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They arrive in five flavors, ranging from Core Ultra 5 through Core Ultra 9.

Intel has now concluded an investigation into the issue that began on October 26.

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K in ASRock Z890 Taichi motherboard with Arctic cooler mount

Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K could see a boost in gaming performance once the recognized issues are fully resolved.

Intel strongly suggests going through the crucial updates as soon as possible to negate the performance issues.

These can usually be sourced from your motherboard manufacturer’s official website.

How much of a performance boost can you expect with these updates?

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor held in front of a blue sky

Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K isn’t performing as well as it should in gaming, but Intel has a few fixes.

The MSI Prestige 16 AI Evo (B2HMG) with Intel Core Ultra 9 285H inside.

The MSI Prestige 16 AI Evo (B2HMG) with Intel Core Ultra 9 285H inside.

Intel Arc Battlemage

MSI Claw 8 AI+ on a stand and running a Sonic game.

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X processor in motherboard socket

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition power adapter in box

Asus Rog Zephyrus G14 Ryzen

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang addresses participants at the keynote of CES 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 6, 2025.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition (front) compared to RTX 5090 Founders Edition (rear)

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly seen on a laptop computer in Hastings on the Hudson, New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 22. 2020.

Lenovo IdeaPad 5x 2-in-1 deal

Promotional screenshot of characters from Zenless Zone Zero

MSI Claw 8 AI+ propped up next to an ROG Ally X on a table.

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