ASUS Pro WS W790E-SAGE SE + Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids SPR-SP

[Gökhan Bozkurt]

Here is the link

Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids QYFS ES2 D0 56C/112T 1.9Ghz 350W LGA4677 CPU | eBay UK

This is not a retail production version. Performance and specifications may differ from the official release. It was removed from an ASUS W790 SAGE SE motherboard.

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[Gökhan Bozkurt]

My W890 SAGE SE has arrived, and it's both massive and weighty!

 

[RolloZ170]

My W890 has arrived, and it's both massive and weighty!

weird, mine too !

 

[Gökhan Bozkurt]

weird, mine too !

Did you go with the SAGE SE?

 

[RolloZ170]

Did you go with the SAGE SE?

non SE. but massive and weighty too.

 

[sam55todd]

That's expected, 4+ Kilos of silicon/plastic/copper/aluminum should feel very different in high-tech form vs pure raw material brick (leaving aside price differences).

 

[Max1024]

My W890 SAGE SE has arrived, and it's both massive and weighty!

weird, mine too !

Is it planned to create a separate topic for these motherboards (Asus W890)?

 

[RolloZ170]

Is it planned to create a separate topic for these motherboards (Asus W890)?

sure, once one have mobo and cpu together...
but run SP ES on WS boards was unique, don't work this time.

LGA4677
SPR/EMR-SP chipset C741 DMI3(retail, ES up to early E0 can DMI4)
SPR-WS chipset W790 DMI4
LGA4710
SRF/GNR-SP System on Chip (no chipset required, BIOS ship to socket like AMD EPYC)
GNR-WS chipset W890 DMI4 (BIOS chip to W890 Intel ME bringup)

 

[RolloZ170]

a warning to all who think about buying LGA4710 Granite Rapids WS (Xeon 600) Workstation motherboard and ES CPU.
ASUS provides two models:
Pro WS W890 SAGE (wo. BMC, vPro, Boot Guard,TXT)
Pro WS W890E SAGE SE (w.BMC, no vPro, Boot Guard and TXT disabled)

as you see they are different and the W890 SAGE does not even support ES stepping B2 because of BOOT Guard.
furthermore the BIOS is somehow protected against modifying(Platform fuses)
unless a miracle happens, you'll probably have to buy the expensive W890E SAGE SE or the Gigabyte MW94/MW54 (require a BIOS modification).

edit: supermicro X14SRA-T/F run also Boot Guard.

 

[JosefHrib]

a warning to all who think about buying LGA4710 Granite Rapids WS (Xeon 600) Workstation motherboard and ES CPU.
ASUS provides two models:
Pro WS W890 SAGE (wo. BMC, vPro, Boot Guard,TXT)
Pro WS W890E SAGE SE (w.BMC, no vPro, Boot Guard and TXT disabled)

as you see they are different and the W890 SAGE does not even support ES stepping B2 because of BOOT Guard.
furthermore the BIOS is somehow protected against modifying(Platform fuses)
unless a miracle happens, you'll probably have to buy the expensive W890E SAGE SE or the Gigabyte MW94/MW54 (require a BIOS modification).

edit: supermicro X14SRA-T/F run also Boot Guard.

Good to know this information.

 

[Gökhan Bozkurt]

Kitguru seems to be using ES cpus with the SAGE, Non-SE

 

[RolloZ170]

Kitguru seems to be using ES cpus with the SAGE, Non-SE

i see 696X at cinebench, it is a QS (usualy given to tester)

 

[Zakes]

I see bios 1904 recent bios from w790 sage,from 1201 till now it supports stepping E5,does that mean it can support xeon max and xeon max es?

 

[RolloZ170]

from 1201 till now it supports stepping E5

xeon max is A/B stepping, different microcode (platform bits 0x10)

does that mean it can support xeon max and xeon max es?

no. xeon max need HBM voltage and BIOS support.

 

[Zakes]

xeon max is A/B stepping, different microcode (platform bits 0x10)

no. xeon max need HBM voltage and BIOS support.

Ok thank you