Windows 10 version 2004 processor requirement changes

[nidany]

Windows 10 version 2004 processor requirement changes

https://pureinfotech.com/windows-10-2004-processor-requirements/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Pureinfotech+(Pureinfotech+Newsletter)

 

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[Master Disaster]

18 minutes ago, nidany said:

Windows 10 version 2004 processor requirement changes

https://pureinfotech.com/windows-10-2004-processor-requirements/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Pureinfotech+(Pureinfotech+Newsletter)

 

Any comments?

 

 

 

Windows doesn't care what CPU you have as long as it supports the required instruction sets. This article is nonsense, you can technically still run Windows 7 on a Zen 3 CPU. In actual fact the chipset on the board is more important than the CPU as the chipset requires third party drivers to work fully.

[nidany]

6 hours ago, Master Disaster said:

Windows doesn't care what CPU you have as long as it supports the required instruction sets. This article is nonsense, you can technically still run Windows 7 on a Zen 3 CPU. In actual fact the chipset on the board is more important than the CPU as the chipset requires third party drivers to work fully.

I'm far from being an authority on hardware, so let me quote Microsoft statement, as it is in that link:

According to the company’s documentation (via Neowin), version 2004 now will also officially support the new AMD’s Ryzen 4000 series of processors. This is in addition to up to 7th Generation processors (A-series Ax-9xxx, E-series Ex-9xxx, and FX-9xxx), Athlon 2xx, Opteron, and EPYC 7xxx.

On Intel requirements, the May 2020 Update will continue to support for older processors, but now, it’ll also officially support up to 10th Generation Core processors, Intel Xeon E-22xx, Atom (J4xxx/J5xxx and N4xxx/N5xxx), Celeron, and Pentium.

Maybe they mean a better compatibility?

I'm really not certain.

[nidany]

6 hours ago, Arika S said:

 

about what? the article says pretty much nothing about anything.

Please observe my reply to Master Disaster

[Master Disaster]

1 hour ago, nidany said:

I'm far from being an authority on hardware, so let me quote Microsoft statement, as it is in that link:

According to the company’s documentation (via Neowin), version 2004 now will also officially support the new AMD’s Ryzen 4000 series of processors. This is in addition to up to 7th Generation processors (A-series Ax-9xxx, E-series Ex-9xxx, and FX-9xxx), Athlon 2xx, Opteron, and EPYC 7xxx.

On Intel requirements, the May 2020 Update will continue to support for older processors, but now, it’ll also officially support up to 10th Generation Core processors, Intel Xeon E-22xx, Atom (J4xxx/J5xxx and N4xxx/N5xxx), Celeron, and Pentium.

Maybe they mean a better compatibility?

I'm really not certain.

Its basically like saying "This new hob will be compatible with your new saucepans". They're using something that would have worked anyway as a marketing gimmick.

 

The only thing I can think of is they might be talking about driver support for the chipsets but even that doesn't really make sense.