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

Cristian_25H · Feb 27, 2014

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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The Quim Reaper · Feb 27, 2014

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:

RCoon · Feb 27, 2014

Q87? What now?

MxPhenom 216 · Feb 27, 2014

Wait, I thought Haswell was 4th gen. :confused:

The Quim Reaper said:
Yeah, all 5% of it.....

They have 0 competition.

LTUGamer · Feb 27, 2014

RCoon said:
Q87? What now?

The Q87 is business orientated chipset

MxPhenom 216 said:
Wait, I thought Haswell was 4th gen.

I guess that they are talking about new Haswells with extra clock bonus

MaKCuMyC · Feb 28, 2014

I thought +100 MHz adding doesn't need BIOS update.

kamransaeed15 · Feb 28, 2014

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?

LTUGamer · Feb 28, 2014

MaKCuMyC said:
I thought +100 MHz adding doesn't need BIOS update.

I think so but:

"Haswell Refresh will likely be supported on current motherboards, perhaps through a BIOS update; when it comes to Broadwell though, the new line may require new Z97/H97 motherboards, despite using the same socket, due to different power specifications."

Source: http://www.techspot.com/news/55335-intel-haswell-refresh-reportedly-coming-in-q2.html

TheHunter · Feb 28, 2014

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

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