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- GIGABYTE Announces Support for AMD^® AM3/AM2+ 45nm Processors -
-- Simple BIOS Upgrade to Deliver AMD 45nm CPU Support -- 2008/11/18

Taipei, Taiwan, November 18, 2008 – GIGABYTE, a leading manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards today is pleased to announce support for the soon-to-be-released AMD 45nm processors including socket AM3 and AM2+ on a full range of current platforms including the AMD^® 790FX, 790GX, 790X, 770, 780G, 740G as well as the NVIDIA^® nForce^® 750a SLI and GeForce^®8200.

With a simple BIOS upgrade, GIGABYTE delivers an easy upgrade path for users wanting to take advantage of AMD's latest 45nm process technology enhancements including higher core clocks with greater energy efficiency over past generations, integrated DDR2/DDR3 memory controller (DDR3 memory support for AM3 processors and AM3 designed motherboards only), HyperTransport 3.0 and C1E enhanced power savings.

GIGABYTE has tested and verified the following products support AMD^® AM3 /AM2+ 45nm CPUs by upgrading to the BIOS version listed. To download the latest BIOS version for your board, please visit: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Default.aspx

AMD^® AM3 /AM2+ 45nm CPU Motherboard Support List

AMD Chipset

Model	Chipset	BIOS
GA-MA790FX-DQ6(rev. 1.0)	AMD 790FX + SB600	F6D
GA-MA790FX-DS5(rev. 1.0)	AMD 790FX + SB600	F6
GA-MA790GP-DS4H(rev. 1.0)	AMD 790GX + SB750	F2
GA-MA790X-DS4(rev. 1.x)	AMD 790X + SB600	F5

GA-MA770-DS3P(rev. 2.0)	AMD 770 + SB700	F4
GA-MA770-DS3(rev. 2.0)	AMD 770 + SB700	FA
GA-MA770-S3P(rev. 2.0)	AMD 770 + SB700	F5
GA-MA770-S3(rev. 2.0)	AMD 770 + SB700	FA

GA-MA78GM-DS2HP (rev 2.1)	AMD 780G + SB700	F3
GA-MA78GM-DS2H (rev 2.x)	AMD 780G + SB700	FA
GA-MA78GM-DS2H (rev 1.0)	AMD 780G + SB700	F1
GA-MA78GM-S2HP (rev 2.1)	AMD 780G + SB700	F4
GA-MA78GM-S2HP (rev 2.0)	AMD 780G + SB700	F4
GA-MA78GM-S2H (rev 2.x)	AMD 780G + SB700	FA
GA-MA78GM-S2H (rev 1.1)	AMD 780G + SB700	F7
GA-MA78GM-S2H (rev 1.0)	AMD 780G + SB700	F7
GA-MA78G-DS3HP (rev 2.0)	AMD 780G + SB700	F4
GA-MA78G-DS3H (rev 2.x)	AMD 780G + SB700	FA
GA-MA78G-DS3H (rev 1.0)	AMD 780G + SB700	F3
GA-MA78GPM-DS2H (rev 1.x)	AMD 780G + SB700	F3

GA-MA74GM-S2H (rev 1.x)	AMD 740G + SB700	F2
GA-MA74GM-S2 (rev 1.x)	AMD 740G + SB700	F3

NVIDIA Chipset

Model	Chipset	BIOS
GA-M750SLI-DS4 (rev 1.0)	NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI	F6
GA-M78SM-S2H (rev 1.0)	NVIDIA GeForce 8200	F1

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