One game developer says he’s fed up with Intel’s 13th and 14th Gen Core processors, calling them “flawed.”
Australian-based independent developer Alderon Games has expressed its frustration with Intel’s latest chips in writing Titled “Intel Sells Faulty 13-14th Gen CPUs,” it was written by studio founder Matthew Cassels.
“My team at Alderon Games, working on the multiplayer survival game Path of Titans, is experiencing significant issues with Intel CPU stability. These issues, including crashes, instability, and memory corruption, are limited to 13th and 14th Gen processors. Despite all the minor software, core software, and firmware updates that have been released, the issue remains unresolved.”
Stability issues Raptor Lake processors first gained widespread attention in February, and have been linked to some of the first 13th-gen Raptor Lake CPUs launching in late 2022. Intel’s high-end models, the Core i9-13900K and Core i9-14900K, appear to be the most affected, with some reports that the lower-end Core i7-13700K and Core i7-14700K are also experiencing issues.
One telltale sign of these stability issues on Raptor Lake is the “Out of Video Memory” error message that appears in games like Fortnite. Cassels claims his studio has received thousands of crash reports from players using 13th and 14th Gen Core chips and that his development team has personally experienced “frequent instability” on Raptor Lake-based PCs. The studio’s founder says servers running these Intel CPUs have experienced “constant crashes.”
Intel has tried to address these issues with new microcode distributed via motherboard BIOS updates, and has also told motherboard manufacturers that it will be updating the BIOS. Disable maximum power modes By default.
For example, in some cases, MSI motherboards specify a power limit of 4096W and 512A; no Intel processor will ever use that much power, but they put almost no limits on the chipset’s auto-clocking technology, and this seems to be causing crashes.
However, stability issues still persist and Intel has not been entirely clear on the root cause.
“Intel and its partners continue to investigate user reports of instability issues with 13th and 14th Gen Intel Core (K/KF/KS) desktop processors,” the company said. The record.
“We appreciate the Intel community’s patience on this issue and will share more details about the investigation as soon as possible. In the meantime, we continue to recommend that customers experiencing these issues contact Intel Customer Support for next steps regarding their 13th or 14th Gen (K/KF/KS) Intel Core desktop processors.”
We’re moving to AMD and not buying Raptor Lake, says Alderon Games
But Cassels believes there’s a more fundamental issue here than just a glitch in stability that’s solved through motherboard configurations.
“Over the past three or four months, we’ve seen CPUs that initially perform well deteriorate over time and eventually fail,” he says. “The failure rate we’ve seen through our own testing is close to 100 percent, suggesting that it’s only a matter of time before the affected CPUs fail.”
By the way, this eagle gave his old Intel Core i9-13900K to an acquaintance a couple of weeks ago, and now it’s no longer working. This 13900K was put into a gaming PC with a low-end motherboard that inherently can’t make the most of the chip’s power usage. Previously, it ran fine in SSD and GPU tests without any issues.
Alderon Games appears to have lost patience with Raptor Lake CPUs and says it is switching all of its servers to AMD processors, as they appear to be “experiencing 100x fewer crashes compared to the Intel CPUs found to be faulty.”
Cassels also advises gamers, whether they’re hosting their own servers or just playing a game, to avoid Raptor Lake processors. The developer even implemented an in-game notice telling users that Intel’s 13th and 14th Gen chips are no good.
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