RaptorLake Resources

[Shamino]

i will use this as a collection of test bioses/tools/info targeted towards Raptorlake + z69/790

NOTE for Z690: You must update ME on your Z690 to properly support raptorlake (if you are on dual bioses then you need to do this to both bioses)

1) d/l and install ME driver
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/03CHIPSET/DRV_MEI_Intel_Cons_ADL_TP_W11_64_V2229320_20220809B....

2) update ME with ME Update Tool (I know there are newer versions but its not up on Asus official site yet so >= this version is fine)
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/03CHIPSET/MEUpdateTool_16.1.25.1885_T.zip

3) update to Latest BIOS of your choice

Note 2 for Z690: i have some Z690s that are already LOW in battery so you are advised to use a new Battery during this upgrade.

New test bioses

Z690 Apex

Z690 Extreme

Z690 Hero

Z690 Hero Eva

Z690 Extreme Glacial

Z690 Formula

Z690 Strix E

Z690 Strix F

Z690 Strix G

Z690 Strix A WIFI D4

Z690 Strix A WIFI

Z690 Strix I

Z690 Creator

Z690 Prime A

Z690 Tuf

Z690 Tuf D4

Z690 Tuf WIFI

Z690 Tuf D4 WIFI

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Z790 Extreme

Z790 Hero

Z790 Apex

Z790 Strix I

Z790 Strix F

Z790 Strix E

Z790 Strix A D4

Z790 Strix A

Z790 ProArt

Z790 Strix H

Z790 Prime A WIFI

Z790 Prime M Plus D4

Z790 Prime P

Z790 Prime P D4

Z790 Prime P WIFI

Z790 Prime P WIFI D4

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Latest ocpak

Turbovcore
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ifsr8x0zncxcvyd/TurboV_Core_1.10.20.zip?dl=0

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[lordberti]

New Final Bios!

Version 1801 (2801)
2024/12/06
1.Enhanced system performance, stability and allowed the C1E power state to be disabled.
Updating this BIOS will simultaneously update the corresponding intel ME to version 16.1.32.2473.

Examples:

ROG MAXIMUS Z790 APEX ENCORE｜Motherboards｜ROG Germany

ROG MAXIMUS Z790 EXTREME｜Motherboards｜ROG Germany

ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO | Motherboards | ROG United States

[Vynra]

Thank you ASUS for listening to feedback and allowing C1E to be disabled. while i will keep it enabled because i know it doesnt matter for gaming but it does matter for productivity and latency. 

i will download the new bios and report my findings later today.

[UTVOL06]

I agree, disabling C1E is something I always do when overclocking my CPU and I set the C-States to only operate in the C0/C1 range and no deeper.

[Vynra]

alright so i did some testing and this bios is definitely better than the last.

i get better 1% lows on this bios than the last.

the only changes seem to be some voltage tuning and some other backend stuff

before ac/dc was at .750/.750 now it is .730/.730 for intel profile. keep in mind because eTVB is enabled through the intel profile your 1% lows may not change as clocks fluctuate. also the loadline change is not enough to make any difference in temperature.

with asus profile however, i found 1% lows were consistently higher. like apex legends was consistently around 170-185. when before it was more consistent around 150ish. 

dont know what else they did but it works.

[einherz]

well, quest continue lol. o.k. i tested 2801 and my cpu  doesn't like it very much. so i back to 2503 fairy epic with auto>xmp back and forth till it will set normal timings killed me as usual, and i remember about that screenshot i made, and wow, only one parameter that arrowed on the picture was higher by only 1. so  it's was unstable...
so instead 64 after couple of restart auto>xmp>auto>xmp.... it set 65 so i found this little scheat in bios and set there 64, i did afraid becuse of this bios can change something else. but no. all stay same, instead only one parameter i set manual 64 instead 65 was set by auto in xmp

[einherz]

if parameter higher, how it possible memory unstable with it? it's something like disproportional?

[einherz]

as i get it, most parameters stay same whatever to do with bios. and couple of them or even only this one can be set different, so actually this can be much easy for all of us, if bios will have opportunity to save memory timings somewhere, exactly for cases like mine with 4 sticks. that's would be just perfect, when we catch stable timing settings, we save that and after update bios we could be load that saved timings, and so we will have guarantee, memory will works good without jump from auto to xmp ten times till bios set working good timings.