The updated BIOS promises improved support for DDR5 memory and overclocking capabilities, with clock speeds that can exceed DDR5-9000. But tests by Quasarzone showed that higher memory speeds don’t actually improve gaming performance. They used a pair of KLEVV DDR5 DIMMs in two configurations: DDR5-6200 in 1:1 mode and DDR5-7400 in 1:2 mode. Surprisingly, gaming performance on both chips didn’t improve much when using higher frequency memory.
Moreover, the DDR5-7400 (1:2) configuration even showed some performance degradation compared to the DDR5-6200 (1:1) configuration. While memory bandwidth is important for some apps, gaming doesn’t seem to be one of them in this case.
While gaming performance is unchanged, the new AM5 BIOS is still a positive step for the AMD Ryzen ecosystem and could benefit other applications.
Source: Ferra
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