The blame game
Intel has been in hot water lately, with numerous reports of 13th- and 14th-gen i9 processors crashing while playing games and, in some cases, refusing to boot Windows altogether. Now Intel has released an official statement on the fiasco, but it’s probably not what users want to hear.
The blame game has been in full swing over the past few weeks, with PCGamer reporting that Epic Games publicly called out Intel over the issues. In a new statement provided to German tech news site Igor’s Lab, Intel has now placed the blame on motherboard makers for failing to properly implement “thermal and power delivery safeguards”. Intel says that it’s the motherboard’s fault that the chip is overheating — a bold stance for the chipmaker to take.
There have been some attempts to rectify the problems, with Asus releasing a motherboard BIOS patch, but the trouble is far from over. Gigabyte’s solution caused CPU performance to take a hit, angering some users who had already shelled out for a high-end new Core i9 CPU.
