A few days ago, we published a news story in which Robert Hallock, vice president and general manager of AI at Intel, stated that they knew that the performance of this new generation of processors was below expectations, even for the company, confirming that they were working in an update that will improve your performance.
We identified a number of multi-factor issues at the operating system level, at the BIOS level, and I will say that the performance that we saw in the reviews is not what we expected and it is not what we intended. The launch simply didn’t go as planned.
While we wait for Intel move on, it seems that the guys at ASRock have gone ahead and, although the announcement was just made through their press department, for a couple of weeks, an update has been available for the new motherboards compatible with Intel processors CoreUltra.
Improves the gaming performance of the Core Ultra 200
As we can read in the statement published by ASRock, the latest power management controller (PPM), in version 1007.202409013, offers greater performance in games, specifically up to 13.23% on Z890 series boards.
This information is associated with a screenshot of Final Fantasy XIV Downtrial, so we do not know if it really affects other games or if it only affects this title, although it is most likely an average performance improvement in all games, it is not This is the only one since, for that, it is not necessary to make a statement.
The power management control dynamically adjusts the frequency and voltage of the processor depending on the system load, offering better power management and allowing users to enjoy greater performance both in the system and in video games.
What is most striking is that these have been available since last November 12, days after the launch of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and one day after when Robert Hallock made those statements. This patch is theoretically unrelated to the one that Intel plans to release between the end of November and the beginning of December. The patch will most likely arrive via an update to the BIOS and of Windows 11as already happened with the Ryzen 9000 released last August.
This is another reminder of how important it is to install each and every one of the drivers that electronic component manufacturers and operating system updates release periodically to improve overall system performance and, if possible, obtain a better performance. Downloading the PPM (Platform Power Management) driver in the available version is available through the section Support and download from the ASUS website.
