation with a grain of salt, but I'm deliberately 3 or 4 BIOS updates behind because I've found the most stability (particularly with RAM) on versions before the 2000 and 3000 series were released. Since AMD is scrambling to get Zen2 polished, I wouldn't be surprised if the 1000-2000 series actually see regressions. Of course, there's an equal possibility that those will inadvertently see improvements too, but my point is they're not the focus of this update.

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#5717824 Posted on: 10/07/2019 05:01 PM

ASRock is officially recommending users NOT to update the bios when they have a Gen1 or Gen1+ CPU:

Example:
https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/B450M%20Pro4-F/index.asp#BIOS

*ASRock do NOT recommend updating this BIOS if Pinnacle, Raven, Summit or Bristol Ridge CPU is being used on your system.

Makes sense.

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#5717853 Posted on: 10/07/2019 06:56 PM

This is zen2 agesa, obviously it shouldnt be used for Zen+. Zen+ doesn't have non functional pbo for example. It functions perfectly well.

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