ASUS has released a new BETA BIOS for its X870 motherboards, which adds support for a future Ryzen CPU, could it be Ryzen AI 400 or 9950X3D2?
ASUS X870 Motherboards Receive Support For A Future AMD Ryzen CPU In Latest BIOS
ASUS has rolled out a new BETA BIOS for its X870E and X870 motherboards, which adds support for a future CPU. This new BETA BIOS is based on the AGESA 1300a firmware. It is stated that this BIOS may be released as a stable version on the main webpage, with X870E/B850 being the first to roll out this week, followed by X670E/B650 roll out in the next week.
Now coming to the part about the future CPU, well, this could point to two things: either the Ryzen AI 400 series or the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2. We know that AMD has officially announced its Ryzen AI 400 APU family, which will include consumer boxed SKUs. The lineup features up to 8 "Zen 5" cores and 8 RDNA 3.5 iGPU cores. These come in 65W TDPs and will make for a nice upgrade over the older Ryzen 8000G APUs that are based on the older Zen 4 and RDNA 3 architectures.
The other possibility is that AMD is finally gearing up to launch its Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU, which, as per previous rumors, is expected to feature dual 3D V-Cache CCDs for up to 128 MB of X3D cache and a total of 192 MB of total cache across 16 cores and 32 threads. The chip was expected to be announced with the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, but AMD has so far held back from releasing it. Either CPU release will expand the AM5 lineup with more options.
The following is the full list of ASUS X870E/X870 motherboards that have received this BIOS:
- ROG CROSSHAIR X870E HERO BETA BIOS 2103 Download
- ROG CROSSHAIR X870E HERO BTF BETA BIOS 2103 Download
- ROG CROSSHAIR X870E DARK HERO BETA BIOS 0703 Download
- ROG CROSSHAIR X870E APEX BETA BIOS 2103 Download
- ROG CROSSHAIR X870E EXTREME BETA BIOS 2103 Download
- ROG CROSSHAIR X870E GLACIAL BETA BIOS 0703 Download
- ROG STRIX X870-A GAMING WIFI BETA BIOS 2103 Download
- ROG STRIX X870-A GAMING WIFI S BETA BIOS 2103 Download
- ROG-STRIX X870E-A GAMING WIFI7 NEO BETA BIOS 0703 Download
- ROG STRIX X870E-E GAMING WIFI BETA BIOS 2103 Download
- ROG STRIX X870E-E GAMING WIFI7 NEO BETA BIOS 0703 Download
- ROG STRIX X870E-H GAMING WIFI7 BETA BIOS 2103 Download
- ROG STRIX X870E-H GAMING WIFI7 HATSUNE MIKU EDITION BETA BIOS 2103 Download
- ROG STRIX X870E-H GAMING WIFI7 S HATSUNE MIKU EDITION BETA BIOS 2103 Download
- ROG STRIX X870-F GAMING WIFI BETA BIOS 2103 Download
- ROG STRIX X870-H GAMING WIFI7 S BETA BIOS 2103 Download
- ROG STRIX X870-I GAMING WIFI BETA BIOS 1644 Download
- TUF GAMING X870E-PLUS WIFI7 BETA BIOS 2103 Download
- TUF GAMING X870-PLUS WIFI BETA BIOS 1644 Download
- TUF GAMING X870-PRO WIFI7 W NEO BETA BIOS 1644 Download
- PROART X870E CREATOR WIFI BETA BIOS 2103 Download
News Source: Uniko's Hardware
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