Friday, April 12th 2024
NVIDIA Points Intel Raptor Lake CPU Users to Get Help from Intel Amid System Instability Issues
According to a recently published help guide, spotted by the X/Twitter user @harukaze5719, NVIDIA has addressed reported stability problems users are experiencing with Intel's latest 13th and 14th generation Raptor Lake Core processors, especially the high-performance overclockable K-series models. In a recent statement, NVIDIA recommended that owners of the affected Intel CPUs consult directly with Intel if they encounter issues such as system instability, video memory errors, game crashes, or failures to launch certain applications. The problems seem particularly prevalent when running demanding workloads like gaming on Unreal Engine 5 titles or during shader compilation tasks that heavily utilize the processor and graphics capabilities. Intel has established a dedicated website to provide support for these CPU instability cases. However, the chipmaker still needs to issue a broad public statement and provide a definitive resolution.
The instability is often attributed to the very high frequencies and performance the K-series Raptor Lake chips are designed to achieve, which are among the fastest processors in Intel's lineup. While some community suggestions like undervolting or downclocking the CPUs may help mitigate issues in the short term, it remains unclear if permanent fixes will require BIOS updates from motherboard manufacturers or game patches.
Update: As the community has pointed out, motherboard makers often run the CPU outside of Intel's default spec, specifically causing overvolting through modifying or removing power limits, which could introduce instabilities into the system. Running the CPU at Intel-defined specification must be assured with a BIOS check to see if the CPU is running at specified targets. Intel programs the voltage curve into the CPU, and when motherboard makers remove any voltage/power limits, the CPU takes freedom in utilizing the available headroom, possibly causing system instability. We advise everyone to check the power limit setting in the BIOS for the health of their own system.
Sources:
NVIDIA, via VideoCardz
The instability is often attributed to the very high frequencies and performance the K-series Raptor Lake chips are designed to achieve, which are among the fastest processors in Intel's lineup. While some community suggestions like undervolting or downclocking the CPUs may help mitigate issues in the short term, it remains unclear if permanent fixes will require BIOS updates from motherboard manufacturers or game patches.
Update: As the community has pointed out, motherboard makers often run the CPU outside of Intel's default spec, specifically causing overvolting through modifying or removing power limits, which could introduce instabilities into the system. Running the CPU at Intel-defined specification must be assured with a BIOS check to see if the CPU is running at specified targets. Intel programs the voltage curve into the CPU, and when motherboard makers remove any voltage/power limits, the CPU takes freedom in utilizing the available headroom, possibly causing system instability. We advise everyone to check the power limit setting in the BIOS for the health of their own system.
106 Comments on NVIDIA Points Intel Raptor Lake CPU Users to Get Help from Intel Amid System Instability Issues
BTW my friend who is a distributor for Intel has been saying he had to take in lots of RMA for Intel 14th gen, so the article is actually very legit
I have been running my 14900KF since launch day without any issues because I turned off the AI Overclocking feature in my motherboard’s BIOS. The CPU has been running on intel’s recommended settings. Not a single issue been had.
Since it's not the board maker who has to deal with returns etc. There's no real consequence if they screw up their "ai boost" or whatever they choose to call their "optimised defaults" etc.
The reality is both Intel and AMD make great CPUs.
All of it is user error induced by gamer laziness, and that's why you're reading about these things. The chips themselves don't have any issues, it's just that you're nuckin' futs if you think you're going to be running a 5.5 to 6 GHz CPU on the conditions you're going to encounter on your average cigarette smoke and cat fur collector hotbox of a gaming PC.
It would be pretty boring if all there was is intel spec's lol
By the way recent bios do ask if you want to stick to intel spec's or push it hehe
Never occurred to me that the CPU/BIOS side might be the culprit, but it's definitely possible.
You do a good job of demonstrating why people take comments like that at face value though, there are people who actually have such a radicalized POV that regularly espouse it here on TPU.
Most mobo manufacturers have recently released a new BIOS that optimizes undervolting on Raptor and brings some additional stability improvements, you should see if ASUS made that available for you already. MSI posted it for my MEG Z690 ACE yesterday.Worst is that i'm not even radicalized, it's a reflection of my own experience. :(
Kinda remind me of Boeing lol, prioritise profit over everything else has come full circle.
People who run at (actual) stock aren't having issues. Nor are people who manually set voltages, even those who are overclocking past stock.
(I just like to remind myself of that particular prediction/plan and chuckling at how wildly off base it was)
Well xmp profiles are well known to kick the voltages up and so does multicore enhancement which is also enabled when xmp profile is so does this qualify as stock if not people are wasting a lot of money on higher than standard memory speeds hehe