Working with motherboard partners‚ AMD has issued a fix for an issue affecting its Ryzen 8000G CPUs‚ to resolve severe and erroneous performance throttling. This patch amends the Skin Temperature-Aware Power Management (STAPM) feature built into the chips to prevent laptop users getting burnt. The problem appeared in the just launched 8700G and 8600G APUs‚ which are processors with very powerful integrated graphics designed for use in small form factor gaming PCs that don't use or need a separate graphics card. While not really conventional contenders for our best gaming CPU list‚ we've been impressed by the reported capabilities of these AMD chips - such as their ability to hit 132fps in Fortnite without a graphics card - but they launched with this peculiar STAPM-related problem. Continue reading AMD issues crucial fix for new Ryzen CPUs MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 7800X3D review‚ Best gaming CPU‚ Radeon RX 7800 XT review