ASUS has announced full support for Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus Series processors across its Intel 800 series motherboard lineup, including W880, Z890, Q870, B860, and H810 models. This support comes via updated BIOS releases, allowing users to take advantage of the latest Intel desktop platform with improved compatibility, stability, and performance tuning.

The updates span ASUS’ entire motherboard stack, from Pro WS workstation boards to ROG and ROG Strix gaming models, alongside TUF Gaming, ProArt, and ASUS Prime series. ASUS highlights enhanced latency performance and increased tuning headroom, enabling users to maximise performance for both gaming and content creation workloads.

Broad BIOS support across ASUS 800 series
• Full compatibility with Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus Series processors
• Improved system stability and performance tuning via BIOS updates
• Available across W880, Z890, Q870, B860, and H810 motherboards
• Covers ROG, ROG Strix, TUF Gaming, ProArt, Prime, and Pro WS series

Record-breaking performance with ROG Maximus Z890 Apex
The flagship ROG Maximus Z890 Apex continues ASUS’ focus on extreme overclocking, achieving multiple world records when paired with the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus processor and DDR5 memory. These results were achieved by professional overclockers CENS and Elmor, demonstrating the board’s strong power delivery, memory optimisation, and overclocking capabilities. See list of overclocking achievements below:

• 3DMark CPU Profile 1T – World Record (Elmor)
• 3DMark CPU Profile 2T – World Record (Elmor)
• 3DMark CPU Profile 4T – World Record (Elmor)
• 3DMark CPU Profile 8T – World Record (Elmor)
• CPU-Z Frequency – Highest Arrow Lake (Elmor)
• XTU – Global First Place (CENS)
• Cinebench R11.5 – Hardware First Place (CENS)
• Cinebench R15 – Hardware First Place (CENS)
• Cinebench R20 – Hardware First Place (CENS)
• Cinebench R23 – Hardware First Place (CENS)
• Cinebench 2024 – Hardware First Place (CENS)
• Geekbench 3 – Hardware First Place (CENS)
• 7-Zip – Hardware First Place (CENS)

BIOS support for the W880, Z890, Q870, B860, and H810 motherboards is expected to be available now through official ASUS motherboard support pages.