MSI outs an interesting press release in which they mention the are releasing BIOS updates for X299 motherboards soon for one sole reason, improving Cascade lake-X processor overclocking.
- MSI - Taiwan, Taipei - MSI takes initiative to release BIOS updates for X299 motherboards soon. To enhance the overclocking capability for the newly launched Intel Core X-series Processors (Intel Core i9-10980XE (review), 10940X, 10920X, 10900X), Intel will provide a new microcode update.
X299 motherboard
Current BIOS versions have already been supportable for the Intel Core-X i9 10000 series processors. To maximize the overall performance, MSI will release BIOS updates for all the MSI X299 motherboards soon. MSI X299 motherboard list:
- CREATOR X299
- X299 PRO 10G
- X299 PRO
- MEG X299 CREATION
- X299 XPOWER GAMING AC
- X299 GAMING M7 ACK
- X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC
- X299 GAMING PRO CARBON
- X299 TOMAHAWK AC
- X299 TOMAHAWK ARCTIC
- X299 TOMAHAWK
- X299 SLI PLUS
- X299 RAIDER
- X299M GAMING PRO CARBON AC
New BIOS update will improve Cascade lake-X Overclocking
