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GIGABYTE Releases CEP Disable Option in BIOS Updates to its Intel Z790 and B760 Motherboards

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GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards, and hardware solutions, is pleased to release the new BETA BIOS for all Z790 and B760 motherboards with Intel 14th Gen Processors, which provides the option to disable CEP (Current Excursion Protection) and deliver exceptional CPU performance with lower temperature and stability.

For a long time, the CEP function on Intel B760 chipset was default enabled for 14th Gen CPUs and unable to be disabled. This always results in the requirement of higher power protection and voltage compensation settings to ensure performance with stability, or a sacrifice in performance instead. The new BETA BIOS supports disabling the CEP function by utilizing Intel's updated microcode. Additionally, GIGABYTE BIOS not only features optimized power settings that suit every different CPU but also offers exclusive easy settings, like PerfDrive, to enable a simple balance of performance, power consumption, and temperature with Intel Core processors. This ensures achieving the same performance at lower CPU operating temperatures as well as excellent stability and high efficiency, safeguarding the durability of CPU/VRM components.



Through real testing, CPU and VRM temperatures have significantly improved under the same performance while instant high workload occurs. Taking the B760M AORUS ELITE AX as an example, CPUs above i5-14600 even show temperature differences of over 16 degrees compared to the previous BIOS at the same performance level.⁠

The new BETA BIOS with disabling CEP support are available now! Please visit GIGABYTE official website for the updated BIOS.



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i see no shit.
come on gigabyte get your bios ready (uploaded) before releasing pr shit
 
i see no shit.
come on gigabyte get your bios ready (uploaded) before releasing pr shit
All these protection mechanisms exist for good reasons. These board makers are trying their hardest to take the Darwin Award from Asus.
 
All these protection mechanisms exist for good reasons. These board makers are trying their hardest to take the Darwin Award from Asus.
The new microcode has been released for months and asrock msi asus have already rolled out new bios for that quite some time ago.
but as of today gigabyte has still not yet uploaded the corresponding bios, even after the press posted.
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Probably the news is that this option was missing (they forgot it in the drawer) on the 700 motherboards.

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