AVX Offset for Battlegrounds

[UnaverageVague]

okay so I didn't notice this until now, everytime I hop on battlegrounds my 5.0ghz OC goes down to 4.8ghz which is what I set it to do for AVX instructed applications... I didn't know BATTLEGROUNDS used AVX but anyways when I turned off AVX my voltage would spike to 1.376 which is alot more than I usually see... what do you guys recommend me do at this point?

 

I’m running adaptive mode at this point and I find adaptive mode great for the chip cause it doesn’t keep a consistent voltage to the chip at all times but I wanna know if 1.375V spikes are unsafe or if I should just leave the AVX offset on 2

[jcsazon]

Whats the temp like?

 

AVX tends to increase the CPU voltage, resulting in more heat... safe to say keep the AVX offset

[UnaverageVague]

1 minute ago, jcsazon said:

Whats the temp like?

 

AVX tends to increase the CPU voltage, resulting in more heat... safe to say keep the AVX offset

My temps reach max usually of like 67C with AVX load

[jcsazon]

Just now, xovague said:

My temps reach max usually of like 67C with AVX load

that's not bad

[UnaverageVague]

Just now, jcsazon said:

that's not bad

I know high voltage delivers higher heat but yeah I get fairly good temps cause I’m delidded I just don’t wanna game one day and set fire to my mobo cause of a high voltage spike or someshit

[Carclis]

Well assuming you're actually stable with 5Ghz whilst running AVX instructions there is no reason to have AVX offset on. Your temperatures and voltages are also fine so I would leave it as is now.

[jcsazon]

I don't think this game will run AVX instructions constantly... 

[UnaverageVague]

1 minute ago, Carclis said:

Well assuming you're actually stable with 5Ghz whilst running AVX instructions there is no reason to have AVX offset on. Your temperatures and voltages are also fine so I would leave it as is now.

So getting 1.360-1.376V spikes are okay? When 1.320V was the initial set voltage?

[jcsazon]

if you really want to test how stable your OC settings, try run Prime95 v27 and up! just monitor your temps

 

just let it at least an hour

[jcsazon]

btw what processor are talking about?

[Carclis]

Just now, xovague said:

So getting 1.360-1.376V spikes are okay? When 1.320V was the initial set voltage?

Yeah that voltage is not that high. Something you could do is try lowering the LLC setting perhaps and seeing if that helps but otherwise you're a decent amount below 1.4v and you're only going to be running AVX instructions some of the time whilst also having very good temperatures.

[UnaverageVague]

14 minutes ago, Carclis said:

Yeah that voltage is not that high. Something you could do is try lowering the LLC setting perhaps and seeing if that helps but otherwise you're a decent amount below 1.4v and you're only going to be running AVX instructions some of the time whilst also having very good temperatures.

For sure right now I have LLC set to 5, I lowered it all the way to 2 and got the spike down to 1.360V but what could happen if I set it to 1 or having the LLC really low wouldn’t that effect something in a bad?

[UnaverageVague]

17 minutes ago, jcsazon said:

if you really want to test how stable your OC settings, try run Prime95 v27 and up! just monitor your temps

 

just let it at least an hour

My stable is good I’ve done that test along time ago 1.320 is stable on manual but it’s all whole other ball game with adaptive stability

[Carclis]

14 minutes ago, xovague said:

For sure right now I have LLC set to 5, I lowered it all the way to 2 and got the spike down to 1.360V but what could happen if I set it to 1 or having the LLC really low wouldn’t that effect something in a bad?

It could result instability if you go too low but as long as you test it before declaring it stable you'll be fine.

[UnaverageVague]

3 minutes ago, Carclis said:

It could result instability if you go too low but as long as you test it before declaring it stable you'll be fine.

How can you stress test using adaptive mode? Isn’t that bad to do that

[Carclis]

7 minutes ago, xovague said:

How can you stress test using adaptive mode? Isn’t that bad to do that

It's not really ideal but it makes sense to use it since that's the best mode for the longevity of your components. I use Prime 95 v29.x because it tests some of the most stressful AVX instructions and basically guarantees stability. If you can get through 2 hours of that I'd call it stable.

[TahoeDust]

Do you happen to be streaming?  Some streaming programs like OBS use x264 to encode which triggers AVX.  Personally I don't ever sweat when my AVX offset kicks in...you're still running at ludicrous speed.

[UnaverageVague]

24 minutes ago, TahoeDust said:

Do you happen to be streaming?  Some streaming programs like OBS use x264 to encode which triggers AVX.  Personally I don't ever sweat when my AVX offset kicks in...you're still running at ludicrous speed.

Nah I don’t stream it’s just I don’t get 5.0ghz any of the time I play BATTLEGROUNDS and I upp’d the speed to get 5.0ghz not 4.8ghz

[TahoeDust]

Just now, xovague said:

Nah I don’t stream it’s just I don’t get 5.0ghz any of the time I play BATTLEGROUNDS and I upp’d the speed to get 5.0ghz not 4.8ghz

Then turn off the AVX offset and control the heat.  You said it spikes to 1.375v.  That voltage is not dangerous, but the temps it could bring may be.  If you can cool it, its all good.

 

AVX is very powerful, but takes a lot of power to run.  That offset is there for a reason.  I promise you those instructions being run with AVX at 4.8GHz are much faster than if you disabled AVX and ran them at 5.0GHz.