Originally posted by sophisticles
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AMD Ryzen 9000 Series Launch Delayed To August
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Oh, well. The usual flamewar.
In any case: IF some issue was found it is fine that AMD fixes it prior to any end user contact. Maybe they found some issue that does not easily come up, or some board partner found something. However, and that is also in any case, the delay might force intel's new microcode to be already out - when benchmarks get on. And somehow I have a feeling that intels microcode update might not be improving their 13th/14th generation in terms of benchmarks. So then we would have a more realistic comparison. Few people even brought up the idea, that it might be an artificial delay (not cause by a real issue), just to have that very update out before AMD releases things that get benchmarked.
But either way, releasing matured stuff is always better than juggling with issues once it is already on the boards of many end users.Stop TCPA, stupid software patents and corrupt politicians!
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Originally posted by sophisticles View PostDuring final checks, we found the initial production units that were shipped to our channel partners did not meet our full quality expectations
Mark my words, these will be buggy pieces of garbage and no one should buy them.
These companies have many stages of quality assurance and the fact that they didn't catch it until after the first production run was already shipped to "channel partners" is worrying.
Take a hard pass on this gen folks.
after all, he/she can make career of youLast edited by KDE_FOREVER; 25 July 2024, 04:19 AM.
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Originally posted by WannaBeOCer View PostIntel does get credit for being transparent.
Since you're obviously not well-informed on the issue, here's a nice timeline put together by WCCFTech. I don't compliment them for many things, but they've done a pretty good job covering this issue.
Originally posted by WCCFTechSo far, here's the timeline of Intel's 14th & 13th Gen Instability issues:- [Dec 2022] The first instances of "Out of Video Memory" issues on 13th Gen Core i9 CPUs were reported back in 2022. (Source: Reddit). This is a few months after the release of Intel's 13th Gen CPUs & RTX 40 GPUs.
- [Throughout 2023] Several users have started reporting game crashes and issues in high-profile AAA titles such as Callisto Protocol and Hogwarts Legacy (among many others). Both tiles are based on Unreal Engine (released in 2023) and feature a shader compilation process at the start. There are currently thousands of such issues reported on Steam Community Forums and Reddit.
- [February 2024] A post by Sebastian Castellanos brings the issue to the limelight, highlighting the "worrying trend" of stability issues affecting 14th and 13th-gen CPUs.
- [February 2024] Our editor along with various other tech outlets start reporting the issue and bringing the matter on to the mainstream media. Quickly, it is pointed out that underclocking and undervolting the chips can result in better stability.
- [April 2024] NVIDIA Issued a formal statement that the stability issues are not related to its GPUs but rather Intel CPUs.
- [April 2024] Intel announces its investigation of the reports of instability issues affecting 13th and 14th Gen CPUs.
- [April 2024] Motherboard makers quickly roll out "Baseline" power profiles in new BIOS, which lower power limits on high-end 14th & 13th Gen CPUs but also lead to significant performance drops.
- [May 2024] Intel releases a statement, recommending motherboard makers to ship "Intel Default Settings" in BIOS by default rather than customized settings.
- [June 2024] Intel discovers a bug within its eTVB microcode while investigating the root cause of 14th and 13th Gen Instability issues. This doesn't fix the instability problems. Board makers quickly roll out BIOS with a new microcode fix.
- [July 2024] Intel denies an RMA to HardwareTimes editor who already RMA'd at least two CPUs which produced instability issues.
- [July 2024] Wendell from Level1Techs & Steve Burke from GamersNexus are the first big tech media outlets on YouTube to further highlight the instability issues, diving into additional details such as OEM frustration with the matter and a possible recall.
- [July 2024] GamersNexus highlights a potential "oxidation" defect being a problem with a certain batch of Intel 14th & 13th Gen CPUs that might lead to instability problems.
- [July 2024] Intel says the 14th & 13th Gen Mobile CPUs are not affected by the same instability issues as the desktop CPUs.
- [July 2024] Intel issues a statement confirming that they have found the root cause of the instability issues which happen to be elevated operating voltages and will be issuing a new microcode fix to its partners by mid of August
Check out the article, for much more:
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Originally posted by sophisticles View PostMaybe I should have said "if you want something that looks good in benchmarks get AMD, if you want reliability get Intel Xeon".
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