Im running an Asus hero z690, I have always bought Asus and I have to say whilst 12th gen has been a vast upgrade to my old 9900ks , I cannot say it is as stable and reliable and the bios support has been and remains disappointing.
*So far I have tried 803 and 811 that have both worked reasonable well, but 1003 for me is a nightmare and for some reason my pc gpu performance is decimated when using it, I’ve tried toggling the gpu bar switch either way, nothing makes any difference other than rolling back to either 803 or 811, when it then runs fine.
It’s disappointing because 1003 has been out a while now and clearly is buggy, I’d hoped for a replacement by now, but sadly nothing has appeared.
*To confirm my build is
12900K
Asus ROG hero z690
Asus ROG Strix 3090 OC
32Gb Z5. G-skill running at 6000mhz
3 x Samsung 1TB 980 Pro M.2 drives
Why 1003 Affects my fps I am not sure, I have run fire strike benchmark to test it and the graphic all score goes from around 20k on bios 811 to around 6k on 1003, this then is Obviously reflected in gameplay and I can barely hit 30fps in PUBG for example using 1003 bios, it’s painful.
But as soon as I switch back to either 803 or 811 it all runs fine, so I’m forced to run 811 until Asus release a better and more stable Â*updated bios sadly.
I’d also like to see the memory support improved - I say his as I know if I splash out for another identical 32Gb kit it won’t even boot and this has been shown umpteen times on you tube, so I’m reluctant to make that investment.
I have*always been an early adopter as an enthusiast of over 30 years now and I’ve always bought Asus/ROG products for at least the last 15-20 years.
But this platform is not quite as good as I had hoped it would be and I very nearly binned it all out and went back to my i9 9900KS as it was bulletproof and totally hassle free, for me the 12th has proved to be just that so far = hassle frankly.
Mine will do XMP 1 and 2 but sadly despite it advertising XMP 3 no XMP option appears and I cannot say hand on heart it is as stable as it should be running it either
What I’m basically saying is please hurry up and release a decent bios Asus
With better memory support so it runs as it should and stable as well.
At the moment it isn’t really good enough *
I9 14900K >ASUS ROG Strix RTX 4090 OC Edition
ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 EXTREME EATX Motherboard
ASUS ROG PG35VQ @ 200mhz in 3440x1440
Trident Z RGB 64GB DDR5 @ 6400mhz
Samsung 980 EVO Pro M.2 x 5 off
NZXT Z63 Kraken AIO CPU Cooler
NZXT H700i + Hue 2 (Pubg Edition) - Heavily modified
ASUS ROG THOR 1200w PSU
Corsair M65 RGB Mouse
Corsair K95 RGB Keyboard