MSI AGESA 1.2.0.0a BIOS For AM5 Motherboards Available: Adds Curve Shaper, EXPO “On-The-Fly” & OPP Support For AMD Ryzen 9000

MSI has started to roll out the AGESA 1.2.0.0a BIOS firmware for its AM5 motherboards, bringing support for new AMD Ryzen 9000 CPU features.

MSI Adds Brand New Features To Its AM5 Motherboards With AGESA 1.2.0.0a BIOS Release, Curve Shaper, EXPO OPP & EXPO "On-The-Fly" For AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs

Yesterday, we reported that MSI was adding the latest AMD Ryzen 9000 CPU tuning & overclocking features to its AM5 motherboards. Now, the motherboard vendor has started rolling out the latest firmware based on the AMD AGESA 1.2.0.0a release. The new BIOS brings support for three brand new features associated with the Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" Desktop CPUs such as Curve Shaper, EXPO OPP & EXPO On-The-Fly modes.

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We went through the MSI AM5 motherboards list and found out that a total of 10 motherboards in the 600-series have received the new BETA BIOS while the rest of the lineup will be getting it soon. Following is the complete list:

• MEG X670E ACE (7D69v1I1) - Download Link
• MPG X670E CARBON WIFI (7D70v1J3) - Download Link
• MAG X670E TOMAHAWK WIFI (7E12v1E2) - Download Link
• MPG B650 EDGE WIFI (7E10v1G2) - Download Link
• B650M GAMING WIFI (7E30v172) - Download Link
• B650M PROJECT ZERO (7E09v1B4) - Download Link
• MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI (7D75v1J4) - Download Link
• MAG B650M MORTAR (7D76vAH2) - Download Link
• MAG B650M MORTAR WIFI (7D76vAH2) - Download Link
• B650M APE WIFI - Download Link

The first features to talk about for MSI's AM5 motherboards support for EXPO "On The Fly" mode and OPP "Optimized Platform Profile". These two are memory tuning and overclocking features. The EXPO "On The Fly" mode is designed to offer easy overclocking while Optimizer Performance Profiles work like "Memory Try It!", offering users a pre-defined set of OC profiles based on the memory modules and ICs incorporated within those modules. These memory OC settings can be accessed through the DRAM settings