Intel 'Arrow Lake' Patches Tackle a Lack of Gaming Pep

Intel 'Arrow Lake' Patches Tackle a Lack of Gaming Pep: What You Need to Know
The chip maker has responded to widespread reports of its new Core Ultra 200S desktop CPUs delivering subpar frame rates. Some fixes are available to download now, and another is due in January.
Intel’s promised Arrow Lake autopsy details up to 30% loss in performance
Intel's Arrow Lake CPUs were up to 30% slower than expected, and now we finally know the reasons why. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
Intel outlines the performance fixes for Arrow Lake CPUs
Intel’s new Arrow Lake CPUs came out in October promising high performance at lower power levels, but reviews, including ours, noted surprisingly lackluster gaming performance. Tom Warren said of the Core Ultra 9 285K, “...in many titles, it provides worse performance than the 14th Gen chips it was designed to replace.”
Intel identifies five major issues that affected Arrow Lake CPU launch performance
Intel has come forward with a detailed explanation of the issues that plagued the launch of its Core Ultra 200-series desktop processors, codenamed Arrow Lake, which
Intel reveals the four fails of Arrow Lake in a new blog post, promising more performance fixes in January
Intel rounds off its blog by saying that it has identified further BIOS improvements that it's currently in the process of validating and is targeting a firmware release, with all these updates and microcode 0x114, sometime in late January. It plans on presenting all of these findings in detail at CES 2025.
Intel offers apologies and fixes for Arrow Lake performance issues: What you need to know
Intel Arrow Lake desktop CPU performance issues explained by new company blog post outlining fixes which will take through January 2025 at least to roll out.
Intel explains what went wrong with its new Arrow Lake desktop CPUs
The new Arrow Lake Core i9 285K and Core i5 245K desktop processors didn't live up to even conservative expectations - but now Intel has explained why.
Intel Announces Fixes for Arrow Lake CPU Gaming Performance
Intel’s Core Ultra 200S-series CPUs got off to a rocky start, but several of the original issues are resolved—and CES will see another update, bringing better performance. That’s according to Robert Hallock, VP and General Manager, Client AI and Technical Marketing at Intel, who spoke with HotHardware in an interview about Arrow Lake CPUs.
Intel says it’s fixed four Arrow Lake gaming CPU issues, one more update coming
Intel claims that four issues causing poor performance in Intel Core Ultra 200 gaming CPUs are now fixed, with one further update planned.
Intel 0x114 Microcode Update Spotted And It Could Fix Arrow Lake Gaming Performance
Historically speaking, even when it wasn't the absolute fastest option, Intel has always been 'competitive' with longtime rival AMD in terms of CPU gaming performance. That is actually still the case for the company's 14th-generation Core processors,
Intel's new update fixes gaming issues on Arrow Lake CPUs
In light of such performance numbers, Intel's Vice President and General Manager, Robert Hallock, announced last month that an investigation was underway. The company hopes to restore gaming performance to its original targets and share details this month.
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Intel Arrow Lake 0x114 Microcode Update on ASUS Z890 Motherboards Shows Limited Performance Enhancements
We have not had the time to test this ourselves but our colleagues at TechPowerUp performed some testing on Intel's Arrow Lake processor 0x114 microcode update, recently included in ASUS's Z890 ...
This new Intel Core 200 laptop gaming CPU range could be using two-year-old tech
With its new Intel Core 200H CPUs, the company appears to be using its old Raptor Lake architecture to make new gaming laptop ...