Is it possible to know how AMD Ryzen 9000-series CPUs actually perform yet? It seems like every day there's a new rumoured or actual change affecting how we should interpret the performance and value of these new processors. Right after learning that a Windows update can improve Zen 3, 4, and 5 gaming performance, we're now hearing that TDP boost modes are here for the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X.
Judging by a UEFI screenshot from X user kuroberu (via Wccftech), who claims to have received a new BIOS from MSI, the company looks to be adding a 105 W TDP option to its latest BIOS releases for the socket AM5 platform. This should allow the 9600X and 9700X—both 65 W chips by default—to run at a higher 105 W TDP, improving performance but also presumably increasing voltages—because where there's power, there's voltage.
