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Windows is funky and AMD on Windows 11 has been even funkier.

Zen 5 CPUs launched and it has been rough- most everything was very underwhelming. Also, data was conflicting between AMD themselves and reviewers which lead to some interesting discoveries... that didn't change Zen 5, but made a realization that Windows has some issues with AMD CPUs. So, I tested it. 3 versions: Current Windows 11 (23H2) with and w/o the branch prediction patch, and the Windows 11 24H2 Preview Build. I did this on 3 different CPUs: an R9 5900x, R7 7800x3D, and i7 13700k- to get a wide variety of how this performs. THE RESULTS ARE WILD.

How long has Microsoft known this? Are they trying to hide that performance has been worse? Is Windows picking favorites???

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0:00- How Zen 5's underwhelming launch led to this
3:18- The Windows Updates to "Fix" AMD CPUs
4:18- ummm Microsoft?
5:20- THE TESTS
8:10- R7 7800x3D- 23H2 No Patch vs Patch vs 24H2: Production Test
9:10- R7 7800x3D- 23H2 No Patch vs Patch: GAMING
12:12- R7 7800x3D- 23H2 No Patch vs 24H2: GAMING
14:15- R9 5900x- 23H2 No Patch vs Patch vs 24H2: Production Test
15:40- R9 5900x- 23H2 No Patch vs Patch: GAMING
19:35- R9 5900x- 23H2 No Patch vs 24H2: GAMING
22:38- i7 13700k- 23H2 No Patch vs Patch vs 24H2: Production Test
24:23- i713700k- 23H2 No Patch vs Patch: GAMING
25:01- i7 13700k- 23H2 No Patch vs 24H2: GAMING
26:00- The AMD Windows Situation