Why can DRM crash some games on 12th gen Intel core processors?

DRM strikes again. Is there any DRM system in use that isn't broken within a few weeks of the game's release? It's an honest question, I don't follow the piracy scene any more, but it used to be a pretty rapid turn around on cracks. If that's still the case, then DRM is still just hostile toward paying customers and a speedbump to pirates.

This fix is absolutely ridiculous, it should be in the publishers interest to remove the DRM on such games. And they also fully deserve to get bombarded with negative reviews until they do so<p>Shipping a broken product to a paying customer should be absolutely unacceptable regardless of the industry

Can anyone speculate what in the world is even tripping Denuvo up in this scenario? Is there a realistic threat model they add to their garbageware that tries to detect... multiple physical distinct CPUs on one system as an indicator that the game is pirated? What a weird check.

Title is misleading, Intel is offering a fix that allows the user to disable E-cores on the fly by using their scroll-lock key. They&#x27;re only offering a reference implementation though, it&#x27;s up to the motherboard vendors to ship a BIOS update with this workaround.

PCMag story: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pcmag.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;intel-these-50-plus-pc-games-are-incompatible-with-alder-lake-cpus-due" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pcmag.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;intel-these-50-plus-pc-games-are-...</a> (discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=29123216" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=29123216</a>)

Okay, so that&#x27;s actually less insane than the title suggested. They&#x27;re using scroll lock to specifically toggle a compatibility mode, after enabling an option to make it do that.

DRM aside, a bios update to fix a software bug feels backwards to me.

Scroll lock is the new turbo.

&quot;after BIOS&#x2F;firmware update, scroll lock can be used as a special enabler key to disable DRM&quot; -which is a completely different thing: this reads as if all current PC owners simply have to do ScrollLock, on boot, right now, unmodified BIOS

How many games are we talking about here? Wouldn&#x27;t it be easier to fix the bug in the DRM?

Lot of hacker news is blaming Denuvo. I disagree.<p>This just goes to show how Intel has failed at pre-grade school level of implementation and testing of processor design.