Earlier last week, game developer Alderon Games accused Intel’s 13th and 14th Gen desktop CPUs of having a higher-than-average crash rate, it began recommending other developers to migrate their servers and systems over to AMD components. Now, that very same developer is saying that laptops powered by the blue chipmaker’s processors.
Initial reports suggested that, like its desktop counterparts, laptops powered by higher-tier Intel laptop CPUs, including the Core i9 and i7, were susceptible to crashing, albeit at a lower rate than the desktop SKUs. It now appears that no 13th or 14 Gen mobile CPU is safe from the issue.
Intel is selling defective 13-14th Gen CPUs
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On that note, these reports suggest that the crashes on these Intel-powered laptops occurred while running games, specifically those running on the Unreal Engine 5. However, it is should also be noted that these crashed also happened when CPU-intensive tasks like Handbrake or Cinebench were queued up to run.
Problems with Intel’s 13th and 14th Gen CPUs first came to light when South Korean PC gamers began returning their top-end Core i9 Raptor Lake CPUs en masse. Some months later, other issues were discovered and pointed out by YouTuber Level1Techs, who also shared the data of the crashes occurring with nearly half of game servers powered by W680 chipsets and Raptor Lake Core i9 CPUs.
Intel’s last statement on the issue was issued back in June, when it provided a recommended BIOS update that was supposed to fix some settings by limiting the voltages. Makes sense, especially seeing how the chipmaker initially blamed motherboard partners and makers for taking liberties with the specifications of their motherboards.
Not long after, the company issued an eTVB microcode fix, believing that this was the cause of the crashes but alas, it wasn’t the case. The company says it is still looking into the matter of instability.
