The chip maker has responded to widespread reports of its new Core Ultra 200S desktop CPUs delivering subpar frame rates. Some fixes are available to download now, and another is due in January.

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Box designs for Intel's Arrow Lake 65W CPUs have been leaked, indicating that Intel is gearing up for a launch next month.

Intel's Arrow Lake non-K 65W CPUs have been leaked, revealing a sturdy packaging design that likely includes a stock cooler. This indicates that the processors are expected to be released at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next month.

Intel’s new Arrow Lake CPUs came out in October promising high performance at lower power levels, but reviews, including ours, noted surprisingly lackluster gaming performance. Tom Warren said of the Core Ultra 9 285K, “...in many titles, it provides worse performance than the 14th Gen chips it was designed to replace.”

Intel has come forward with a detailed explanation of the issues that plagued the launch of its Core Ultra 200-series desktop processors, codenamed Arrow Lake, which

Intel claims that four issues causing poor performance in Intel Core Ultra 200 gaming CPUs are now fixed, with one further update planned.

Intel rounds off its blog by saying that it has identified further BIOS improvements that it's currently in the process of validating and is targeting a firmware release, with all these updates and microcode 0x114, sometime in late January. It plans on presenting all of these findings in detail at CES 2025.

The new Arrow Lake Core i9 285K and Core i5 245K desktop processors didn't live up to even conservative expectations - but now Intel has explained why.