ASUS AM5 Motherboards Get Next-Gen AMD Ryzen “Zen 5” Granite Ridge CPU Support In AGESA 1.1.7.0 BIOS

AMD's next-gen Ryzen "Zen 5" CPUs codenamed Granite Ridge have received the first support on ASUS's AM5 motherboards with the AGESA 1.1.7.0 BIOS.

ASUS AM5 AGESA 1.1.7.0 BIOS Update Silently Adds Next-Gen AMD Ryzen Zen 5 "Granite Ridge" CPU Support

It looks like motherboard vendors are starting to enable platform support for AMD's next-gen Ryzen CPU family codenamed Granite Ridge, which will utilize the Zen 5 core architecture. The latest information was spotted by HXL (@9550Pro) who references the latest BIOS updates that ASUS rolled out for its AMD X670E series motherboards. The new BIOS brings support for up to 256GB of DDR5 memory using the latest 64 GB modules, but more surprisingly, it also enables early support for Zen 5.

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Following is the full list of ASUS AM5 (X670E) motherboards that have received the AMD AGESA 1.1.7.0 BIOS update (Credits: SAKEDISK @ ROG Forums):

• ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO BETA BIOS 2003
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D986eO4zXZO2VExoG-GeJgYosvwsxrSg/view?usp=sharing
• ROG CROSSHAIR X670E GENE BETA BIOS 2003
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/18ikaekLo8U7fsdNOjXOxbuCy4wZaQSBb/view?usp=sharing
• ROG CROSSHAIR X670E EXTREME BETA BIOS 2003
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JQ6Qjq5Fo1Nw4njkoLixb4pitiXJSV3t/view?usp=sharingROG
• STRIX X670E-A GAMING WIFI BETA BIOS 2003
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cHL5losgqZqOJCFWO23YXcHoeuNLW8UD/view?usp=sharing
• ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI BETA BIOS 2003
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/12YNGwOYuwy4_imt6Wg4tW7J7lGF-2IWi/view?usp=sharing
• ROG STRIX X670E-F GAMING WIFI BETA BIOS 2003
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gWMOw4WSRGFTJ_Twh51uONi8DFJj5x3f/view?usp=sharing
• ROG STRIX X670E-I GAMING WIFI BETA BIOS 2603
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_aYvJGiw5wjH1QOXmNQKhGVCOvhZHUit/view?usp=sharing

This was confirmed in the latest AM5 SMU table published by Hardwareluxx, which keeps a check of all the latest updates within the AMD