ASUS X670E Motherboards Receive Official AGESA 1.2.0.2 BIOS Update, New Features & Improved AMD Ryzen CPU Performance
ASUS X670E motherboards have transitioned to the official AGESA 1.2.0.2 BIOS firmware, fixing several bugs & improving performance.
Several ASUS X670E motherboards are now out of the Beta phase for AMD AGESA PI 1.2.0.2
ASUS motherboards were the first to receive the AGESA PI 1.2.0.2 beta BIOS update on 13th September, which was followed by other motherboard vendors such as MSI, which rolled out the AGESA 1.2.0.2 for several AM5 motherboards in the previous week. Yesterday, several ASUS X670E motherboards came out of the Beta phase.
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Many ASUS X670E motherboards have just received a brand-new BIOS '2403', receiving the official AMD AGESA PI 1.2.0.2 update that supports 105W TDP mode for Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X CPUs out of the box. Apart from the 105W mode, there are several changes brought to the platform for stability.
These include fixing the EZ-Flash rollback BIOS failure under certain conditions, EC firmware update from 0119 to 0120, improved system performance, and fixing several bugs. The previous BIOS 2401 was in the Beta phase with AGESA PI 1.2.0.2 update and although it supported the 105W mode, the BIOS 2403 officially makes the performance optimized out of the box.
We can confirm that motherboards, including ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero, ROG Strix X670E-E Gaming WiFi, ROG Strix 670E-A Gaming WiFi, and ROG Strix 670E-F Gaming WiFi have successfully received the BIOS 2403 for the official AGESA PI 1.2.0.2 update but there are still some ASUS X670E boards, which are yet to transition from the Beta BIOS update.
These include the ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme and ROG Strix X670E-I Gaming WiFi, which are still stuck with the Beta BIOS version 2401 and 3040 respectively. Similarly, the B650 & B650E series of ASUS motherboards are in the Beta phase for the AGESA 1.2.0.2 update. We can expect the rest of the