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MSI has announced a list of its current Socket AM3-based motherboards that will be fully compatible with AMD's upcoming Socket AM3+ multi-core processors. By upgrading the BIOS, users will be able to experience the full performance of the (Bulldozer) AM3+ processors without spending a single cent. A table of compatible motherboards and corresponding BIOS versions after the break.

MSI has announced a list of its current Socket AM3-based motherboards that will be fully compatible with AMD's upcoming Socket AM3+ multi-core processors. By upgrading the BIOS, users will be able to experience the full performance of the (Bulldozer) AM3+ processors without spending a single cent.

The new Socket AM3+ processors will bring more cores than what the AMD Phenom II line offers, as well as a larger L3 cache and support for more memory. Fabricated using the 32nm processor, these new processors will offer better electrical and thermal specifications than its predecessors.

Apart from upgrading BIOSes on existing Socket AM3 products, MSI will publish Socket AM3+-ready BIOS versions (of supporting motherboards) on their website so that end-users can prepare their machines for the new processors.

The following is a list of motherboards (and BIOSes, if ready) that will support the new AMD Socket AM3+ processors.

Motherboard model Chipset BIOS 890FXA-GD70 AMD 890FX A7640AMS.190 890FXA-GD65 AMD 890FX A7640AMS.I20 890FXM-G65 AMD 890GX A7640AMS.1A0 880GMA-E55 AMD 880G 880GMA-E45 AMD 880G 880GMA-E35 AMD 880G 880GMS-E35 AMD 880G 870A-G54 AMD 870 870S-G54 AMD 870 870A-G46 AMD 870 870S-G46 AMD 870 870-C45 AMD 770 760GM-E51 AMD 760G 760GM-P33 AMD 760G

* BIOSes for the other boards will be released in the near future.

Reference: MSI Press Release