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GIGABYTE AMD Motherboards Adopt the Latest AGESA BIOS To Support XT processors
Gigabyte today announces the latest BIOS update of AMD platform motherboards. To ensure users can embrace the performance boost, high compatibility, and high stability of 3rd Gen. AMD Ryzen XT Series desktop processors.
In order to furnish the best performance and user experience, AMD has been working closely with GIGABYTE and other motherboard vendors to provide BIOS code updates regularly for optimizing system performance or solving the issues verified by motherboard vendors. Adapted to the latest 3rd gen. are AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT,Ryzen 7 3800XT, Ryzen 5 3600XT processors. AMD provides AGESA ComboV2 1.0.0.2 BIOS for X570 and B550 chipset motherboards, and AGESA ComboV1 1.0.0.6 BIOS for X470, B450,X370, B350, and A320 chipsets products.
Although GIGABYTE motherboards can support 3rd gen. AMD Ryzen XT series processors without a BIOS update, based on the insistence of providing users better product experiences, GIGABYTE RD started relative verification right after receiving the new BIOS code. After discussion and back and forth modifications with AMD, the updated BIOS will be uploaded to the official website for download. With the AMD AGESA ComboV2 1.0.0.2 and ComboV1 1.0.0.6 BIOS update, the compatibility and reliability between the 3rd gen. AMD Ryzen XT series processors and motherboards are enhanced, as well as boosting the performance and overclocking ability of the latest processors. Users can update the latest BIOS to motherboards through multiple ways such as GIGABYTE ＠BIOS, Q-Flash. With Q-Flash Plus on the X570 and B550 series motherboards, users can easily update BIOS without even installing a processor, memory, graphics cards, so they can enjoy the new BIOS easily and take full advantage of the new processors.
The latest BIOS of GIGABYTE AMD X570, B550 motherboards are available on GIGABYTE website, others will be continually uploaded to the official website, users can download to optimize their systems. Please follow GIGABYTE official website for the latest BIOS update.
AMD Platform Motherboard BIOS List：
|
Chipset |
BIOS version |
|
X570 |
F20 |
|
B550 |
F2* |
|
X470 |
F51 |
|
B450 |
F51* |
|
X370 |
F51 |
|
B350 |
F51 |
|
A320 |
F51 |
*Note: Please update BIOS to F3 version on B550 AORUS MASTER and B450M AORUS ELITE motherboards, and update to F2 version on the B450M H motherboard. For more BIOS support information, please check the CPU support list of the official GIGABYTE website.
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#5800595 Posted on: 06/17/2020 07:29 PM
Be aware that F20a causes SVM to be on all the time, even with the setting being toggled to off in the BIOS.
Be aware that F20a causes SVM to be on all the time, even with the setting being toggled to off in the BIOS.
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#5800627 Posted on: 06/17/2020 08:30 PM
Yeah saw that, Secure Virtual Machine for VM though I am still looking for some info on if there's some actual downside to this. Seems mixed so far some saying there's a performance hit others that it's not a problem.
Well it's the first beta of F20 here so that and the regression of the settings screen listing the 590 aren't totally unexpected. (Thought it was interesting at first but nope it's just the earlier naming AMD used and then it became the 570 only.)
Some new USB C settings and as expected from the 1.0.0.6 discussion further additions to advanced overclock settings that I'm totally lost by and a few additions to SATA settings.
Device manager shows changes to the PCI hardware with some no longer active entries but that's expected as 1.0.0.5 updated the PCI Express firmware and then the timer needed a resync in the OS but eh that's not even a issue.
So far nothing too problematic, expecting there to be some B, C, D and so on updates over time before F20 final is readied unless Gigabyte moves right on to F21 or whatever although having skipped 1.0.0.5 and possibly 1.0.0.6 for 1.0.0.2v2 or what this is this is probably the next in line for a non-beta bios update since...November? December? (Some of the F12's curiously moved to the main release page despite being in beta and then getting further updates through April, May and June depending on motherboard model ending at F, G or H before this popped up.)
EDIT: Probably more tweaks to memory and memory kit compatibility and timings and all that too.
I expect most of the major issues to be resolved as F20's on the Gigabyte website in addition to the Tweaktown beta topic and posts there about these bios updates but there's likely some smaller issues and stuff to work on in the upcoming weeks.
Seems stable at least after re-configuring it and all but it's been a few hours at most so that's too early to say but it doesn't seem like a bad update thus far.
EDIT: Plus MSI, Asus and the others would also have to update, MSI seems to be doing fast work of incorporating the latest AGESA firmware bits into the bios although the others can be a bit slower and support for non B550's or X570's could take a while too even if support for these motherboards is still very much active.
Yeah saw that, Secure Virtual Machine for VM though I am still looking for some info on if there's some actual downside to this. Seems mixed so far some saying there's a performance hit others that it's not a problem.
Well it's the first beta of F20 here so that and the regression of the settings screen listing the 590 aren't totally unexpected. (Thought it was interesting at first but nope it's just the earlier naming AMD used and then it became the 570 only.)
Some new USB C settings and as expected from the 1.0.0.6 discussion further additions to advanced overclock settings that I'm totally lost by and a few additions to SATA settings.
Device manager shows changes to the PCI hardware with some no longer active entries but that's expected as 1.0.0.5 updated the PCI Express firmware and then the timer needed a resync in the OS but eh that's not even a issue.
So far nothing too problematic, expecting there to be some B, C, D and so on updates over time before F20 final is readied unless Gigabyte moves right on to F21 or whatever although having skipped 1.0.0.5 and possibly 1.0.0.6 for 1.0.0.2v2 or what this is this is probably the next in line for a non-beta bios update since...November? December? (Some of the F12's curiously moved to the main release page despite being in beta and then getting further updates through April, May and June depending on motherboard model ending at F, G or H before this popped up.)
EDIT: Probably more tweaks to memory and memory kit compatibility and timings and all that too.
I expect most of the major issues to be resolved as F20's on the Gigabyte website in addition to the Tweaktown beta topic and posts there about these bios updates but there's likely some smaller issues and stuff to work on in the upcoming weeks.
Seems stable at least after re-configuring it and all but it's been a few hours at most so that's too early to say but it doesn't seem like a bad update thus far.
EDIT: Plus MSI, Asus and the others would also have to update, MSI seems to be doing fast work of incorporating the latest AGESA firmware bits into the bios although the others can be a bit slower and support for non B550's or X570's could take a while too even if support for these motherboards is still very much active.
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#5800652 Posted on: 06/17/2020 09:14 PM
Asus is still in hibernation..
Asus is still in hibernation..
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#5805577 Posted on: 07/03/2020 02:48 PM
Updated to F20b now whatever those changes could be compared to the initial "a" build.
https://www.tweaktownforum.com/forum/tech-support-from-vendors/gigabyte/28656-gigabyte-latest-beta-bios
And on checking the Gigabyte website I see there's also another hardware revision for a few motherboard, initially the X570 Master I'm using had a 1.1 adding a Thunderbolt pin and now there's some 1.2 rev doing something else too.
Could just be a new revision ensuring F20's are on the board bios to begin with though instead of what was it F2 or F3 some early build (F4's the latest on the website.) yeah definitively update that as needed if there's something really old on it ha ha.
(At worst it could also be a reduction in build quality but hopefully it's not that.)
Also the F20 bios at least for this motherboard is unlisted from their website now and instead it's just F12g as the latest so I just checked via the Tweaktown Gigabyte beta bios topic and found this new version.
(F20a is still up on boards like the Elite so could just be a oversight again.)
Updated to F20b now whatever those changes could be compared to the initial "a" build.
https://www.tweaktownforum.com/forum/tech-support-from-vendors/gigabyte/28656-gigabyte-latest-beta-bios
And on checking the Gigabyte website I see there's also another hardware revision for a few motherboard, initially the X570 Master I'm using had a 1.1 adding a Thunderbolt pin and now there's some 1.2 rev doing something else too.
Could just be a new revision ensuring F20's are on the board bios to begin with though instead of what was it F2 or F3 some early build (F4's the latest on the website.) yeah definitively update that as needed if there's something really old on it ha ha.
(At worst it could also be a reduction in build quality but hopefully it's not that.)
Also the F20 bios at least for this motherboard is unlisted from their website now and instead it's just F12g as the latest so I just checked via the Tweaktown Gigabyte beta bios topic and found this new version.
(F20a is still up on boards like the Elite so could just be a oversight again.)
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Oh that's nice, just saw that F20 was out, beta ("a" letter after the version number which then goes up incrementally.) but well that might be a fun little update after skipping the earlier AGESA's and whatever else Giga has been working on themselves and fixes for their hardware.
EDIT: Nice lots of new little options.