Overclocking Problem With Ryzen Master (Unable to Initialize)

[A68yoSniper]

I am starting to explore overclocking as my system seems to be CPU limited with a Ryzen 7950. I have good advice but all of a sudden Ryzen Master is not working and apparently it is a common problem. Have spent 3h on this and reinstalled etc etc,

[KernowDave9643]

Suggest taking this to a AMD forum, as nothing to do with MSFS. You’ll have better chance of an answer.

[A68yoSniper]

I found the solution and will post it here in case somebody runs into this.

Solution is uninstall; REBOOT; reinstall; REBOOT; then run… drivers have to unload and reload with reboots…

Now let me see if I can actually overclock this puppy…

[jpht1964]

Why post it here?

By the way, be careful, MSFS (both) don’t like overclocked CPU’s, it makes the simulator very unstable

[BegottenPoet228]

I used Ryzen Master to help with per-core undervolting my 7950X3D.
It was much, much easier than having to make adjustments in BIOS. What took me a day would probably have taken a week if I’d not used Ryzen Master.

I agree that overclocking is tricky, and probably not worth doing for FS24.

[A68yoSniper]

Thanks for the advice. Never Overclocked but have a lot of computer experience, so I know first of all I do not want to brick this machine!

This computer is primarily used for astrophotography and the graphics card was there to provide CUDA Cores for AI. When it runs for that purpose all the CUDA Cores run as well as all the CPU Cores at 90%.

When I run in MSFS 2024 I have optimized the VRAM/TLOD settings with a few tricks primarily lower TLOD and Texture quality and I get a very nice 60+ FPS, but I think I can increase the graphics quality.

The DEV FPS chart shows that I am CPU constrained and the Task Manager shows I am running not on all Cores at a total of 40%.

Ryzen Master shows that 2 of the Cores are favored, I guess the fastest, and they show up on the Task Manager Performance Window.

I think if I understand the Ryzen Master Gamer Mode that will favor those individual Cores. Hence maybe this is a good compromise that will not fry my machine?

This is an enjoyable learning experience for me (recreational computing) and I do not want to turn it into a hardware tragedy

[AlexLegend165]

This has nothing to do with the game @SmotheryVase665