Intels Raptor Lake Refesh chips are a skippable stopgap
False alarm!
Intels big batch of newgaming CPUsfor 2023 is not the architectural overhaul known asMeteor Lake.
It should come as no surprise, then, that the gaming performance of these 14th GenCPUsstutters into stagnancy.
Thats not to say that the hybrid P-core/E-core setup has become old hat.
The Core i5-14600Ks highest possible P-core speed is now 5.3GHz, a nudge upward from its predecessors 5.1GHz.
In terms of plain-and-simple performance upgrades, thats your lot.
And, let’s not forget, its rivals in the AMD Ryzen 7000/7000X3D series.
Not really worth the effort of burrowing into the BIOS to enable it.
In fact, the only metric thats on an upwards trajectory is temperature.
Only just, but still.
That’s 80, or $99, less than the Core i9-14900K.
I wouldnt bother, especially with the far greater promise of Meteor Lake on the horizon.
