Intel's new Arrow Lake CPUs came out in October promising high performance at low power levels, but reviews, including ours, noted a surprising amount Poor gaming performanceTom Warren said of the Core Ultra 9 285K, “…in many titles, it delivers worse performance than the 14th-generation chips it was designed to replace.”
“At the end of the day, there were four core issues that we needed to address, and solutions for them are actually already in the field,” said Robert Hallock, Intel's VP and GM of client AI and technical marketing. during an interview with hothardware“They've been coming out in bits and pieces over the past two weeks, as the update schedule allows.”
One problem arose from a “misplaced” update that was supposed to optimize Windows' processor power management (PPM) system for Intel's Core Ultra 200S-series processors. (PPM adjusts CPU performance based on the current power plan, such as Balanced, High Performance, Power Saver, etc.).
Instead of releasing the PPM update before reviewers got their hands on the processors, Intel says it scheduled the update to be released when it became widely available, which caused reviewers to see worse performance than expected. found. Due to missing PPM updates, Intel's performance-enhancing Application Performance Optimizer (APO) also could not be effective in games, while “misconfigured” performance settings also had a negative impact on reviewers' benchmarks.
A fix for these issues was already implemented in Windows 11 build 26100.2161. Intel also says Epic Games has resolved the driver compatibility issue cause of blue screen of death When running a game with EZ Anti-Cheat, e.g. star wars pirates,
Intel plans to release another set of performance upgrades for Arrow Lake CPUs in January, and it will “provide a comprehensive performance update” at CES. For now, Intel recommends updating Windows and applying the latest BIOS update to your motherboard if you haven't already. Otherwise, you can wait until the “final” display update next year.