MSI bolsters Z890 with Intel 200S Boost

MSI brings Intel 200S Boost to its Z890 motherboard lineup

MSI has announced that it has added support for Intel’s new 200S Boost feature to its Z890 series motherboards. This new feature can enhance the performance of Intel’s Core Ultra 200S K-series desktop CPUs through overclocking with Intel-supported warranty coverage.

Intel’s 200S Boost technology is effectively an Intel-validated overclocking profile. It supports DDR5 memory speeds of up to 8,000 MT/s and enables higher CPU fabric and die-to-die speeds. These increased speeds can enable faster system performance through increased bandwidth and decreased latencies. This makes these boosts great for gamers, and any one doing latency-sensitive workloads.

Increasing Intel’s Fabric and D2D clocks allows data to move across Intel’s SOC tile and CPU chiplets faster. This enables increased performance for Intel’s Core Ultra 200 Arrow Lake series processors. Fabric speeds can be increased from 2.6 GHz to up to 3.2 GHz and D2D speeds can rise from 2.1 GHz to up to 3.2 GHz. These changes can eliminate some performance bottlenecks in Intel’s Core Ultra 200 series CPUs.

Enabling 200S Boost on MSI Z890 motherboards is a simple process. Just update your motherboard BIOS, and you will find a new option called Intel 200S Boost. Enable this option to boost your CPU’s performance.

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Overall, Intel 200S boost is a useful feature for Intel users who don’t want a one-click solution to CPU overclocking. While manual overclocking can deliver better results, this feature is covered by Intel’s warranty and will deliver worthwhile performance gains. Note that this feature is only available on Z890 motherboards. Furthermore, this feature is only available on Core Ultra 200S K-series processors.

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