GIGABYTE will facilitate the migration to the Intel Raptor Lake generation of processors with a firmware update for Z690, B660 and H610 chipset motherboards, all of which are designed to support the Alder Lake generation of processors.

Thanks Raptor Lake will use the same socket as Alder Lake, LGA1700The door has been opened to reuse motherboards aimed at supporting the ever-latest generation of processors marketed by Intel. GIGABYTE’s R&D team is currently developing new, well-validated BIOS code exclusively for its Z690, B660 and H610 chipset motherboards.

With the new BIOS that GIGABYTE is developing for Alder Lake-focused motherboard models, users will be able to jump into Raptor Lake without having to reset the basics at the hardware level, although of course they will have to go through the process firmware update using Q-Flash or through Windows with GIGABYTE App Center.

A firmware update providing support for Raptor Lake on GIGABYTE motherboards targeting Alder Lake is expected to be released soon. After performing the update process, users should be able to swap out the Alder Lake processor for another Raptor Lake using the standard procedure and with utmost care, as any mishandling of the socket can have disastrous consequences.

GIGABYTE committing to update their Alder Lake motherboards to run Raptor Lake is a nice move on their part, especially when we see that both generations of CPUs use the same socket.