Z690 Chipset Motherboards and Alder Lake CPU

[djlild7hina]

Still waiting on getting some DDR5 ram but very exciting progress!

 

[CaseySJ]

@dehjomz @Elias64Fr

Going to test Maple Ridge in a few minutes. Will post observations in the Gigabyte Z690 Aero G thread:

Gigabyte Z690 Aero G + i5-12600K + AMD RX 6800 XT

CaseySJ's Intel Alder Lake i5-12600K: Gigabyte Z690 Aero G + Intel i5-12600K + AMD RX 6800 XT Please do not quote this guide in its entirety. Post a link instead. 10 Dec 2021: All P-cores, E-cores, and Hyper Threads now working!! This guide is made possible by the wonderful teamwork on...

www.tonymacx86.com

 

[dehjomz]

@Elias64Fr I had a hunch but now it is a confirmation. If you reset NVRAM or you have a crash on another OS, AQC113C may not connect anymore. It start but it has no connection to network. To restart functionality, you have to completely shut down the hack, unplug the power and press start button to completely drain de electricity. After that AQC113C will start again.

This problem also unfortunately happened on gigabyte z590 sometimes with the built in intel i225v.

 

[rushstrike]

This problem also unfortunately happened on gigabyte z590 sometimes with the built in intel i225v.

I think I experienced this with my I-225V on the Gigabyte z690 Aero DDR4 all of the sudden says drivers can't be loaded in windows. I think this happened after my macOS crashed from me testing E/HT enabling disabling. After I completely shut it down and wait a bit the network driver started to work again.

 

[Middleman]

For anyone interested, I've just found out that Gigabyte has released a DRM fix tool
for their Alder Lake motherboards for anyone who has trouble running legacy software on Windows.
It switches the E-cores on or off on the fly without having to reboot to BIOS to do so.

Gigabyte releases DRM Fix Tool for Intel Alder Lake processors - VideoCardz.com

“Enjoy The Game!” with Intel® 12th Gen. Processors featuring GIGABYTE’s DRM fix tool Portable and easy to use software to boost your gaming performance. Nov. 19th, 2021 –Gigabyte Technology, one of the top global manufacturers of motherboards, graphics cards, and hardware solutions, announced...

videocardz.com

 

[trs96]

This video is 11 months old but still relevant. Thio Joe does a good job of explaining DDR4 vs. DDR5.

 

[Middleman]

You know, with the recent installation of the SSDT-PLUG-ALT for my i9-12900K, I had given some thought to the idea: what if we add another 16 nodes on top? Would that enable all the cores on the system to work?

On a separate issue, I think the upcoming Raptor Lake & Meteor Lake builds are going to be interesting performance-wise. As they will be featuring far more E-cores than Alder Lake (8P+16E+), our next EFI builds for macOS will undoubtedly be trying to utilise more of the E-cores.

 

[Middleman]

There's also these two very interesting videos I came across. One is an in-depth interview with Pat Gelsinger on Alder Lake and Intel's plans for the near future and the other is about Intel's new Ribbonfet technology, which supposedly continues Moore's Law.

 

[energy23]

Has Intel made any hints of making a flagship 1x900k CPU in either Alder Lake or Raptor Lake form with ONLY p-cores? They've made the 12400k but it's low end....

 

[ori69]

Has Intel made any hints of making a flagship 1x900k CPU in either Alder Lake or Raptor Lake form with ONLY p-cores? They've made the 12400k but it's low end....

Alder Lake with ONLY p-cores i5 and i3