Gaming Continued
We are going to focus on the 1080p gaming performance, to look at any differences in CPU performance while gaming. We are using an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition video card with driver version 560.70. All games are being run in their “Ultra” game settings, at native resolution, and with no ray tracing. The results with the Microcode Fix 0x129 BIOS applied are highlighted in blue, while the grey bars are using the BIOS previous to this new one, without the Microcode fix. We will test both the Extreme and Performance Profiles.
Cyberpunk 2077
In Cyberpunk 2077 the Intel Core i9-14900K in the Extreme Profile loses about 0.6% performance with the Microcode Fix 0x129 BIOS applied. In the Performance Profile, the difference is 0.33%.
Dying Light 2
In Dying Light 2, we are so far seeing the most significant differences in our gaming lineup here. With the Intel Core i9-14900K in the Extreme Profile applying the Microcode Fix 0x129 BIOS update reduces performance by 0.9%. In the Performance Profile, it is reduced by 0.3%.
Starfield
In Starfield though, there is literally no difference in performance with the Microcode Fix 0x129 applied for this game.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage
We also see no noteworthy changes in performance in Assassin’s Creed Mirage with the Microcode Fix 0x129 update applied.