Intel’s 13th & 14th Gen CPU “Gaming Stability” Is Being Investigated As 10+ Chips Being Returned In Korea Each Day

08.04.2024 - 13:11 / wccftech.com / Hassan Mujtaba

Intel has actively started investigating issues currently facing its 13th & 14th Gen CPUs such as gaming stability which affects thousands of gamers.

Intel 13th & 14th Gen CPU's Stability In Gaming Is So Bad That Gamers Are Returning Their Chips In Droves

Being a victim of stability issues on Intel's 13th & 14th Gen CPUs myself, I would say that it isn't unexpected that gamers are fed up with Intel's latest parts. While the issues came to the limelight recently, the earliest reports of gaming instability on Intel's 13th Gen CPUs go back to 2022 when these chips were initially launched.

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A few months after these chips had launched, the first issues were highlighted on gaming forums and Steam Discussion pages but there wasn't any conclusive evidence available at the time as to what caused the issues.

With the launch of the 14th Gen CPUs, the issues became more prominent on higher-end SKUs & which led the tech community to see if the issue was actually on the software side or hardware side. Within a few days, it became clear that it was a mix of both, the 13th and 14th Gen CPUs being pushed beyond their limits and default BIOS's by motherboard makers which were pushing the chips even harder.

The Intel 13th and 14th Gen Core i9 CPUs are some of the most insane chips we have seen to date. They have the highest clocks and the higher power consumption of all processors released to date plus they run hot. We have seen on several occasions that Intel has modified the clock speeds for these chips on their official web page, adjusting them to showcase what can be considered more realistic clock speeds since these chips are being hammered so hard that they eventually throttle & lead to lower clock speeds than what is advertised.

Plus, the excessive voltages and power being pumped into these CPUs will lead to severe silicon degradation over time unless you have like a high-end chiller next to you to keep the chip within its thermal/power spec.

While downclocking & undervolting is the way to go to achieve stability to play games, not everyone can tune his chip and not everyone who bought the Core i9-13900K or Core i9-14900K CPU can tune their PCs and just got what they seemed was the best choice of gaming CPU for them. Unfortunately, that's far from true knowing what I have been through. You don't pay full price for a chip that can hardly run games without leading into some sort of crash or BSOD or can hardly maintain its default specs.

One of the most common issues that occurs with Intel's 13th & 14th Gen CPUs is the "Out of Video Memory" message across a range of games, typically