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 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 offers apologies and fixes for Arrow Lake performance issues: What you need to know
So while it's not evidently Intel's fault, it did impact the functionality of a number of new games on Windows PCs during the Arrow Lake review process. Intel claims that Epic Games is in the process of issuing updated Easy Anti-Cheat drivers that will fix this issue.
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 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'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.
I tried the latest Cyberpunk 2077 update on a new Intel CPU, and it’s 91% faster
These Intel Arrow Lake Cyberpunk 2077 benchmarks show an enormous frame rate boost on the Core Ultra 7 265K, making it a ...
Huge Asus ROG gaming laptop leak just revealed Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs and Intel 'Arrow Lake-HX' CPUs
Nvidia RTX 50-series GPUs are all but confirmed, with leaks coming out from all corners in the lead-up to CES 2025. Now, we ...
tom's Hardware on MSN2d
Intel lists the Core 200H mobile CPU lineup based on an aging Raptor Lake design — Core 200H sports up to 14 cores and 5.8 GHz boost clocks
Intel has confirmed the existence of a Core 200H family through a new table published on its website (via momomo_x). The ...
Intel expected to announce no less than 22 new Core 200 CPUs at CES 2025
The latest information was shared on X by reputable tipster momomo_us, who also posted the retail ordering codes for the upcoming processors, suggesting they are ready ...
Hosted on MSN6d
Intel Arrow Lake-H and AMD Krackan Point laptops emerge at retailers — preliminary listings indicate that manufacturers are gearing up for launch next month
New laptops from Asus have surfaced at retailers featuring next-gen Arrow Lake-H and Krackan Point chips from Intel and AMD.