New (Beta) BIOS for Gigabyte Aorus Master X570 (and some other motherboards)

I expect you guys all noticed this, which came out on 2nd October. However for anyone who hasn't, here are the "details":

BIOS F37g is now available

1. Checksum : 4647
2. Update AMD AGESA V2 1.2.0.B
3. Fix AMD processor vulnerabilities security

This AGESA is intended to prevent the "Inception" vulnerability. It is said to have an adverse effect on performance, especially on database performance. I tested it with Passmark performance test and found a 4% reduction in database performance, which isn't much - and maybe even within the normal statistical error range of testing. There was also a slight increase in memory latency. In addition, I am informed that the vulnerability is not relevant for 3000 processors (like mine), but the Zenbleed vulnerability which is addressed by the next AGESA 1.2.0.C is. If you haven't already upgraded, you might decide not to bother because of the performance hit, and particularly because it seems unlikely that you might be affected by the Inception vulnerability. (You have to download malware first). However, there may be other fixes which they haven't mentioned.

More on the AMD vulnerabilities here: Nearly every AMD CPU since 2017 vulnerable to Inception bug

John

I would wait for the C version.
Beta BIOSes are... risky.

I believe the C version is supposed to come out this December.

Ghot said:

Beta BIOSes are... risky.

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I agree they used to be. I haven't had a single problem with any of the beta BIOSes for my Gigabyte motherboard. Apart from the fact that GB are rather slow in bringing them out compared to some other manufacturers.