Intel Raptor Lake chips don’t support Digital Linear Voltage Regulator (DLVR) after all

Before the Raptor Lake launch, it was rumoured that the processors would feature a new power delivery system named DLVR. This system has never found its way to Intel's new platform, but evidence of it still remains in the Asus motherboard BIOS. 

Shamino (via HotHardware) stated that during the development of the 13th Gen core chips, Intel decided to drop DLVR support for Raptor Lake, setting them into bypass mode. Still, due to the possibility of “future processors” being able to switch to DLVR mode, the option was left on the BIOS.

For those who don't know what DLVR is, it's a new power delivery mechanism that works in parallel with the regular motherboard power supply promising to deliver up to 20% better power management.

Considering the LGA1700 socket should end with Raptor Lake, it's unclear what Shamino is referring to as “future processors”. Meteor Lake and all future platforms are likely to move to a new socket, so if there will be more CPUs for the LGA1700 socket, Intel hasn't talked about them yet.

Recently, rumours about Intel launching a Raptor Lake refresh in 2023 have emerged, but the company hasn't yet confirmed any of this. Assuming they do launch, they would use the same socket as their predecessors.

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KitGuru says: If Intel implements DLVR on the Raptor Lake refreshed CPUs, the 20% efficiency boost would likely give them enough room to improve performance significantly.

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