Entering the era of DDR5, Intel and AMD have launched "XMP" and "EXPO" memory overclocking technologies, respectively. However, many gamers wonder if the DDR5 they purchased can achieve "cross-platform" overclocking display switching while maintaining overclocking performance. We heard the desire from the majority of players for cross-platform overclocking. Today, We will use the following information to help quench your thirst. Table of Contents T-FORCE DELTAα RGB DDR5→Intel Platform T-FORCE DELTA RGB DDR5→AMD Platform Conclusion TEAMGROUP has launched overclocking DDR5 specifically supporting the Intel platform and AMD platform, which are 1. T-FORCE DELTA RGB DDR5 with Intel platform XMP 3.0overclocking support 2. T-FORCE DELTAα RGB DDR5 with AMD platform EXPO overclocking support Today, we will use these two DDR5 models to conduct cross-platform overclocking tests on Intel platform Z790 and AMD platform X670 from ASROCK, ASUS, GIGABYTE and MSI and present the screenshots for cross-platform overclocking switching for your reference. T-FORCE DELTAα RGB DDR5→Intel Platform The following are screenshots for cross-platform overclocking of the T-FORCE DELTAα RGB DDR5-6000(for EXPO) from four board manufacturers: GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS MASTER The figure above is a screenshot of T-FORCE DELTAα RGB DDR5 in Z790 AORUS MASTER. After manually entering the BIOS, you can see from the screenshot that XMP/EXPO - XMP 1 was displayed, indicating that basic parameters were recognized and the switching was successfully done. ASROCK Z790 Taichi Carrara The figure above is a screenshot of T-FORCE DELTAα RGB DDR5 in Z790 Taichi Carrara. After entering the BIOS manually, you can see from the screenshot that the Load XMP Setting was displayed, indicating that basic parameters were recognized and the switching was successfully done. ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO The figure above is a screenshot of T-FORCE DELTAα RGB DDR5 in ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO. As you can see, the unique feature of ASUS is that after entering the BIOS manually, D.O.C.P. I. was displayed. This is an ASUS customization to indicate successful switching from the XMP→EXPO display, and basic parameters are recognized. MSI MPG Z790 CARBON WIFI The figure above is a screenshot of T-FORCE DELTAα RGB DDR5 in MSI MPG Z790 CARBON WIFI. After entering the BIOS manually, you can see from the screenshot that the Load XMP Setting was displayed, indicating that basic parameters were recognized and the switching was successfully done. T-FORCE DELTA RGB DDR5→AMD Platform The following is a screenshot of the cross-platform overclocking using the T-FORCE DELTA RGB DDR5-6000 from four board manufacturers: GIGABYTE X670E AORUS MASTER The figure above is a screenshot of the T-FORCE DELTA RGB DDR5 in X670E AORUS MASTER. After manually entering the BIOS, you can see from the screenshot that XMP / EXPO - XMP 1 was displayed, indicating that basic parameters were recognized and the switching was successfully done. ASROCK X670E Taichi Carrara The figure above is a screenshot of the T-FORCE DELTA RGB DDR5 in X670E Taichi Carrara. After manually entering the BIOS, you can see from the first screenshot that XMP1-6000 was displayed. The second screenshot verified that the frequency was 6000MT/s, indicating that basic parameters were recognized and the switching was successfully done. ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO The figure above is a screenshot of the T-FORCE DELTA RGB DDR5 in ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO. You will discover the unique feature of ASUS. You can see from the screenshot that DOCP I was displayed (D.O.C.P. I was displayed for XMP→EXPO). This ASUS customization indicates successful switching from EXPO→XMP display, and basic parameters were recognized. MSI MPG X670E CARBON WIFI With the MSI board, you will also discover a relatively unique feature. You can see from the screenshot that A-XMP was displayed. This MSI customization indicates successful display switching, and basic parameters were recognized. Kind reminder Regarding the AMD platform, cross-platform overclocking display switching is possible. However, it remains to be seen whether the actual overclocking performance can be retained and whether the booting procedure can be completed. Currently, the AMD platform only supports up to DDR5-6000 frequency in terms of stability but allows EXPO→XMP switching and retains overclocking performance. If you got the memory DDR5-6000, you could have cross-platform overclocking performance on both Intel and AMD platforms. However, if you got the memory with specifications above DDR5-6000, basic parameters will be recognized on the AMD platform, and the display switching indicator will be displayed. However, all high speed overclocking DRAMs need to pair with the same high level of motherboards and CPUs to make overclocking performance successfully. You should be aware of that! For this part, you can refer to the following figure: a screenshot of T-FORCE DELTA RGB DDR5-7200 in X670E AORUS MASTER and ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO. You will discover that both boards can read T-FORCE DELTA RGB DDR5-7200, indicating that the switching was successfully done. However, the frequency was only around 5200MT/s rather than 7200MT/s, indicating that the default value of the board was used for booting. Conclusion To conclude, We compiled the verification of the EXPO→XMP and XMP→EXPO switching prepared exquisitely by TEAMGROUP and would like to provide a kind reminder to everyone. It is not that important as to whether the DDR5 itself is a Combo since major board manufacturers nowadays have been able to achieve display switching. However, the overclocking performance after switching will vary, depending on the technology that Intel and AMD platforms support. We hope you all have a better understanding of Cross-platform Overclocking. See you next time!
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Did you get your DDR5 memory yet? Have you checked that your memory is running at the right frequency? If you find that you bought a 5200MHz or even a 6400MHz overclocking specification, but the computer shows 4800MHz, read this article first to solve the problem. This article will take you into the BIOS to adjust the settings, so the memory can run at the factory labeled frequency. Since AMD's platform for DDR5 has not yet been released, today we will first introduce to you how to open XMP3.0 on the Intel platform of the four major motherboard manufacturers! To open XMP, you must first enter the BIOS. It's really simple, just follow the steps below. Reminder: Manual overclocking requires a lot of knowledge and information, maybe we will get to that later in the future! 1. After powering up or reboot your PC, press DELETE repeatedly to enter BIOS No matter which motherboard it is, it's all the same, just press DELETE repeatedly right after you powering up the computer! Press it until the BIOS screen appears. Because the screen response is relatively slow, it will be too late if you see the screen entering Windows! Reminder: As you can see, you can enter the BIOS without a mouse, but not without a keyboard! 2. Open XMP The following is an introduction to the methods of the four major motherboard manufacturers in alphabetical order! (1) ASUS a. Press F7 to enter advanced mode. b. Press the Right Arrow key to move to Ai Tweaker (red box) and select Ai Overclock Tuner (green box), press Enter. c. Select XMP I (blue box), press Enter. d. You will see an additional line of XMP’s information under Ai Overclock Tuner, and the frequency (yellow box) indicated by the manufacturer of the memory you bought (yellow box). Next, press F10 to save and exit to enter Windows. (2) ASRock a. Press F6 to enter advanced mode (A description in the green box in the upper right corner) b. Press the Right Arrow key to move to OC Tweaker (red box) and select DRAM Configuration (green box), press Enter. c. Find the Load XMP Setting (green box), press Enter and select XMP 3.0 Profile 1 (blue box), press Enter again to confirm. d. You will see the XMP information (yellow box) under Load XMP Setting, then press F10 to save and exit to enter Windows. (3) Gigabyte a. Press F2 to enter advanced mode b. Move to Tweaker (red box) at the top, select Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) (blue box), press Enter. c. Select Profile 1 (blue box), then press Enter to confirm. d. You will see the XMP information (yellow box) after Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P), then press F10 to save and exit to enter Windows. (4) MSI a. Press F7 to enter advanced mode b. Go to the OC box (red box) on the left, select Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) (blue box) and press Enter. c. Change Disable to Enabled (red box) and press Enter again to confirm. d. You will see the XMP information (yellow box) under Extreme Memory Profile, then press F10 to save and exit to enter Windows. 3. Confirm the overclocking information After adjusting and entering Windows, we have to confirm whether the memory is running smoothly at the frequency we adjusted. I'm used to using CPU-Z software to confirm. It is a free software, and you can download if from the link below. CPU-Z download：https://reurl.cc/N63RGq Take our DELTA RGB DDR5 6400MHz 16GBx2 as an example, after enabling XMP3.0, the actual operating frequency of the memory is as shown in the picture below. After downloading and running CPU-Z, click on the Memory tab (red box) in the upper toolbar, then look at the DRAM Frequency (blue box) at the bottom. The displayed value multiplied by 2 is the actual running frequency. DELTA RGB DDR5 6400MHz 16GBx2: https://www.teamgroupinc.com/en/product/delta-rgb-ddr5 That's all for today. If you have any problems or want to know anything else, please leave your message below!
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1. ASUS (1) ASUS motherboard (AMD chipset/CPU) a. Open D.O.C.P. i. Press “Delete” or “F2” to enter the BIOS. Then press F7 to enter “Advanced Mode”. ii. Press right arrow key to “Ai Tweaker”(Blue frame) and choose “Ai Overclock Tuner”(Green frame). Turn “Auto” into “D.O.C.P”(Red frame). iii. Press F10 to save the changes and exit the BIOS after completing steps above. b. Manual Overclocking Setting i. Press Delete or F2 to enter BIOS. After entering the BIOS, press F7 to enter Advanced Mode. ii. Press right arrow key to move to Ai Tweaker. Enter Memory Frequency to set the frequency you prefer. iii. After setting the frequency, go down to find DRAM Timing Control (red frame) and press “Enter”. iv. Find DRAM CAS# Latency and set the values according to your RAM specification as below in order. *The value on this screenshot doesn't represent all RAMs' setting. v. Go back to the previous page after setting the CL value. Find DRAM Voltage and fill in the voltage you want. vi. Press F10 to save the changes and exit the BIOS after completing the steps above. (2) ASUS motherboard (Intel chipset/CPU) a. Open XMP i. Press Delete or F2 to enter BIOS. Then press F7 to enter Advanced Mode. ii. Press right arrow key to move to Extreme Tweaker(Red frame). Then choose Ai Overclock Tuner(Green frame). Change into XMP(Blue frame) and press F10 to save the data and then leave. b. Manual Overclocking Setting i. Press Delete or F2 to enter BIOS. Then press F7 to enter Advanced Mode. ii. Press right arrow key to move to Extreme Tweaker and find the DRAM Frequency(Green frame) below. Choose the frequency you prefer(Blue frame) and press “Enter”. iii. Find the DRAM Timing Control(green frame) and press enter after setting the frequency. iv. Find DRAM CAS# Latency and set the values according to your RAM specification as below in order. *The value on this screenshot doesn't represent all RAMs' setting. v. Go back to the previous page and find DRAM Voltage(Green frame) after setting the CL value. Fill in the voltage in the DRAM Voltage. vi. Press F10 to save the changes and exit the BIOS after completing the steps above. 2. MSI (1) MSI motherboard (AMD chipset/CPU) a. Open D.O.C.P. i. Click “Delete” or “F2” to enter BIOS, and then click “F7” into advanced mode. ii. There are 2 ways to open D.O.C.P. (i) Click “A-XMP”(green frame), choose “2”, click F10 to save and then you can leave the page. (ii) Enter OC(green frame) on the left and switch “A-XMP” inside from “Disable” to “Profile2”(red frame), and click “F10” to save. Then you can leave the page. b. Manual Overclocking Setting i. Press "Delete" or "F2" to get into BIOS and press F7 to get into "Advanced Mode". ii. Get into "DRAM Frequency"(green frame) and choose the frequency (red frame). iii. After setting the frequency, click "Advanced DRAM Configuration" and fill in the CL value (green frame). iv. After setting the CL value, get into DRAM Voltage(green frame), fill in the voltage(blue frame). v. After doing the steps as above, press "F10" to save the settings. (2) MSI motherboard (Intel chipset/CPU) a. Open XMP i. Press "Delete" or "F2" to get into BIOS and press F7 to get into "Advanced Mode". ii. You have two choices to open XMP. (i) Click the A-XMP(red frame) on the top, transfer to "ON" and press F10 to save the settings. (ii) Get into OC(red frame), choose "Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P)"(blue frame) and change from Disable to Enable. Then press F10 to save the settings. b. Manual Overclocking Setting i. Press "Delete" or "F2" to get into BIOS and press F7 to get into "Advanced Mode". ii. Get into "DRAM Frequency"(red frame) and choose the frequency(red frame). iii. After setting the frequency, choose "Advanced DRAM Configuration"(red frame). iv. Fill in the CL value(green frame) in Advanced DRAM Configuration. v. After setting the CL value, fill in the voltage(blue frame) in "DRAM Voltage"(green frame). vi. After doing all the steps above, press "F10" to save the settings. 3. Gigabyte (1) Gigabyte motherboard (AMD chipset/CPU) a. Open D.O.C.P. i. Click “Delete” or “F2” to enter BIOS. ii. Select M.I.T.(blue frame), select Advanced Memory settings(green frame) and then press “Enter”. iii. Select “Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P.)”(red frame), press “Enter” to enter “Profile1”(blue frame). And then press “Enter” to check again. iv. Press “F10” to save and leave BIOS after finishing all the steps above. b. Manual Overclocking Setting i. Press “Delete” or “F2” to enter BIOS. ii. Switch to “M.I.T.”(blue frame), choose Advanced Memory Settings(green frame) and press “Enter”. iii. Select System Memory Multiplier(green frame), set the frequency(blue frame). For instance, input 28.00 if you’d like to set the frequency to 2800Mhz. At the moment, Memory Frequency(red frame) will automatically change into relative frequency. iv. After finishing setting the frequency, find “Memory Timing Mode”(red frame) below and switch “Auto” into “Manual”(green frame). v. Find DRAM CAS# Latency and set the values according to your RAM specification as below in order. *The value on this screenshot doesn't represent all RAMs' setting. vi. After finishing filling in CL Value, back to the last page “M.I.T.” to find “Advanced Voltage Settings”(green frame) and then press “Enter”. vii. Select DRAM Voltage(red frame) and then select Voltage(blue frame). viii. After finishing all the steps above, press “F10” to save and leave BIOS. (2) Gigabyte motherboard (Intel chipset/CPU) a. Open XMP i. Press “Delete” or “F2” to enter BIOS ii. Switch to “M.I.T.”(blue frame), select “Advanced Memory Settings”(green frame) and press “Enter”. iii. Find “Extreme Memory Profile(X.M.P.)”(red frame), press “Enter” to enter “Profile1”(blue frame), and then press “Enter” again. iv. After finishing all the steps above, you can press “F10” to save and leave BIOS. b. Manual Overclocking Setting i. Press “Delete” or “F2” to enter BIOS. ii. Switch to “M.I.T.” on the above, select “Advanced Memory Settings” and press “Enter”. iii. Select “System Memory Multiplier”(green frame), set the frequency(blue frame). For instance, input 28.00 if you’d like to set the frequency to 2800Mhz. At the moment, Memory Frequency(red frame) will automatically change into relative frequency. iv. After finishing setting the frequency, select “Channel A Memory Sub Timings”(green frame). (Condition: Follow this step if you plug 2 sticks in the way from Motherboard’s Manual. If you plug in 4 sticks, please select “Channel A & B”.) v. After entering “Channel Memory Sub Timings”, switch “Memory Timing Mode”(green frame) from “Auto” to “Advanced Manual”(blue frame). vi. Find DRAM CAS# Latency and set the values according to your RAM specification as below in order. *The value on this screenshot doesn't represent all RAMs' setting. vii. After finishing the setting of CL value, back to the last page “M.I.T.”, select “Advanced Voltage Settings”(green frame) and then press “Enter”. viii. After entering “Advanced Voltage Settings”, select “DRAM Voltage Control”(green frame) ix. Fill in the proper voltage(blue frame) in DRAM voltage. x. After finishing all the steps above, you can press “F10” to save and leave BIOS. 4. ASrock (1) ASRock motherboard (AMD chipset/CPU) a. Open D.O.C.P. i. Press Delete or F2 to enter the BIOS. ii. Press F6 to enter Advanced Mode (red frame) iii. Press right arrow key to OC Tweaker(green frame) and find Load XMP Setting(Red frame). Enter to choose XMP 2.0 profile 1(blue frame). iv. Press F10 to save the changes and exit the BIOS after completing the steps above. b. Manual Overclocking Setting i. Press Delete or F2 to enter BIOS. ii. After entering the BIOS, press F6 to enter Advanced Mode. iii. Press right arrow key to move to OC Tweaker and find DRAM Frequency (red frame). Enter to choose a frequency you prefer. iv. Find DRAM CAS# Latency and set the values according to your RAM specification as below in order. *The value on this screenshot doesn't represent all RAMs' setting. v. Go back to the previous page after setting the CL value. Find DRAM Voltage and fill in the voltage. vi. Press F10 to save the changes and exit the BIOS after completing the steps above. (2) ASRock motherboard (Intel chipset/CPU) a. Open XMP i. Press “Delete” or “F2” to enter BIOS. ii. Press “F6” to enter “Advanced Mode”(red frame) after entering BIOS. iii. Press right arrow key to move to “OC Tweaker” (red frame). “Find DRAM Configuration”(blue frame) and press “Enter”. iv. Find “Load XMP Setting”(red frame). Press “Enter”, select “XMP 2.0 Profile 1” and press “Enter” again to confirm. v. Press “F10” to save the changes and exit the BIOS after completing the steps above. b. Manual Overclocking Setting i. Press “Delete” or “F2” to enter BIOS. ii. Press “F6” to enter “Advanced Mode”(red frame). iii. Press right arrow key to move to “OC Tweaker”(red frame). Find “DRAM Configuration”(blue frame) and press “Enter”. iv. Find the DRAM Frequency below and choose the frequency you prefer(blue frame). v. Find DRAM CAS# Latency and set the values according to your RAM specification as below in order. *The value on this screenshot doesn't represent all RAMs' setting. vi. Go back to the previous page after setting the CL value. Choose Voltage Configuration (red frame) to enter. vii. Fill in the voltage in “DRAM Voltage”(red frame) viii. Press “F10” to save the changes and exit the BIOS after completing the steps above.
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