Intel confirms investigation into performance loss with specific GPU and CPU pairings

Intel has acknowledged the performance loss between specific GPU and CPU pairings that was discovered several months ago, with the company now confirming an investigation has begun.

The problem was highlighted by Hardware Unboxed back in January, when a video was published honing in on performance loss when Intel's Arc B580 was paired with older processors such as the Ryzen 200, and Intel's own Core 9th-gen processors. Since then, Intel has remained quiet on the issue, but a new statement from the company, in the form of a forum post, has acknowledged the problem and confirmed that an investigation into the matter is underway.

Intel wrote, "We are aware of reports of performance sensitivity in some games when paired with older generation processors," and that it's increasing its "platform coverage to include more configurations in our validation process." This statement seemingly reveals Intel was aware of the issue prior to this forum post, but chose not to acknowledge it publicly. As for a remedy for the situation, Intel will have to roll out driver updates to the hardware in the form of patches that have an unknown release date or even release window.

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Thank you for your patience. We are aware of reports of performance sensitivity in some games when paired with older generation processors.

We have increased our platform coverage to include more configurations in our validation process, and we are continuing to investigate optimizations," wrote Intel