[News] AMD Says Ryzen 1700X, 1800X Have a Temperature Reporting "Offset"

[StyM]

https://www.techpowerup.com/231473/a...porting-offset

AMD is now saying reports of poor thermal performance from the flagship Ryzen products can be attributed to a simple thing: Temperature Offsets. Apparently, to keep a "consistent fan policy," AMD has placed a 20C offset on the Ryzen 1700X and 1800X products, making them report temperature a good 20C above what the sensor reads. This interesting design choice may most assuredly be confusing to end users, but AMD is confident software will soon automatically adjust for this offset and report the true temperature when required.

In the same blog post detailing the changes on the 1700X and 1800X, AMD claims that temperature reporting "may be offset on certain CPU models so that all models on the AM4 Platform have the same maximum tCTL value." This could mean other future models would utilize a similar setup, so remember that moving forward with AMD's Zen-based lineup.

[AliG]

That doesn't make sense to me....

The only reason I can think of that you'd consistently want a fan on is to help cool the VRMs, but anyone running watercooling won't help with that. Why not just tell motherboard manufacturers to do a better job cooling?

[Sparky]

Can't say I understand the logic of that.

[chew*]

Regardless of that info, heat out of my heatsink is hotter when using both of those sku's = voltage