NVIDIA 399.24 WHQL Fixed 2990WX Game performance Issues（update：PCPER Tested）

[Hitman928]

https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graph...-Performance-Issue-Threadripper-2990WX-Tested

Pcper did testing with the new driver.

tl;dr is that it does provide a large performance increase in titles, but in general putting the 2990WX into "gaming mode" with reduced core count is still the best way to go.

 

[mattiasnyc]

Does anybody know if this type of 'hickup' might also have affected other types of workloads. For example; if this lowered frame rates by 50%, does anybody know if it got in the way of, say, memory latencies in a general way?

 

[Hitman928]

Does anybody know if this type of 'hickup' might also have affected other types of workloads. For example; if this lowered frame rates by 50%, does anybody know if it got in the way of, say, memory latencies in a general way?

Not sure what you are asking. Are you asking if the Nvidia driver would have caused disruptions in performance when not running a 3d workload (i.e. gaming / rendering)?

 

[moinmoin]

https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graph...-Performance-Issue-Threadripper-2990WX-Tested

Pcper did testing with the new driver.

tl;dr is that it does provide a large performance increase in titles, but in general putting the 2990WX into "gaming mode" with reduced core count is still the best way to go.

Total War: Warhammer II and Far Cry 5 are interesting cases. Does anybody know how they fare on 2990WX with AMD graphics/graphic drivers?

 

[mattiasnyc]

Not sure what you are asking. Are you asking if the Nvidia driver would have caused disruptions in performance when not running a 3d workload (i.e. gaming / rendering)?

Yes. Along those lines.

 

[Markfw]

You know whats funny ? There are only 2 people that I am aware of on this forum that own a 2990wx, myself and fir. Mine runs linux, and there are virtually no games that even run on linix, and fir has not replied.

 

[DrMrLordX]

I would think running a game in a VM that I've given 4 cores from the same CCX might be a good use case for the 2990WX. Otherwise, if I wanted to game on AMD HEDT systems, I'd be doing it on a 2950X.

 

[Hitman928]

Yes. Along those lines.

I highly doubt it would have an effect outside of 3d loads. From what I understand, it's the way the Nvidia driver distributes the draw calls and scheduling across multiple cores that is causing a problem. This wouldn't come up in a non-3d load. Obviously I can't confirm this without the necessary equipment, but it wouldn't be a problem from my understanding.

 

[Hitman928]

You know whats funny ? There are only 2 people that I am aware of on this forum that own a 2990wx, myself and fir. Mine runs linux, and there are virtually no games that even run on linix, and fir has not replied.

There's a decent amount of games now that run natively on Linux, actually. There's also a DirectX to Vulkan translator that someone came out with that allows for a lot more to work with acceptable performance.

Obviously it's still a small library compared to the seemingly endless games available on Windows, but gamin on Linux is becoming more of an option.

Since it was a driver issue, I would think the un-patched driver would have the same problem with Nvidia cards in Linux games, but you never know.

 

[GaiaHunter]

I guess the important thing to take out of this is that the lower gaming was a software issue and not an architectural problem.

We have also seen differences between Linux and Windows with other types of software.

Software being properly optimised makes a big difference.

 

[Panino Manino]

There's any test using a Vega card?

 

[wilds]

Glad this is fixed. But jeez, that 2700X is performing amazingly well...

You know whats funny ? There are only 2 people that I am aware of on this forum that own a 2990wx, myself and fir. Mine runs linux, and there are virtually no games that even run on linix, and fir has not replied.

Linux gaming is actually looking really nice right now!

 

[eek2121]

I have a 1950X system I use. I consider it to be a "workstation". I do media production, development, and a whole bunch of other things with it. At night and on the weekends? I game. Does that make it not a workstation? No. I work from home also 90% of the time, so my work/play schedule is not fixed.

 

[Kenmitch]

Glad this is fixed. But jeez, that 2700X is performing amazingly well...

It does surprisingly well against Intels offering. You'd probably like this review. The staggering clock speed difference and performance results are somewhat mind boggling.

https://www.techspot.com/review/1655-core-i7-8700k-vs-ryzen-7-2700x/

Makes a person wonder what Ryzen 2 will bring to the table.

 

[rvborgh]

i know its rather basic but i wonder if some folks are leaving the SRAT table option off in the BIOS?