Ryzen 9000 Ready: Gigabyte Releases Official BIOS Updates for AM5 Motherboards
Earlier this month, users discovered that Gigabyte had begun providing BIOS updates with AGESA 1.2.0.0a microcode for its AM5 motherboards, preparing for support of Zen 5 architecture processors. Before this, MSI and ASUS had successively released new BIOS updates for their AM5 motherboards, all based on AMD AGESA 1.2.0.0, primarily aimed at enhancing the stability and performance of the new Ryzen 9000 series processors.
Gigabyte has now officially announced BIOS updates for its X670, B650, and A620 series motherboards. These updates are final versions, not beta releases, and they fully support the Ryzen 9000 series processors, ensuring compatibility and performance optimization for AMD’s latest products. Users can easily update their motherboard BIOS using Gigabyte’s @BIOS, Q-Flash, or Q-Flash Plus technologies.
The Ryzen 9000 series processors introduce three new overclocking features:
- Curve Sharper
- Dynamic Memory Overclocking
- Memory Optimized Performance Profiles
At COMPUTEX 2024, AMD unveiled the Ryzen 9000 series processors, codenamed “Granite Ridge,” including the Ryzen 9 9950X, Ryzen 9 9900X, Ryzen 7 9700X, and Ryzen 5 9600X. These processors retain the same core/thread configurations as the previous Ryzen 7000 series: 16 cores/32 threads, 12 cores/24 threads, 8 cores/16 threads, and 6 cores/12 threads, respectively. They were originally scheduled for release on July 31, 2024.
However, according to the latest announcements, the release of the Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X has been postponed to August 8, while the Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X will be available on August 15. Additionally, AMD has introduced two new chipsets for the AM5 platform, the X870 and X870E, which feature standard USB4 and PCIe 5.0 support for graphics cards and M.2 interfaces. These chipsets are rumored to be available by September 30.
