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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Roshan Ashraf Shaikh

New firmware addresses Intel CPU gaming instability — Asus Intel Baseline Profile fixes crashing on Raptor Lake and Raptor Lake Refresh chips

Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Formula.

Asus released a new BIOS that adds a setting aptly named 'Intel Baseline Profile,' which switches from the motherboard's default settings to the ones recommended by Intel. It is in response to a widespread crash and another instability issue with certain games using Unreal Engine 5, precisely when it initiates shaders during the loading screen. With this setting, those with Intel 13th and 14th-generation CPUs should have stable gameplay. Once other vendors do the same, they may permanently address the issue.

Asus put up a separate page linking its respective motherboards with Z790, B760, and H770 chipsets towards the new BIOS for easy reference. The BETA BIOS listing specifies that this profile reverts to Intel's default setting, which involves lowering power limits. As a result, it seems to be addressing this nuisance.

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