I would imagine if you bought a new retail board now it would come with the BIOS that supports 45nm.
I just bought an Asus Maximus Formula yesterday from newegg, when it comes in i will let you know what BIOS it comes with.
I will be very suprised if it comes with one of the old BIOS's
Planetside
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 - Thats right. The first one
Grand Theft Auto Vice City
Grand Theft Auto S.A
Grand Turismo 2, 3, 4
Forza Motorsport 1, 2
It double what they used to have before. Also the R7xx has shader based antialiasing so they don't need as many...
I would agree that is isn't enough, but it is still a huge improvement