ASUS ROG Maximus 4 GENE-Z GEN3 and P8Z68 GEN 3 Series Motherboards

ASUS ROG Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3 and P8Z68/GEN3 Series motherboards are the first motherboards in the industry with genuine compatibility for PCI Express 3.0 support. Lab-tested to confirm quality, reliability and performance for users wishing to upgrade to PCI Express 3.0 in the future, the new motherboards ship with upgraded hardware and native UEFI BIOS support for next generation Intel 22nm processors.

These motherboards are not only primed for today’s PCs that use PCI Express 2.0 hardware, but all future upgrades as well.

Compatibility Assured: ASUS ROG Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3 and P8Z68/GEN3 Series motherboards are pre-tested for PCI Express 3.0 compliance

PCI Express 3.0 is the next generation specification that boosts performance 2x from 16GB/s to 32GB/s over the same 16x physical connection. However this requires an upgraded set of components; including a motherboard with PCI Express 3.0 switching IC and a layout design that has completed compatibility testing to measure performance quality and link reliability, a next generation Intel 22nm CPU and a compatible UEFI BIOS. At the moment, only ASUS has committed itself to this assured QA process before shipping its motherboards, in order to guarantee consumer confidence in its products.

Existing ASUS motherboards receive a UEFI BIOS upgrade to support future Intel 22nm processors

Current non-SLI LGA1155 motherboards from ASUS can also take advantage of PCI Express 3.0. The list below details the minimum UEFI BIOS version that adds support for next generation Intel 22nm processors.

For additional information on ASUS PCI Express® 3.0 support, please visit: http://event.asus.com/2011/mb/PCIe3_Ready

PCI Express® 3.0 support model list

Chipset Model Name Z68 Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3 P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 P8Z68-V/GEN3 P8Z68-V LE P8Z68-V LX P8Z68-M PRO P67 P8P67 P8P67 (REV 3.1) P8P67 LE P8P67-M P8P67 LX H67 P8H67-M EVO P8H67 P8H67-V P8H67-M P8H67-M PRO

Chipset Model Name H61 P8H61 PRO P8H61-M PRO P8H61/USB3 P8H61 PLUS P8H61 P8H61-V P8H61-M LE/CSM P8H61-M LE/USB3 P8H61-M LE P8H61-M P8H61-M LX PLUS P8H61-M LX P8H61-M EVO P8H61 EVO

Future 22nm CPU ready model list

Chipset Model Name BIOS Version Z68 Maximus IV Extreme-Z 0902 Maximus IV GENE-Z/GEN3 0302 Maximus IV GENE-Z 0902 P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 0301 P8Z68 DELUXE 0902 P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 0301 P8Z68-V PRO 0902 P8Z68-V/GEN3 0301 P8Z68-V 0902 P8Z68-V LE 0702 P8Z68-V LX 0602 P8Z68-M PRO 0502 P67 Maximus IV Extreme 2001 SABERTOOTH P67 2001 P8P67 DELUXE 2001 P8P67 EVO 2001 P8P67 PRO (REV 3.1) 2001 P8P67 PRO 2001 P8P67 (REV 3.1) 2001 P8P67 2001 P8P67 LE 1101 P8P67 LX 0402 P8P67-M PRO 0901 P8P67-M 1501

Chipset Model Name BIOS Version H67 P8H67-M EVO 2001 P8H67-V 0804 P8H67 1401 P8H67-M PRO 1104 P8H67-M 0803 H61 P8H61 EVO 0502 P8H61 PRO 0603 P8H61/USB3 0602 P8H61 PLUS 0602 P8H61-V 0801 P8H61 0602 P8H61-M EVO 0801 P8H61-M PRO 1001 P8H61-M LE/USB3 0801 P8H61-M LE 1001 P8H61-M LE/CSM 0801 P8H61-M 1102 P8H61-M LX PLUS 0501 P8H61-M LX 0601

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