Gamers Beware: Latest Intel CPUs Are Very Likely to Malfunction

Intel is selling defective CPUs to customers, claims a video game studio Alderon Games, and now they have the data to back up their accusations. The team at Alderon Games is currently working on a multiplayer dinosaur survival game, Path of Titans. 

The developer has reported thousands of constant crashes that take their game servers down and most of these servers are running Intel 13th and 14th gen processors. The issues go beyond crashing, often causing instability and memory corruption, ruining important data on SSDs. Additionally, decompression and memory tests unrelated to Path of Titans are also failing.

The developer has been forced to ditch Intel’s latest processors (13th and 14th Gen) due to stability issues and is urging others to follow suit. In a blog post, the studio’s founder, Matthew Cassells, stated that all the affected CPUs they tested eventually malfunctioned.

However, it’s important to note that RAD Game Tools, a company that creates tools for the Unreal Engine (the game engine Path of Titans uses), suggests the issue might be limited to a small number of processors.

Switching to AMD

While the exact scope of the problem remains unclear, Alderon Games is taking no chances. They’re switching their servers to AMD processors and recommending others hosting Path of Titans servers do the same.

The backlash surrounding Intel’s latest i9 processors (13th and 14th Gen) keeps unfolding. What began in April with reports of game crashes on home PCs has escalated to concerns about server stability.

YouTuber Level1Techs highlights this new twist in a recent video (shared below).

Why Do These Processors Malfunction?

While Intel initially blamed faulty overclocking settings on motherboards for the home PC crashes, this explanation doesn’t hold water for server hardware. Servers typically run with more conservative settings to prioritize stability, making overclocking issues unlikely.

A developer from Digital Extremes, the studio behind Warframe, chimed in on the ongoing issues with Intel’s latest processors. In a forum post, they revealed that their data suggests “almost all” crashes stemmed from driver failures within these CPUs.

However, there might be a glimmer of hope. The developer mentioned that a recent BIOS update seemingly fixed crashes on a staff member’s computer. This contradicts Intel’s claims from June, where they downplayed the effectiveness of such updates in addressing the core problem.