MSI Updates AM3 Motherboards for AM3+ CPUs
By Cássio Lima on April 4, 2011 - 2:34 PM

Contrary to Gigabyte, that launched a brand new line-up of AM3+ motherboards, MSI has updated some of their current AM3 motherboards to support the upcoming AMD’s 32nm CPUs (based on the Bulldozer architecture) by upgrading the BIOS. Therefore, users can install an AMD AM3+ processor on an MSI AM3 motherboard without having to purchase a new one.

The table below shows the first MSI motherboards to support AM3+ processors and their corresponding BIOS versions:

Model

Chipset

BIOS Version

890FXA-GD70

AMD 890FX

A7640AMS.190

890FXA-GD65

AMD 890FX

A7640AMS.I20

890GXM-G65

AMD 890GX

A7642AMS.1A0

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