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ASUS brings hexa-core Thuban support to M4-series AMD motherboards

by Parm Mann on 26 March 2010, 12:07

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ASUS has today confirmed that 12 of its existing AMD motherboards will support the upcoming hexa-core Phenom II X6 processors, codenamed Thuban.

Thought to be arriving at retail next month, AMD's first six-core consumer processors will continue to utilise a socket AM3 design and will initially feature clock speeds ranging from 2.6GHz to 3.2GHz. The range-topping part, dubbed the Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition, has been rumoured to carry a US price tag of $295 and could become a favourite among enthusiast users.

If you're thinking of picking one up and have an existing ASUS AM3 board, the Taiwanese manufacturer has revealed that the following models will support the Phenom II X6 line via a BIOS update:


Model Chipset BIOS Version
M4A89GTD PRO AMD® 890GX/SB850 1104
M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 AMD® 890GX/SB850 1104
Crosshair III Formula AMD® 790FX/SB750 1503
M4N72-E NVIDIA nForce® 750a SLI 2005
M4N82 DELUXE NVIDIA nForce® 980a SLI with NVIDIA NVCC and ESA support 1803
M4N75TD NVIDIA nForce® 750a SLI®
Supports NVIDIA Clock Calibration(NVCC) function 		0903
M4N98TD EVO NVIDIA nForce® 980a SLI
Supports NVIDIA Clock Calibration(NVCC) function 		0603
M4A79 Deluxe AMD® 790FX/SB750 3204
M4A79T Deluxe AMD® 790FX/SB750 3004
M4A78T-E AMD® 790GX/SB750 3204
M4A78-E AMD® 790GX/SB750 2405
M4A78-E SE AMD® 790GX/SB750 1405


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Posted by zoomee - Fri 26 Mar 2010 16:15
hmm - thats interesting - The 1005 BIOS for the M4A98GTD/USB3 was released 18/03/10 and the only additional thing in the bios change log is support for new processors :)
Posted by Kirano - Fri 26 Mar 2010 19:59
Not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere but…
Having seen that ASUS are offering support on their boards, I wondered if Gigabyte would be doing it for mine… Seems that most of their AM3 and AM2+ boards now have on their overview page…
“Supports new generation of AMD Phenom™II X6 processors”
I say most… the GA-MA770-UD3 rev2.1 and rev2.0 support X6, but not the rev1.0 apparently… Guess which one i have :p

They also only list Phenom II X6 1055T (2.8Ghz) and X6 1035T (2.6Ghz) with no stepping or wattage info, which I think are the two we knew about already… so no incredible info leak to include with my first post :(

Edit: Turns out I'm a fool who didn't remember he first heard about the Thubians from a Hexus article about CPU listings on GIGABYTES website! :S Now if only I could figure out how to delete my post, then I could hide my foolishness so none may know….
Posted by dfour - Mon 29 Mar 2010 09:48
Thats a nice suprise my old AM2+ board is compatible so that I could upgrade to the six-cores but as ive just bought a 965 I dont think I could afford another chip soon.