Windows 11 is free, but your CPU might not be officially supported

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Windows 11 support for Intel

• Intel 8th Gen (Coffee Lake)
• Intel 9th Gen (Coffee Lake Refresh)
• Intel 10th Gen (Comet Lake)
• Intel 10th Gen (Ice Lake)
• Intel 11th Gen (Rocket Lake)
• Intel 11th Gen (Tiger Lake)
• Intel Xeon Skylake-SP
• Intel Xeon Cascade Lake-SP
• Intel Xeon Cooper Lake-SP
• Intel Xeon Ice Lake-SP

Windows 11 support for AMD

• AMD Ryzen 2000
• AMD Ryzen 3000
• AMD Ryzen 4000
• AMD Ryzen 5000
• AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000
• AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000
• AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3000
• AMD EPYC 2nd Gen
• AMD EPYC 3rd Gen

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/25/22549725/microsoft-windows-11-cpu-support-tpm-hardware-requirements

ryzen 1st is dead?(ryzen 1xxx)

pc gaming is cheap

Am safe.

Why is Intel Kaby Lake not supported?

Was looking forward to using some Android apss on my Surface Pro tablet.

Guess im sticking with windows 10

Also need TPM 2.0

Oh noz! All those ps5/pc gamepass gamers will need an upgrade worth more than a series x rofl

If Windows 11 takes up so much CPU performance that only newer versions of architecturally identical CPUs will be supported, then I would expect a sizeable performance loss in gaming when more overhead is going to the operating system. This means that next gen games probably will run better using DXVK and Proton on Linux, than native Windows 11.

Yup, it's time to make a fullscale switch to Linux.

Or, as others have stated it's to force people to buy new computers, in which case, **** M$, I'm still going to switch to Linux.

@eoten: just check some of the performance benchmarks already out and see that's not the case

Looks like I meet the requirements.

I'm using Ryzen 5: 5600X so I'm so good to go.

Hu. Didnt MS say Win10 was the last Win forever and ever?

Good, time to start leaving legacy systems behind.

*cries in Intel 4th gen i7*

Well I keep telling myself I'm overdue for an upgrade anyways, my cpu and ram are from 2013.

You seriously need an upgrade! At least CPUs are easy to come by so you should be fine. Intel or AMD Ryzen on you're next upgrade?

trying to figure out if I need to buy this TPM2.0 module thingymajig for my X570 mobo (which seems ridiculous, given how new it is) or if enabling this ftpm or whatever in bios on the ryzen 3600 is sufficient. Kinda sketched...

If you want to buy it, do it fast. Some people just deserve hell 😑

Honestly for the longest time I had trouble convincing myself to upgrade the cpu since it is so good even today, it's an i7-4770 btw. But after some games started recommending more than this I finally made up my mind for sure that I need to upgrade. My ram though has been the easiest reason for an upgrade (8gb DDR3 @800Mhz), that alone makes me the joke of the masterace 😅

I've been leaning more towards Ryzen lately, but who knows if Intel gets something competent out I might check that out instead.

@lebanese_boy: oh FFS. This is ridiculous.

Nice, glad to see Windows 11 announced. I like all windows operating systems.

Some folks may want more than an oversimplification of TPM.

What's the point of 11 anyway? 10 at least offered (artificially locked) Dx12, but why would anyone upgrade to a shittier version of Win10?

To play games that require artificially locked DX12.1, duh.

Here is a video of someone installing Windows 11 on an old HP laptop.

I'll be alright with my 3900X/3070 combo I spose.

@lebanese_boy: it looks like I won't need such a chip, however... seems the Ryzen TPM will work fine (at least according to the webz)

It'll change later on, when TPM 1.2 support is added.

"officially" supported.

You CPU will be fine.

I can almost guarantee that my CPU is too old for support on this.

I know 5000 series CPU have fTPM, enable in bios. Probs the same for intel cpu. Anything which does not will need the module.

Ebay have now started scalping them.

@xantufrog: Well that's a relief, since it's included in the latest Ryzens I should be fine as well (just as soon as I upgrade)

Think my laptop is on gen 3 or 4. That's me out of Windows 11

I'm good to go.

Same with my RTX 2070/R5: 5600X/X570 MB so looks like I'm good to go.

Trick it into thinking Frankenstein is a different machine every time you run it and run it on a loop rofl.

Intel at this point has nothing competing with the latest Ryzen CPU and I'll never go back to Intel at all. I just find Ryzen to be a hella better CPU and my latest upgrade 5600X is freaking amazing, it handles everything I throw at it...besides MSFS but that game is CPU intense. The 5600X is going for $300 as of now, just in case you want to check it out.

looks like my 1500X in my desktop could be a problem. i was planning to upgrade anyway though (would already have upgraded if the market didn't go nuts).

As long as that TPM stuff doesnt interfere with dual booting then its not a huge deal. a bit of a shame to leave old but still capable hardware behind but, from a gaming standpoint, a game making use of all the new DX12U toys is also probably going to struggle on first gen ryzen and 6th gen intel processors anyway due to it just being demanding.

Windows 10 will still get patches until 2025 so no major rush.

No problem here.

Now the question is, do I want it?

I have a 5800x so I'm all set.

I really wish Steam machines took off so that I can switch over completely to Linux. That's also the only advantage that I kinda want Stadia to succeed so that Linux will get more games.

1950x not support.... really not happy there.

if only all 3rd party stuff works on other Platforms, yet I m using Mac/linux for personal stuff and for Work Windows due restriction for some software which bothers me a lot or I would have been full linux.

if I wanna game I have xbox XS, they are supporting it anyway to the core so why would I bother..

Okay, it says I need secure boot enabled, but when I turn on secure boot, I can't access my main drives? What the **** gives? I guess I'm one step away from this being a pain in the ass.

@davillain-: Oh Ryzen is leagues above anything Intel has to show atm. Intel has had a change of leadership recently and people are optimistic that this would translate into more compelling upgrades for their CPUs. I personally don't know about that but whenever the time comes I'll definitely check if Intel got any better and who knows... if it's worth it I might stick with Intel!