GIGABYTE Announces Support for AMD® AM3/AM2+ 45nm Processors
"Simple BIOS Upgrade to Deliver AMD 45nm CPU Support on most AM2+ motherboards."
Posted on Nov 19, 2008, 10:55 AM UTC by Winston Chim
GIGABYTE Announces Support for AMD® AM3/AM2+ 45nm Processors
Taipei, Taiwan, November 18, 2008 – GIGABYTE, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards today is pleased to announce support for the soon-to-be-released AMD 45nm processors including socket AM3 and AM2+ on a full range of current platforms including the AMD® 790FX, 790GX, 790X, 770, 780G, 740G as well as the NVIDIA® nForce® 750a SLI and GeForce® 8200.
With a simple BIOS upgrade, GIGABYTE delivers an easy upgrade path for users wanting to take advantage of AMD’s latest 45nm process technology enhancements including higher core clocks with greater energy efficiency over past generations, integrated DDR2/DDR3 memory controller (DDR3 memory support for AM3 processors and AM3 designed motherboards only), HyperTransport 3.0 and C1E enhanced power savings.
AMD® AM3 /AM2+ 45nm CPU Motherboard Support List
|
Model |
Chipset |
BIOS |
|
GA-MA790FX-DQ6(rev. 1.0) |
AMD 790FX + SB600 |
F6B |
|
GA-MA790FX-DS5(rev. 1.0) |
AMD 790FX + SB600 |
F6 |
|
GA-MA790GP-DS4H(rev. 1.0) |
AMD 790GX + SB750 |
F2A |
|
GA-MA790X-DS4(rev. 1.0) |
AMD 790X + SB600 |
F5 |
|
GA-MA770-DS3P(rev. 2.0) |
AMD 770 + SB700 |
F2 |
|
GA-MA770-DS3(rev. 2.0) |
AMD 770 + SB700 |
FA |
|
GA-MA770-DS3(rev. 1.0) |
AMD 770 + SB600 |
F7F |
|
GA-MA770-S3P(rev. 2.0) |
AMD 770 + SB700 |
F2 |
|
GA-MA770-S3(rev. 2.0) |
AMD 770 + SB700 |
FA |
|
GA-MA770-S3(rev. 1.0) |
AMD 770 + SB600 |
F6F |
|
GA-MA78GM-DS2HP (rev 2.1) |
AMD 780G + SB700 |
F1 |
|
GA-MA78GM-DS2H (rev 2.0) |
AMD 780G + SB700 |
FA |
|
GA-MA78GM-DS2H (rev 1.0) |
AMD 780G + SB700 |
F1 |
|
GA-MA78GM-S2HP (rev 2.1) |
AMD 780G + SB700 |
F2 |
|
GA-MA78GM-S2HP (rev 2.0) |
AMD 780G + SB700 |
F2 |
|
GA-MA78GM-S2H (rev 2.0) |
AMD 780G + SB700 |
FA |
|
GA-MA78GM-S2H (rev 1.1) |
AMD 780G + SB700 |
F5 |
|
GA-MA78GM-S2H (rev 1.0) |
AMD 780G + SB700 |
F5 |
|
GA-MA78G-DS3HP (rev 2.0) |
AMD 780G + SB700 |
F2 |
|
GA-MA78G-DS3H (rev 2.0) |
AMD 780G + SB700 |
FA |
|
GA-MA78G-DS3H (rev 1.1) |
AMD 780G + SB700 |
F4 |
|
GA-MA78GPM-DS2H (rev 1.0) |
AMD 780G + SB700 |
F1 |
|
GA-MA74GM-S2H |
AMD 740G + SB700 |
F2C |
|
GA-MA74GM-S2 |
AMD 740G + SB700 |
F2A |
|
GA-M750SLI-DS4 |
NVIDIA nForce 750s SLI |
F6 |
|
GA-M78SM-S2H (rev 1.0) |
NVIDIA GeForce 8200 |
F1 |
GIGABYTE has tested and verified the following products support AMD® AM3 /AM2+ 45nm CPUs by upgrading to the BIOS version listed. To download the latest BIOS version for your board, please visit:http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Default.aspx
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