Already a huge tech conglomerate, Intel has been on people's radars a lot recently. Not only is the company getting ready to launch its own brand of third-party graphics cards next year, but the new i9-12900K processor was launched this month. However, there have been some problems with this latest CPU in which a number of mainstream games have been struggling to run on it. Unfortunately, since then, it seems as though more titles have been added to this list, but the company has released a temporary solution which should fix the problem until a more permanent mend starts to roll out.

According to the Intel website, the company is aware of incompatibility problems between a number of AAA games and the 12900K processor. It lists such titles as Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, Mortal Kombat 11, FIFA 19 and FIFA 20, as well as the remaster of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit among the list of more than 50 that are affected by the issues. However, the site does also mention a workaround which users can try. This fix is known as a "Scroll Lock workaround" which requires entering the PC's BIOS during boot-up, enabling the "Legacy Game Compatibility" switch, and then toggling the keyboard's Scroll Lock key to on. This should sort the problem out for the meantime.

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It was recently revealed that the new Intel CPU's compatibility was due to DRM, specifically Denuvo. At the time, around 32 games were known to struggle to run with the anti-piracy software bundled with it. This was confirmed by the tech giant itself, who has said that it will be working closely with the likes of Ubisoft, who is known to use Denuvo in a lot of its new releases, to come up with a fix. For now, it seems the Scroll Lock workaround will suffice until something more substantial can come along.

A photo of the Intel i9-12900k processor leaning againts its display box.

For many, DRM is a blight on gaming, with the likes of Deathloop becoming review bombed on Steam due to players believing frame rate issues were brought on by Denuvo. While this may not have been the case for Deathloop, this specific DRM tech is often cited as the reason for games running suboptimally.

It has become such a controversial issue that some studios have now started taking it out of games post-launch. The Crysis developer recently removed Denuvo from the remaster, and reports show that Shadow of the Tomb Raider runs smoother without it. While this fix for the Intel i9-12900K should see gamers through until something permeant comes along, it does highlight just how much of an issue DRM can have on gaming in general.

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Source: Intel support