Due to the recent revelation that practically all 13th and 14th gen cpus capable of pushing more than 65w might be defective, I’m wondering if mobile cpu’s are included, and I’m kind of confused as to whether or not they are based on my experience and recent info.
My story: I've returned this laptop to BestBuy on three separate occasions and have had the g814jz from multiple batches. All three have had identical cpu thermal issues along with stability issues in the form of microstutter in practically every game, and two of them blue screened out of the box. Sensor data on every one I’ve had looks about the same or worse than what’s shown in GizmoSlipTechs video at the 24:29 time stamp: Asus Strix G18 - Unbox, Undervolt, Benchmarks, Gameplay, Display Test, Remove Bottom, And More (yout.... You can see that multiple cores are throttling along with the Packet/Ring which is the important one to pay attention to as ring voltage is the primary driver in how these cpu’s are degrading. The three I tested may have actually been a bit worse with more cores throttling and more frequently. It doesn’t matter if the computer is in performance mode and simply loading a 60fps low res unity game, it throttles like this under basically any load/setting.
My temps loading mw3:
Clearly there's been an issue with these laptops for a while, it’s practically all of them, and if it’s due to cpu degradation it’s starting to look like it wont be acknowledged...
Intel has stated that these instability issues do not extend to mobile CPUs: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/intel-instability-extends-to-laptops/
but can we even trust that since they already falsely stated it was only high end SKUs?
This article also states they’re not included, but goes on to mention a game dev who experienced the exact same failures as their desktops: https://www.techradar.com/computing/cpu/worried-your-intel-laptop-cpu-might-suffer-from-instability-...
So who’s right? The game devs who were basically the only people who have been right this whole time, or intel? From my experience seeing multiple versions of this laptop with identical performance and thermal issues, I’m leaning towards the game devs being right about this one.
I’m posting this hopefully to shed some light on the issue, because it feels like it’s getting brushed under the rug.. so please post your own experiences below of you’ve had similar issues.
