Though Intel’s upcoming 11th-gen Rocket Lake desktop processors will use the same socket design as their 10th-gen predecessors, upgrading may not be as straightforward this year. The chipset won’t work with certain older motherboards, with Intel confirming that boards B460 and H470 will not be compatible with Rocket Lake. An Intel product support page captured by Videocardz reveals that unlike the B460 and H470 boards, the Intel Z490 and H470 boards will be compatible with 11th Gen Intel Core desktop processors. The CPU maker states on its product support page that although the Z490 and H470 motherboards “may not boot with the upcoming 11th Gen Intel Core desktop processors,” a BIOS update will remedy the problem. “Intel recommends that you update the BIOS on your Intel 400 Series Chipset-based systems for compatibility with the upcoming 11th Gen Intel Core desktop processors,” the company added. This isn’t the first time that Intel has found itself in the spotlight over incompatible boards upon the launch of a new series of processors. Unlike rival AMD, which tends to offer more backward compatibility between its processor and board designs, Intel has historically not done the same. However, this situation is a bit more unique,… Read full this story
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