microstutters after BIOS update for Z790
Posted by Disastrous_Rooster@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 4 comments
i have updated BIOS (probably from stocked cus BIOS Build Date was something in 2022) with 7E07vAI version.
and found out to have microstutters exactly after that. its not something global, cus with some testing, i discovered that this microstutters problem mostly happening when Frame Generation enabled.
after that i tried to install 7E07vAE version of BIOS update, cus i found out some topic where it helped to fix microstutters downgrading from 0x12F microcode to 0x12B microcode. sadly, this didnt help.
probably cus 7E07vAE wasnt "core" BIOS update. afaik i need to downgrade to core update and only then isntall
7E07vAE again, but sadly i dont know what update is core and what not.
i understand that after BIOS update settings go default, and probably some setting helped with those stutters years ago, but i dont really remember all of them. i mean, i didnt tuned settings too much, regardless. i definetly remember that hyperthreading, XMP profile 1 and turboboost were enabled for sure. tried to enable/disable enchanced turbo or intel c-state... no difference. so i wonder what settings can make a difference in my case.
i5-13600KF on PRO Z790-A WIFI
Aleksanterinleivos@reddit
You don't need to do the updates in any sort of specific order unless the latest ersion specifically says it must be upgraded from version X under the notes. Otherwise doing what you did, going staright to the latest one, is totally fine.
I would bet money on it simply being some setting thing, but I cannot really tell you what setting that might've been that caused this to happen. Are you sure you for example never gave it a slight overclock? Like something as simple as unlocking the limits or bumping the speed to sync all cores at the max stock speed etc?
Disastrous_Rooster@reddit (OP)
Everything i did was as simple as a "toggle", not played with "numbers".
How that option called in MSI BIOS?
I was able to add images of my settings in this post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/s/34RHEYcyE0
Aleksanterinleivos@reddit
It's the Cooler Tuning one according to Google, setting it to watercooling or something should remove the limits.
Note this will make your CPU run hotter and draw more power and I have no idea if it's the cause or not, so I can't exactly tell you it's what you SHOULD test.
Disastrous_Rooster@reddit (OP)
ah, i know this setting. i tested those options, and they dont make difference in this case, sadly