In brief: After Intel revealed a listing of games that don't work with its new Alder Lake CPUs due to DRM conflicts, owners of Gigabyte's Z690 motherboards tin now address the effect by using the company's Gigabyte DRM Fix Tool.

At the commencement of November, Intel confirmed that certain games don't work with Alder Lake. Chipzilla said more games come across problems when Alder Lake is used with Windows 10—as opposed to Windows xi—and while most of these are older titles, some newer ones such as Assassinator'southward Creed: Valhalla and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Gild are also afflicted.

The problem stems from Digital Rights Direction (DRM) software incorrectly recognizing Alder Lake's efficient-cores (E-cores) as some other arrangement. This can prevent games from launching, cause crashes during gameplay, or close them downwards unexpectedly.

One workaround involves enabling Legacy Game Compatibility Mode, which volition identify the Eastward-cores in a standby mode while playing games (read the how-to), only that involves going into the BIOS, and information technology must exist enabled following every restart. But the Gigabyte DRM Fix Tool (download here) allows anyone to switch the E-cores on and off easily through the utility's UI. The merely requirement is that users' motherboards have the latest firmware installed.

While the tool only works with Gigabyte Z690 mobos, don't be surprised to meet other manufacturers follow suit by releasing their own versions of the utility.

Gigabyte provided a listing of all its Z690 motherboards and the latest BIOS version for each production.