Anyone who has used Touch BIOS on a GA-990FXA-UD3 MB(AM3+)

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Mon, 04/16/2012 - 00:19
OleBrumHonning
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I am wondring about upgrade to Touch BIOS on my GA-990FXA-UD3 MB for the AM3+ platform. What is the pro and cons to upgrade the Touch BIOS and what experience do you guys have with it?

CPU: Amd x3 720BE, GPU: XFX 7850 2gb, RAM: Kingston Hyper X 8gb ddr3 , MB: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3,
Case: Cooler Master 690 II Advance, PSU: Chieftec CFT-650-14CS

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Mon, 04/16/2012 - 21:45
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There are no performance differences between the "Touch BIOS" and the traditional BIOS. It's just an easier way of navigating through the UI by having the option of using a keyboard in conjunction with a mouse.

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Tue, 04/17/2012 - 23:20
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How is the user experience with the touch BIOS?

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Wed, 04/18/2012 - 22:33
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I'm assuming it's similar to the experience you would get from a UEFI supported BIOS. Prettier interface with the ability of using both the mouse and keyboard to change motherboard settings.

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Thu, 04/19/2012 - 10:21
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Why don't you just flash it and see...you can always flash it back (right ?)

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Thu, 04/19/2012 - 21:40
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Premchand wrote:Why don't you just flash it and see...you can always flash it back (right ?)

Touch BIOS isn't a BIOS Revision, it's simply the name of Gigabyte's BIOS user interface.

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Fri, 04/20/2012 - 02:37
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well i thought he meant an update, on the motherboard page of his motherboard
" F3 1.Touch BIOS support
2.Update CPU AGESA 0.0.9.2 for AM3+
3.Update Dolby Home Theater version"
meaning it first did not have it i guess

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