Gigabyte rolls out its new AGESA 1.2.0.0a BIOS update and targets AMD’s Ryzen 9000

Just a while ago, we reported on the BIOS update from MSI, which included various stability improvements as well as improvements to support AMD’s Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge” CPUs. Now Gigabyte is following suit and presenting its new AGESA 1.2.0.0a BIOS update, which also targets the AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs.

In fact, there’s not that much to tell about the new AGESA 1.2.0.0a BIOS update from Gigabyte. The only thing that can be taken out of it are optimizations for AMD’s Ryzen 9000 “Granite Ridge”, which are used on AM5 sockets. This clearly shows that all the motherboard manufacturers are making the final preparations before these new processors are released on the global market.

The new AMD CPUs are set to revolutionize the market and send a strong signal against Intel’s competition. The Intel i9 14900k was used as a benchmark, which is expected to perform worse than the new Ryzen 9000 CPUs. The release is also in the starting blocks and will take place at the end of July. However, delivery will probably not take place until early August, at least according to the European retailer Funtech from Europe. According to this, the AMD Ryzen 5 9600X costs €309.90 and the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X is listed at €399.90.

Last but not least, we come to the most expensive CPU on this list. This is the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, which is listed at Funtech at €659.90. However, you shouldn’t rely too much on these prices for the time being, not even at Funtech, as they could still be preliminary figures or placeholders. However, it is likely that the final prices will not change much before the official release. What will be interesting in any case is the development of how and whether the updates will prove themselves with all the manufacturers. Because in the end, will everything work as expected or will there still be one or two stability and performance problems? So it will be interesting to see how the whole thing develops and how the end user will evaluate this new release by buying it (or not).

Source: Gigabyte