The Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 9 7900X3D are now available in the general consumer market. Both are compatible with the AM5 socket, although in order to use them we need to update the BIOS of our motherboard, otherwise they will not work. If you have a GIGABYTE motherboard this will not be a problem, because the company has confirmed that it has already released a BIOS update for its AM5 motherboards that adds support for these new processors.
BIOS update is already available on the support and download pages of each of GIGABYTE motherboards with X670 and B650 chipset. To install it, we just have to go to the page that corresponds to our motherboard, enter the support and downloads section, choose the BIOS option and download the most recent one. The BIOS update process is very simple and completely secure, so you can rest easy.
Once we have the updated BIOS we can mount any of the Ryzen 7000X3D processors that AMD has launched. If you are concerned about the idea of buying a new motherboard to mount a processor of that generation and that it does not come updated to the latest BIOS, do not worry, GIGABYTE motherboards offer the function Q-Flash Plus, which allows you to update the motherboard BIOS without having a compatible processor installed. If you have doubts look at this.
If you already have a Ryzen 7000 installed and want to make the leap to the new AMD models because you like to have the latest, it’s even easier, because you just have to download the latest BIOS, save it on an external USB drive and proceed to install it. traditional installation. Once you have installed it you can turn off the computer and change the processor no more.
Ryzen 7000X3D processors use 3D stacked L3 cache on top of a chiplet, making that chiplet happens to contain a total of 96 MB of L3 cache (32 MB from the chiplet and an additional 64 MB from the stacked block). That extra cache can improve gaming performance, and allows you to design processors with lower power consumption and cooler temperatures.
If you need more information take a look at the GIGABYTE official website.
