Intel has finally commented on the stability issues experienced by numerous Raptor Lake desktop users. It says the issue stems from high operating voltages and plans to issue a microcode update in mid-August.
They won’t, since Intel has quietly admitted now that there is an oxidization issue too. Microcode can’t fix that, and if it can work around it, it will do so at a significant performance cost.
Level1Tech looked a good amount into it and he’s not convinced microcode updates, which they have released many, will fix the issue.
They won’t, since Intel has quietly admitted now that there is an oxidization issue too. Microcode can’t fix that, and if it can work around it, it will do so at a significant performance cost.