Linux on the 7950x3d 

Glad you're taking care of yourself, wen, cheers. If you don't make a joke about getting rid of your bloatware I'll be disappointed

Thanks for acknowledging that you were taking care of yourself, and don't apologize for doing so! You and the team make such great content we the viewers want you able to do so for the long term.

13:37 run time for the video is the cherry on top

Ah, Wendell already predicted and even pre-empted my Linux driver question on the 7950X3D video!

I love Linux, I would LOVE to see videos about how to tweak/optimize your system and maybe even some overclock gpu's and cpu's on linux videos. I think there are more people using linux as their main OS than ever.

So basically, wait for 7800x3d for pure gaming. Watched video from Gamers Nexus, where the benchmarks look promising, but the whole thing with only half the cores having access to cache and in turn affecting performance in games is kind of too much of headache to care and wanted to see what's going on on a Linux side. Good stuff.

Glad to see this video. So few reviewers touch my workload. Thanks for your work.

Really happy to see your progress!

Been looking for this all morning. Thank you. Im building a new Linux system and wanted to know how the scheduler was going to work.

You look GREAT!!! I was actually a little worried about you, and I am glad to see your self improvement!!!

Looking great wendell, keep up the good work

would like to see VM testing and especially I/O under VMs with 7950x vs 7950x3d. Then again price difference is not THAT much, might just spend the extra and see if there is in real world production difference

Really glad to see Linux hardware content.. this is so overlooked and distribution reviews get boring. Hope to see more Linux hardware videos! Great job!

Hell yeah it shows 🙌 keep up the good work homie! And great vid too

We don't care about you working on yourself, do more videos! ( Just kidding ) keep rocking it Wendell. We know you are compelled internally to make videos, and we will be here when you get to it.

I was looking for this after you mentioned this video on main review for Windows.

Can't wait to see the Linux build guide for this processor. I need something other than this M1 to do work on (and game on).

You're looking really good! Congrats on the great work.

Looking GOOD, Wendell!

Lookin' good man! Love the content and keep taking care of the "host"! God Bless!!

I have been with since Tek Syndicate and didn't know of you before, but through all of the years I honestly still get excited to see videos from you. You have helped shape my life for the better. Good day virtual friend who i've never actually spoken to!

Man, this was video came A LOT faster than I thought it would! Wendel is a God!

dude, thats a massive transformation given that the timespan to next video in your timeline is only 4-5 month! holy crap, thats amazing :O

Sir, you are looking a great deal better. Good for you my man!

Wendell, Looking amazing!

I'm happy your health's doing better I love the level one channel links with friends etc. So I'd like you to stick around for as long as possible if you could manage that thanks

Can't wait to hear more about ECC (unbuffered) compatibility with ASRock boards. That's going to decide whether I purchase another ASRock board this time around (been an ASRock motherboard user for my last 3-4 PCs). Can't wait to hear more about this directly from the tech Jesus' mouth 😁

Looking forward to ecc testing!

It should be possible for a program to self optimise, you can query cache sizes at runtime, but the system libraries and OS kernel will need to pass thread specific info. I can imagine best results putting a gang of worker threads onto CCDx3D which use the same data (especially read only), while management & helper threads running with other data can use the high frequency CCD. Still I doubt many developers will want to optimize for this rare case.

Thanks, I thought I was tripping!!! I’m sitting here thinking, wait, did he change the intro!!! Thanks for the upload. Looking forward to more content….

A bit off-topic, but is there any chance to see a Level1Linux deep dive on Intel ARC on Linux ? I still feel it's underexplored in the RU-vid space. And with DXVK and the such being commonplace in Linux, you'd think it's the place for the ARC cards to shine.

Looking good, Wendell

glad to hear more linux videos are coming!

Looking good Wendell - glad you prioritise your health before videos (it's an interesting video though ;)

Having seen Hardware Unboxed's review I was 95% sold. Hearing Wendel say the latest kernel snapshots are already up to speed brought that to 100% on the decisions level. A few more B650(E) options that don't look like they're designed for kids and a proper supply situation of the RX 7900XTX and I'm ready to commit. The resale value of my B550 + 5950X + 6700XT + 4x16GB DDR3200CL16 is still decent, so as soon as AMD gets their ass in gear I'm going to be all over it.

i use only linux and been considering this cpu. thanks for the review

"We're in the box, 5x5" refers to a 5-meter by 5-meter orbital zone a satellite typically follows to maintain its ephemeris, using thrusters to maintain its orbit(Alien II).

Another video that I think you could really bring some value on would be to look at the cost/performance comparison between 16-core Ryzen, TR Pro and Epyc 1-P machine as a "productivity" machine. Because, really, the biggest limitation for me is a) PCIe lanes, followed by b) the artificial market segmentation around ECC memory. Oh, and thermal dissipation vs noise, just for fun. Thanks for all you do for the community. I've worked with computers in one form or another since 1974, when Unix was first released out of Bell Labs and I encountered it on a DEC PDP-11/45. I still love tech and how it's improved the world around us.

Super interested in ECC testing on am5, as well as info on the types. It's a must for my next PC, but everything is hard to come by.

You have shown a lot of improvement. Good on you. Be the man you want to be.

you lost alot of weight man. been watching your content for years. keep up the good work. is it worth to change from a 7950x to a 7950x3d?

Can you test the effect of vcache on dwarf fortress?

Thank you so much for this video, after GN published a review about how some special sauce was needed on windows to make the 7950X3D run at its best, I was a bit worried about how it would run under Linux, since that's what I use for productivity. Glad to see that things are running smoothly! Also, could you perhaps elaborate further why you think that 4 DDR5 DIMMs don't make sense on AM5?

I would love to hear more about ddr5 ecc on asrock. ASUS is claiming support, but the asrock boards seem to have a better value proposition.

Holy shit, Wendel! You're looking a lot lighter! I'm envious!

You look great! thanks for the video.

I'd love to see a deeper dive on code compilation stuff as that's my primary use case. Build all the things!

Damn, after 2 years of break not watching anything from level1 or teksyndicate a lot has changed, for the better! Wendell you lost the bloatware and you look and sound great on camera! I'm gonna go on a binge watch spree of Level1Linux

Doing great on the weight, Wendell.

Thanks for this Video!

Considering you can change scheduler behavior from user space already, it would be best if you could just give hints to the scheduler on which core to use through environment variables rather than change settings in the BIOS. Short of that something like adding "gamemoderun --prioritize-3D-cache" to a game's launch options would also be a better interface than rebooting and changing BIOS settings for Linux users.

Wendell you look freaking excellent. You look so healthy and happy. Glad to see you taking some personal time. Your life is more valuable than reviews on hardware.

I could see a use case for this chip with toggling the CCDs you could disable the non v-cache CCD for pure gaming/ cache sensitive work and then enable them both for work station productivity. cant wait to get hold of a 96gb kit if the pricing delivers.

Wish there was more content on RU-vid that was Linux oriented. Been using Linux with my own workstation/gaming builds since the early 2000's after I decided to quit using Macs.

I wonder if this'll hit sale pricing as fast as the 7950X did. 🤔 Actually went with a 7950X when building my SO's new rig last holiday season specifically because it was available at $570. Was originally planning on building 13th gen Intel but that was enough to nudge me over to AM5. Also very excited to see how future VCache chips look. The 7950X will probably pull it's own weight until late into AM5's lifecycle, so I'm hopeful for what our upgrade options will look like when the time comes to swap it out for a newer option. CPU tech is so awesome right now, and it's only going to get more exciting as Arrow Lake and Panther Lake enter the arena. 👀

Cannot stress 'update your BIOS' enough, even for the non vcache. So many intermittent hiccups that I misdiagnosed. One bios update, and so smooth, so stable.

Immediate thumbs up for the leet video length 😂

I'm really interested to see how this pans out on the Epyc side. The 7773X is supposed to ship with 768MB of L3. I'm assuming that will only be a couple of CCDs that have the V-cache on them (the math would check out for half of the CCDs having the V-Cache)?

I'd be interested to see some articles that look at the impact of IO limitations on applications versus compute limitations. There are a number of use cases I can easily imagine for a desktop board that would argue in favor of placing the GPU in the PCIe x4 slot and using the x16 slot for a 4-disk nvme SSD card. My Threadripper TRX40 machine has a pair of those cards with 8x 512GB Samsung 980 Pro SSD in ZFS striped mirror (4 mirror VDEV striped). Scorching I/O for compilation, video work, etc. You could even place the O/S on a SATA SSD mirror and add the 2 NVMe drives on the motherboard to get you to 6 drives. Hmmmm.

of course it's a 1337 video

Finally a good CPU *to daily drive Gentoo and keep it up to date*

My first computer had 140MB less RAM than that cache. Actually RAM and HDD didn't total 144MB.

I want to know how the R9 7950x3d compares against epic for memory intensive workloads. I can imagine a kubernates cluster might run 4 cores for memory intensive tasks, and all other cores for computationally intensive tasks, providing a curious alternative for mixed workloads vs epyc.

I’d love to see a video on the Intel Arc on Linux. I’m considering it or the 6700XT

nice to see some linux content

Linux is a must..sure I also use windows but when it comes to choosing hardware i will always look for Linux compatibility

Could you test setting up cpusets to force programms to go to specific CCDs? I already use a script on my computer for when I play games, the game process gets one CCD, and all other processes that I have permission to get sent to the other CCD. This seems like a better option than just leaving a CCD unused while gaming.

I am still having on and off problems with the AM5 platform on Linux, not going to upgrade my chip for a minute. Not saying Winblows is better. But lots of quirky annoyances that I didn't have on an older Intel platform. Failure to suspend properly, slow boot, failure to identify the onboard wireless, OS stability issues after wireless was finally discovered after a few months. x670e, Radeon 7800xt, Ryzen 7700x.

"Something you like to see me test with this platform?" Yes! I would very much like to see some VFIO with cpu pinning & isolation. That would really help me and a lot of people over at /r/vfio out a ton.

I'm curious do how do you think the 7950x would work with proxmox trying to cpu pin the cores in the 3d v cache chiplet to a single windows 10 vm and using the other 8x to share resource across multiple VMs and containers? Would you get same performance out of the box as a windows 10 bare metal?

Seems like a great opportunity for game mode's automatic system tuning

I have 4 sticks of DDR5 at 6000 CL32 on my AM5 system running for months without any trouble. It's G.Skill Z5 Neo Expo memory.

@level1linux I'd love to see an update on all of these r9 vids now that the bioses are finally stable and the free ram speed improvements!

8:13 What specific M.2 adapter and cable is that? You know why I’m asking ;)

I'll wait maybe 5 more years. My current workhorse I built in 2018 and still going strong with good performance. And I still have my Phenom II machine, most of which was built in 2010. The 12 volt rail got crispy back in 2018 so I replaced the motherboard and power supply for 100 bucks. I've never been "bleeding edge", as I need my machines to work out of the box with what I have been running. I'll let the whales buy into this new tech, and I'll grab it when everything's been smoothed out and at a much more reasonable price. I just can't see building something for several grand and have to dump another 200 bucks to cool a processor with liquid, when I don't run the latest games at 4k or render 4k video in a production environment. I play games at 1080p, do character creation, draw and post-work rendered images, and model stuff in Blender and Marvelous. I don't need a 7950x3d and 64 gigs of memory to do that. Probably won't even boot into a Linux Mint stick with that setup, without customizing it with a bleeding edge kernel. My 1 year old laptop can't even boot on the latest Mint version. I don't have the time to "make it work".

Which Motherboard are your using in this test... also have you noticed an issue ( with linux ) on x670 or B650 or A620 taking up 6X~10X the space on m.2 Nvme or SSD? I have seen this on ALL Asus and MSI motherboards... curious what you have seen on storage/formatting when you check storage formatting.

Curious if they would release a lower TDP variant (like non-X SKU) with 3D v-cache on both CCDs. Wouldn’t need extra programming it would seem. Like many others have said, glad you have and are taking time for yourself, it’s important.

A local magazine had huge power draw (over 30W for just CPU) for these new X3D chips. Any idea what's wrong? Did other testers confirm this? I didn't see idle power consumption results elsewhere sofar.

Do you have a video on the 7900X3D? I May have to run it until the 7950x3d become available again? Only place i can find an 7950x3d is Amazon some Scalper on there with them at $1349US!

No wonder I haven't seen the M&M Martini glass anymore !

I wonder what tuning you could do with Postgres on that core configuration.

Here my main question, I hope that this video will answer it (going to watch it now). Does or does not Linux do CCX/chiplet-hopping for the same tasks like Windows does? When I game and watch the CPU-loads then I notice that always first the first 8 consecutive threads get put to work and only when more threads are needed the other threads get to work. So it looks like Linux has some awareness of topology and keeps the same tasks on the same CCX/chiplet but that is my layman guess based on what I observe.

You look great!

I just learned about a new command, thanks! lstopo!!!

You've lost weight, congrats. Keep it up. Keep up the great content. :)

Can you passthrough the iGPU to the Plex container in proxmox?

Went with the 7900x3d, seems perfect for small time virtualization and gaming. :)

WOO! Linux content!

What AIO was that featured @ 4:20?

For video editing in apps like adobe premiere , after effects and DaVinci Resolve which CPU is the best for performance? I9 13900K , 13900KS or AMD 7950X or AMD 7950X3D?

Is it possible to limit power (PPT) of the 7950X3D on Linux reliably? I couldn't find anythign useful about this configuration ..

Wendell how good/bad is the iGP performance on the 7950x3D?

Video length 'coincidence' :P. Looking good Wendell! I should do the same, if only I could start 😅

Is there any 128+ GB of RAM situation that works well at DDR5-6000?

Can you test this with Gaming on Linix was thinking its time to Build a All Linux Gaming rig i have a 7900XTX just waiting to become a All AMD for Linux.

I just want to know how well it plays heavy modded Minecraft on a server with large builds.

I have a "cheap" kit of XPG lancer 5600 CL36-36-36, OCed at 6200Mhz 30-36-36-76 and its running flawlessly. I'm a bit new to memory overclock and still not sure what's the 76 so I left it at 76... But this seems kinda nice for a less than 200 $ 32GB kit

11:45 Think I would've pulled the trigger on a 7900 sans X by now if it wasn't for limited PCIe and high prices. At this point, it seems like a good idea to wait for 48 GB DIMMs and the budget 7x00 GPUs.

I am interested in what the best dual gpu setup for linux is for multiple monitors. 6+

Was that an Aliens reference at the beggining of the video? (five by five...)