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Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 41 points 2 years ago (4 children)

In this context an unsupported cpu would be an i7 7700K for example. Hardly e-waste and can perform quite well..

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Those aren't supported but they're not affected by this specific change. The latest chips that won't be able to boot are Core 2 Duo and the Athlon X2 chips that predated AMD Phenom. Old old.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Laughs in 3770k just until a few months ago

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    I finally upgraded from a 3rd gen i7 to a 6th gen i7. There was no actual performance difference besides my gpu vram getting hotter, I just did it because the motherboard wasn't as shit. I'm sure the difference between a 6th gen i7 and an 8th gen i7 is equally unnoticeable. I didn't want to ever boot Windows again anyway.

    Edit: huh, I'm intrigued by the downvotes. Is it because I used the wording "no actual performance difference" rather than providing benchmarks and proof? Is it because computer technology isn't improving at the rate it used to and people are in denial and/or easily triggered about it? Or maybe because I'm "probably a troll" based on my username?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    It's probably because running such old hardware means your daily usage wouldn't show much difference between the 2 setups. If you mainly browse the internet or play gpu boumd games, you simply wouldn't notice a huge difference.

    Change that use case to cpu bound games or other cpu intensive tasks and you would likely see a not insignificant difference.

    Also newer hardware is more efficient(used to at least), so you should see lower power draw for the same performance or better performance for the same power draw.

    So just because you don't see a difference, it doesn't mean it's not there.

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