NVIDIA Driver's Overhead: Are AMD GPUs REALLY FASTER with slower CPUs?

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Today, we're testing the CPU overhead in the GPU Drivers, with AMD vs NVIDIA to see how they fare with 3 different GPUs (Ryzen 7 7800X3D, Ryzen 5 7500F & Ryzen 5 5600X).

00:00 - Intro & What is CPU Overhead

02:45 - Assetto Corsa: Competizione
03:32 - The Witcher 3
04:22 - Counter Strike 2
05:06 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
05:49 - Fortnite
06:29 - PUBG: Battlegrounds
07:39 - Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
08:36 - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
09:11 - Hogwarts Legacy
10:05 - Dragon's Dogma 2
10:54 - Starfield
11:19 - The Last of Us: Part 1
11:55 - Alan Wake 2
12:48 - Spider-Man (RT Included)
14:02 - 15 Games Average

14:47 - Conclusion (Drivers CPU overhead, CPU performance)
18:52 - Channel Members
19:12 - More Videos

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AMD AM4 PC USED for CPU testing:

CPU Cooler: Mars Gaming ML360
MB: Asus X570 Strix-F
RAM: 2 x 8GB - Patriot Viper 4400Mhz CL19 (3600MHz CL16)
SSD (Nvme): 500GB + 1TB
PSU: BitFenix Whisper 650W+ Gold
CASE: Bitfenix Nova Mesh SE TG

INTEL 10/11th Gen PC USED for CPU testing:

CPU Cooler: Artic Freezer Penta 33
MB: MSI Z490 Tomahawk
RAM: 2 x 8GB - Patriot Viper 4400Mhz CL19 (3200 MHz CL14)
SSD: Kingston V300 120Gb
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2Tb 7200 rpm
PSU: Seasonic SIII 650W Bronze
CASE: Aerocool One Frost Edition

INTEL 12th Gen PC USED for CPU testing:

CPU Cooler: Mars Gaming ML360
MB: Gigabyte Z690 Aorus ELITE (DDR4)
RAM: 2 x 8GB - Patriot Viper 4400Mhz CL19 (3600 MHz CL16)
SSD: 240GB
SSD (Nvme): 500GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 rpm
PSU: Aerocool X-Strike 800W 80+ Silver Semi Modular
CASE: Phanteks P400A White

AMD AM5 PC USED for CPU testing:

CPU Cooler: Enermax Aquafusion 360
MB: Asrock B650E Taichi
RAM: 2 x 16GB - Flare X5 6000MHz CL32 (6000 MHz CL30)
SSD (Nvme): 1TB
PSU: Enermax Revolution D.F.X 1050W (80+ Gold)
CASE: Enermax StarryKnight SK30

My Main PC (used for GPU testing):

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X (5.4GHz Static Overclock)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S
MB: MSI X670E Carbon Wifi
RAM: 2 x 16GB - Flare X5 6000MHz CL32 (6000 MHz CL30)
SSD (Nvme): 500GB + 2TB + 2TB + 4TB
PSU: Corsair RM750X (White) 750W 80+ Gold
CASE: Thermaltake View 51 TG

#amddrivers #nvidiadrivers #ancientgameplays

[AncientGameplays]

Hope you like this video and give a BIG thumbs up (and share if possible) and it took A LOT of time to test everything properly :D

[daniel]

Radeon isn't so bad when you ain't got a Redditor in your ear telling you it sucks

[humayoonxpro]

0:28 There's a fly here - fabio 2024
also that clip is hilarious 😂🤣

[tomthomas]

This confirmed what my friend experienced on MFS, he used 2070 with 3700x i warned him that MFS benefit more with CPU upgrade since it's a sim game but he wouldn't listen and upgraded to 4070, and all he get was stuttery experience.

[XiaOmegaX]

Here's a fun cpu test that might be worth adding: make a reactor explode in Hardspace: Shipbreakers. it turns larger ships into thousands of physics items/debris.

[rizrizriz]

So that kinda explains why everyone keep saying they have crazy stutters in Dragon's Dogma while I was only having very VERY minor stutters in city and game was smooth outside of the city. 5600X+6900XT btw.

[NowThatsPCGaming]

I actually discovered this on my own. My friend just recently bought a 4080. I have an xtx. We wanted to swap GPUs to see the differences. I have a 5800x3d, and he had a 7800x3d. Comparing the data, I was getting around 10% less performance on the 4080 with my 5800x3d then he was with his newer 7800x3d, while he was getting the same performance as me with the xtx, but was getting far better performance with his 4080. I didn’t quite no what to call it, but now I do lol. Very interesting how that works. I guess it’s another reason why I love AMD. I’m sure if AMD does release a high end 8000 series GPU, the 5800x3d would still handle it really well.w

[amzgamingx]

ive seen someone using a 12400f on 7900xt and using 1440p the gpu was never below 97-99% but on 4070 the gpu was 86% to 96% usg. so weird

[overclockingorobsolete]

Been waiting for that video, late night uploads never miss :D
I've tested only cs2 on my "channel", great to see a full set of games being tested by you

[adammartin]

You just cannot get Important gaming information like this anywhere else!!! Thanks Fabio for working so hard and bringing us this important information that keeps us all well informed so we know exactly what CPUs will work best with our hardware👍

[silvio]

Fabio, astounding work as always, I've been watching benchmarks about the RTX 4070, as some people say driver overhead is visible in some scenarios but not that much. Also, I let you know that thanks to you I went for a 5700x3d as my final upgrade on the AM4 platform, so happy with the performance per watt it provides and runs really cool.

[antondovydaitis]

Thank you for your discipline, focus, and presentation.

Useful.

[chadfang]

always love seeing my CPU (7500f) in your videos.

[gstormcz]

4080S has higher avg fps than 7900xtx in some of those games, where seemingly driver overhead hitting 1 percent lows. I would not call it driver overhead but rather weak cpu performance in some cpu taxing game settings or choke gpu - running overclocked fully utilized it does such things like big dips in 1 percent lows.

There is one likely cause of 1 percent lows
favorizing AMD at 4K - having 24GB VRAM. But finally also mature optimizations for L3 cache. It was doing great on Rdna2 already.

I am not really sure what part weak cpu has on AMD advantage, but 7900xtx really seems to perform better.

Great benchmark

[gruuli]

Let's hop into it, pretty exited for the results!

[turbors]

great benchmark, nvidia have clearly improved this cpu overhead problem in DX12 games lately...

[hyprjay]

Eagerly waiting to see a video on the new update for 24.6.1 i cant wait to hear u read "some games are not designed to launch" "some games may experience slowdowns" lol

[knubivandubi]

nice test, would love to see that test with Intel Cpu|s too :)

[shahrukhwolfmann]

Keep up the good work! God bless you and your family! Wish you all the best! 💯

[pju]

I appreciate your work and effort! Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹