BIOS upgrades and performance

It's usually a bug-fix or an "upgrade" to support new devices (for example, a new CPU has been released), but you need to check whether the new BIOS is relevant to you. It might not be.
What I tend to do is to update the BIOS when I first get the motherboard or PC, and then just checkout new releases and only update to a new BIOS if there is something I think will benefit me.
 
I've only ever done it to either fix bios bugs/performance issues or to extend my memory compatibility and overclockability. Usually for memory overclockability and compatibility as i tweak those a lot.

For the average user though, you really don't need to touch it if everything is working as it should.
 
cosmogenesis said:
Does a BIOS upgrade offer a performance enhancement or just to fix issues ?
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cosmogenesis said:
Makes sense that it is to fix an issue and that performance increases are rare, My X570 is on its original BIOS and it works fine.
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Generally a BIOS update doesn't offer more performance, except for e.g. with AM5, AMD unlocked higher memory speeds. But, for AM4, you might well notice a performance improvement between the stock BIOS and the latest BIOS, as AMD made many improvements over that period.
 
cosmogenesis said:
Makes sense that it is to fix an issue and that performance increases are rare, My X570 is on its original BIOS and it works fine.
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You should update that because one of the Agesa updates included in the bios release gave AM4 a significant performance increase. Personally I always keep my motherboard bios up to date.
 
They make it so easy to update your BIOS these days, there's little reason not to. That said, I normally do every other release on my current board as updates are reasonably frequent anyway.
 
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