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GIGABYTE 8 Series Motherboards Now Support Upcoming 4th Gen Intel Core CPUs

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GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards, today announced official support for soon to launch 4th Gen Intel Core Processors and select unlocked 4th Gen Intel Core Processors.

Wanting to ensure compatibility for upcoming 4th Gen Intel Core Processors, GIGABYTE has enabled support across the entire range of GIGABYTE 8 series motherboards, including Z87, H87, Q87, B85. and H81 chipset based motherboards. By installing the latest BIOS for their 8 series motherboard, users can be assured they are ready to take advantage of all the performance improvements that Intel's upcoming CPUs have to offer.





To get the latest BIOS update for your motherboard, please visit the GIGABYTE website:
www.gigabyte.com



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users can be assured they are ready to take advantage of all the performance improvements that Intel's upcoming CPUs have to offer.

Yeah, all 5% of it.....:rolleyes:
 
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Q87? What now?
 

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I thought +100 MHz adding doesn't need BIOS update.
 
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but the current haswels are 4th gen and the upcoming intel cpus will be broad well so 8 series mother board are built for 4th gen processors so whats special in this?
 
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perhaps, may, likely. lol, any more speculations?


btw intel ceo/rep said Broadwell will be compatible with existing systems and brand new systems aka z97, so there is that. ;)

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