MSI has now adopted Intel‘s new default settings for its line of Z790 motherboards within the hope of bringing stability to Raptor Lake and Raptor Lake Refresh Core i9 processors.
As noticed by Wccftech, MSI has applied the brand new BIOS settings following Intel’s tips with two energy limits at 125W and 253W. This transfer has been made to attempt to be sure that thirteenth and 14th-gen Core i9 CPUs will carry out with out crashing when gaming (or certainly failing in addition Home windows in any respect in some reported circumstances).
It is a daring transfer which sees the brand new BIOS settings successfully change MSI’s present ‘Baseline Defaults,’ and the price of this higher stability might be diminished gaming efficiency. The BIOS may also warn you in opposition to utilizing the ‘Tower Air Cooler’ or ‘Water Cooler’ over the brand new ‘Default Settings’ as the previous two have decreased stability. Intel strongly recommends customers use these new settings.
There’s an essential distinction between the ability draw of the brand new Default Settings in comparison with the 2 earlier efficiency modes. At 125W and 253W for PL1 and PL2 (energy consumption limits) respectively, as famous you might expertise diminished efficiency in comparison with the earlier limits of the efficiency modes. (These are 288W for ‘Tower Air Cooler,’ and 4096W – which means successfully limitless, or as quick because the chip will go – for the ‘Water Cooler’ mode).
In case you’re working an MSI motherboard and experiencing crashing then now you can obtain the brand new BIOS settings straight from MSI. Simply know that you can see body fee drops, maybe to the tune of 10-15% in CPU-bound video games and software program, as the price of preserving the chip working as meant.
The issues with Intel Core i9 CPUs proceed
Over the previous couple of months, we have seen extra studies of Intel Core i9-13900K and 14900K CPUs experiencing issues with no devoted resolution on the horizon. Initially, Intel blamed motherboard makers earlier than conducting its inside investigation as the issue grew to become extra widespread.
Contemplating the worth tag related to the finest processors from Group Blue, it is disheartening that the one actual repair includes hindering your Core i9’s peak efficiency. That is removed from excellent, particularly when you’ve opted for a near-$700 14900KS. We suggest utilizing the brand new ‘Default Settings’ for now, as per Intel’s recommendation, till a greater resolution is discovered (certainly if that occurs).
Curiously, MSI makes no point out of Intel’s caveats round high-end motherboards – and the way these could also be tremendous away from the default settings – and the {hardware} maker seems to be taking a ‘higher protected than sorry’ method right here.
