Gigabyte Releases BIOS Fix For Intel CPU Stability Issues But Is There A Performance Hit?

Intel's been under some fire recently for affecting its top-end Core i9 processors from both the 13th- and 14th-generation Core families. Some of these chips, even when set to "BIOS defaults", will crash or otherwise fail in certain tests, most commonly Cinebench 2024 and especially, games using Unreal Engine. The release of Tekken 8 really brought the issue to the forefront, as gamers all over started to struggle with stability on these high-end CPUs; one report noted as many as ten returns per day in Korea.

According to Buildzoid of the YouTube channel "Actually Hardcore Overclocking," the issue ultimately seems to stem from the fact that Intel does not strictly mandate power limit settings to motherboard manufacturers. As a result, likely to try and achieve the highest performance, many vendors set these limits to their maximum possible values, leaving the CPUs practically unlimited in terms of power draw. This ...