Intel "Arrow Lake" and "Lunar Lake" Are Safe from Voltage Stability Issues, Company Reports

[Dave65]

Good to hear that newer CPUs aren't affected by the voltage issues.

And you believe them?

 

[_roman_]

13th and 14th gen owners who will never under any circumstance buy AMD hardware, are probably already selling their systems and getting ready to rush to buy the new platform.

Most common practise. Buy new or deal with problems, regardless if it's a car or something else.

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I really wonder, why a manufacturer has to state, that their products are free of hidden defects.
Now I have my doubts about the quality process of INTEL. Usually a new series with a process under control should not lea d to hidden defects (in products).

 

[close]

Pinky swear. This time for real.

 

[Random_User]

The article tries to sum it up...

"When these new products launch, all eyes will be on the platform's performance, but with a massive interest in stability testing from enthusiasts."

Until the above happens along with a healthy dose of in depth reviews, no one is believing anything from Intel, except for the easily fooled of course.

Not only the review, but the thorough, and recurring testing, throughout it's entire lifetime, until it'd end up EOL. Just like both 13 and 14 gen (that some insist is unfaffected) should be. Just realizing, what overhead and mess, the late intel CPUs have become, not only for the reviewers, but every SI, companies, and every single user, that tries to build the stable, reliable machine. Now every chip, from every SKU, must be tested, after some time, whether it has been in use, or not. And also the reviewers, must return to the testing of almost outdated products again and again, to get the look and statistics/data, that Intel themselves should have provided, on their own, before this went south.

So yeah, until the new SKUs will be tested on release, and at least half-year after, then no confidence and trust should be given "for free"/as granted.

 

[las]

Early Lunar Lake results shows massive uplift with power usage down. Even beats Qualcomm/ARM on battery life in many tasks, while performing much better.

Meanwhile AMD released Zen 5 which disappointed. Worst CPU release in years. 9000X3D needs to come out sooner than later. AMD should probably not have skimped on process node I guess.

And this is what I expected, when AMD lose node advantage, they can't compete. Zen 5 already has lower than MSRP pricing, sales are low and price will drop further for sure once Arrow Lake hits in 1 months time.

285K looks to be beating 9950X in both multi and single with ease in most recent rumours. Like 15% better multi perf, even without using HT and with 100-150 watts lower power usage compared to 14900K

Can't wait for reviews. AMD should rush 9000X3D launch forward. 9800X3D is the only option for me here, since dual CCD sucks for gaming. 9800X3D sounds promising tho, if they can up the clockspeeds (compared to 7800X3D) and with OC being "unlocked" this time.

9800X3D or 285K for me next. New rig in 2025 with a RTX 5090, can't wait.