Neowin News Feed for: Cppc

Linux exposes important AMD Ryzen performance feature that's also heading to Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Wed, 06 May 2026 07:44:02 +0000

Linux has revealed a key AMD Ryzen performance feature that is being worked on. This enhancement is also expected to arrive in Windows 11 too. Read more...

Windows 11 26H2, 27H2 could get this new AMD Zen 6 performance boost feature

Sayan Sen — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:24:01 +0000

A recent Linux patch has revealed a new performance boosting feature on AMD's upcoming Zen 6 processors that could arrive on Windows 11 26H2 and 27H2. Read more...

Some AMD Ryzen users can get free Windows performance boost with this simple system tweak

Sayan Sen — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 13:22:01 +0000

AMD Ryzen processor owners, especially X3D ones, may be in for a pleasant surprise as a simple tweak to one of their system settings can help boost performance. Read more...

Windows 11 VMs on Linux to perform faster on Intel's 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th Gen CPUs

Sayan Sen — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 23:08:01 +0000

Intel's newer processors featuring the hybrid Big-Bigger core design are set to get a performance boost soon on Windows 11 guest VMs on Linux. An Intel engineer has explained how via a recent patch. Read more...

Following Windows 11, AMD Ryzen getting performance-efficiency boost in Linux

Sayan Sen — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 08:46:01 +0000

AMD recently released chipset drivers for Windows which are optimized for Ryzen 7000X3D chips and boost performance-per-watt. A new CPPC patch reveals power efficiency gains are also coming to Linux. Read more...

Microsoft's Xbox Game Bar boosts Windows 11 and 10 gaming performance on AMD Ryzen 7950X3D

Sayan Sen — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 21:06:01 +0000

The reviews for AMD's highly anticipated Ryzen 7950X3D came out earlier today and it's a good gaming CPU. In this article, we show how the Xbox Game Bar app can be used to get the best of the chip. Read more...

New Alder Lake Linux bug is similar to Ryzen CPPC bug on Windows 11, patch incoming

Sayan Sen — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:20:01 +0000

A new patch is coming for Intel's Alder Lake CPUs on Linux which should fix a CPPC or core prioritization issue when such a system is in an overclocked state. Legacy PCs however will be left out. Read more...

AMD's latest chipset driver fixes Windows 11 CPPC2 issues on Ryzen

Sayan Sen — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:08:01 +0000

AMD has released its new chipset driver for Ryzen processors with version 3.10.08.506. It fixes the issue on Windows 11 that led to incorrect task scheduling depending on the fastest available cores. Read more...