Gigabyte is eliminating the PCIE 5.0 GPUS support on B650 chipset base plates

The current generation of AMD and NVIDIA graphics They offer connectivity PCIE 5.0 faster, although they are also compatible with the previous standards with the consequent loss of performance associated with a slower bus. But the motherboards have been preparing for several generations, even It reached the middle range of AMD with the B650 chipsetalthough unofficially. Now Gigabyte this Eliminating this support With the last BIOS updatesomething that some users did not like.

The gigabyte plates with B650 chipset were launched with support for PCIE 5.0 although This option was not mandatory. AMD introduced a PCIE 5.0 slot for GPUS in shape mandatory with the Chipset B650E and X670Ealthough other plates with other chipsets also received it as these Gigabyte models. But the manufacturer has decided Eliminate support In these models, after some time with him working apparently Without problem, thus eliminating certain advantages When you connected one of the last Gpus that use this interface.

With the Last BIOS updateusers have noticed that their graphs are now connected to a PCIE 4.0 slotalthough your GPU model is PCIE 5.0. This has caused a slightly lower performance in games and performance tests that with the previous version F34. Returning to This oldest version unofficial support for PCIE 5.0 returns.

The reason for this change after a while, according to the manufacturer, has been instability problems with some models of graphics cards. A solution that beyond looking for an alternative seems cut. In addition, this example too They can follow other manufacturers which you can see how in the upcoming updates for your plates with AMD B650 chipset too They eliminate this support for PCIE 5.0. A support that was never announced and that had been received with joy, so that now good disappears.

Luckily if your plate has An M.2 slot for SSD PCIE 5.0 will not be affectedit is only for the main X16 slots where the dedicated GPUSs are connected on the desktop PCs.