It seems that Asus has finally decided to support Resizable BAR with its old Intel Z390 and Z370 motherboards, after a wave of online protests. If you're unfamiliar with the technology, Resizable BAR is a feature that increases framerates by an acceptable portion in certain games, as long as you have compatible hardware: Nvidia just introduced socket loading on its RTX 390 GPUs, and AMD initially offered its own socket for Big Navi graphics cards. In general, working with GPUs and processors to further expand support since AMD started the ball rolling, such as with motherboard vendors who have been busy providing support getting the ball rolling. Older Hardware Updated like the previously mentioned Intel Z370 and Z390 chipsets. . However, the downside with Asus motherboards is that while other card manufacturers have already introduced support (albeit in beta form), Asus Z370 and ZXNUMX owners have been left out in the cold, and more protests are brewing. propagating online because of that, as Neowin pointed out. . In fact, there have been some pretty frustrated people, many of whom have struggled to understand why Asus has kept quiet on the subject, saying nothing about support or beta or whatever.
Scone not so quiet
The good news is that Asus reportedly heard, and surely felt the effects of some of the more feverish protests, as an Asus ROG representative has now confirmed that the company plans to add support for these motherboards. Silent Scone @ ROG posted: “Local vacation here and on TW so it took me a while to get back. I heard that the Z370 and Z390 timeline is from the end of April to the beginning of May. "Following confusion from other reviewers who have heard different things elsewhere regarding BAR Resizable support, the Asus representative clarified that this information comes directly from head office and is appropriate, but still it would be nice to see a full and official announcement from Asus, not just a message on the discussion forum, however, other Asus community representatives are now posting the same thing, for example, in this discussion thread on a Swedish discussion forum , which indicates that the BIOS will be released at the end of April.So it seems that the end of April is clearly the expected date, but it could happen at the beginning of next month.The best graphics card deals of the day
