Intel CPUs Face Stability Issues in Games Due to Power Settings
High-end Intel processors, including the Core i9-13900K, are crashing in certain games, with motherboard BIOS settings identified as the culprit.
- Increasing numbers of users report crashes in games with Intel Core i9-13900K and Core i7-13700K CPUs, often due to out of video memory errors.
- The root cause of these crashes is linked to motherboard's default power and current limit settings, set to effectively unlimited.
- Developers and Nvidia have identified the issue as related to 13th Gen CPUs, recommending underclocking as a temporary fix.
- Manual adjustments to power and current limits, as well as undervolting, have proven to stabilize the affected CPUs.
- Intel has yet to respond to the issue, leaving users to seek solutions through BIOS adjustments or software tools.