AMD's Smart Access Memory technology will also be compatible with 400 chipsets

Source: Geeknetic added 28th Nov 2020

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During the launch of the new AMD Radeon RX 6000, the company unveiled a new technology called AMD Smart Access Memory that allowed Ryzen CPUs 5000 to make use of all the memory of the graphics card directly via PCIe, breaking the limitations of 256 MB limitations that there was until now.

This technology, which we detailed in our editorial about the AMD RDNA 2 architecture, is compatible with the AMD chipsets of the series 500 with PCI Express 4.0 connectivity, however now it seems that it will also reach users of series motherboards 400 as B’s 450 and X 470.

ASRock and MSI beta BIOS for B 450 and X 470 include support for Smart Access Memory

The information comes from the fact that the new BIOS with AGESA 1.1.0.0 v2 beta that some manufacturers have implemented in their motherboards, such as AsRock, in addition to adding support for Ryzen 5000 based on Zen 3 like the Ryzen 9 5950 x, they also allow you to enable this option. Recently the company removed all reference to the Ryzen 5000 from the new supported Bios, but it seems that the support is still there.

On the other hand, MSI is also releasing beta versions with support for Smart Access Memory on motherboards with chipsets B 450 and X 470.

Definitely good news for chipset motherboard users 400 who see how, little by little, they will be able to enjoy the most interesting news of the new AMD CPU and GPU architectures

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Antonio Delgado

Computer Engineer by training, editor and hardware analyst at Geeknetic since 2011. I love gutting everything that comes my way, especially the latest hardware that we get here for reviews. In my spare time I fiddle with 3d printers, drones and other gadgets. For anything here you have me.