This keeps getting slightly misrepresented.
There is no fix for CPUs that are already damaged.
There is a fix now to prevent it from happening to a good CPU.
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Not out yet. But you can manually set your clocks and disable boost.
Not out yet.
Actually the 0x129 microcode was released yesterday, now it depends on which motherboard you have and how quickly they release a bios that packages it. According to Anandtech Asus and MSI did already release before Intel made the announcement. I see some for Gigabyte and Asrock too.
So, not out yet. At least not fully.
If you prefer being right, rather than just accepting the extra information, then sure let's go with that.
But isn't the fix basically under clocking those CPU?
Meaning the "solution" (not even out yet) is creeping those units before the flaw creeples them?
They said the cause was a bug in the microcode making the CPU request unsafe voltages:
Our analysis of returned processors confirms that the elevated operating voltage is stemming from a microcode algorithm resulting in incorrect voltage requests to the processor.
If the buggy behaviour of the voltage contributed to higher boosts, then the fix will cost some performance. But if the clocks were steered separately from the voltage, and the boost clock is still achieved without the overly high voltage, then it might be performance neutral.
I think we will know for sure soon, multiple reviewers announced they were planning to test the impact.
Thanks for the clarification
Remember Spectre? When they recommended disabling hyperthreading?
That was the first "Intel Baseline Profile" they rolled out to mobo manufacturers earlier in the year. They've roll out a new fix now.
As an i9-13900k owner, thanks. My chip has been great so far, better update when I get home
I wanna switch to amd some day
I thought the point would be a depressed and self deprecating "I'm something of an Intel CPU myself".
Don't be a fan of one or the other, just get what's more appropriate at the time of buying.
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