MSI’s New AM5 BIOS Now Available On 600-Series Motherboards, Let’s Users Select 105W Mode on AMD Ryzen 7 9700X & Ryzen 5 9600X CPUs

MSI's New AM5 BIOS Now Available On 600-Series Motherboards, Let's Users Select 105W Mode on AMD Ryzen 7 9700X & Ryzen 5 9600X CPUs 1

MSI's latest AM5 BIOS which lets users select a 105W TDP mode on AMD Ryzen 7 9700X & Ryzen 5 9600X CPUs is now available.

Yesterday, we reported that MSI was bringing a new feature to its AM5 motherboard BIOS which would let users set the TDP for AMD Ryzen 7 9700X & Ryzen 5 9600X CPUs to 105W. These CPUs run at 65W by default but testing has shown that when power limits are increased, they result in better performance on these two new Zen 5 chips. Testing has shown that both CPUs can benefit from up to 13% increase in multi-threaded performance and some nice uplifts in games too.

The BIOS is based on the AGESA 1.2.0.1 firmware and is available across a range of motherboards from MSI in its 600-series "AM5" family. For the first wave, MSI is bringing the BIOS to the following motherboards:

MEG X670 GODLIKE

MEG X670 ACE

MPG X670E CARBON WIFI

MPG B650 CARBON WIFI

MAG B650 TOMAHAWK WIFI

MAG B650M MORTAR WIFI

MAG B650M MORTAR

PRO B650-P WIFI

MPG B650 EDGE WIFI

B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI

More 600-series motherboards will be receiving the AGESA 1.2.0.1 BIOS update with the added 105W TDP feature in the coming weeks. MSI will also be adding the same 105W TDP feature to its entire 800-series motherboard stack by default and users won't have to upgrade the BIOS to take advantage of this feature.

Furthermore, this is a trial/BETA release for now and an official implementation of this feature is expected to roll out with the AGESA 1.2.0.2 BIOS update. This update is expected in late September and will be available across motherboards from all manufacturers. But this means that MSI is the first motherboard maker to support a new AMD BIOS feature ahead of its official launch. Other MSI-exclusive features that you can find in the BIOS of its AM5 motherboards include Memory Try It & PBO Enhanced mode.

The 105W TDP mode does take away some of the efficiency advantages associated with the Zen 5 CPUs but those who prefer higher performance can enable the new mode and get an instant boost rather than having to do manual tuning on AMD Ryzen 7 9700X and Ryzen 5 9600X CPUs. For those who prefer efficiency, the 65W mode will be enabled by default. The higher-end Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9900X already operate at higher TDPs though there might be a chance that the 9900X also gets a similar TDP boost update in the future, via BIOS updates.