Thursday, May 16th 2024
AMD to Discontinue Windows 10 Support for its Ryzen 9000 "Strix Point" Mobile Processors
AMD is rumored to be discontinuing driver support for the Windows 10 operating system for its next-generation mobile processors, starting with the upcoming Ryzen 9000 "Strix Point" (and possibly "Strix Halo" and other chips from the generation). This would mean a lack of official drivers for the XDNA 2 NPU, SoC components, and possibly even the iGPU. This who know their way around manual driver installation might have some luck getting the Windows 11 drivers to work on Windows 10, but for the most part, notebooks and pre-built SFF desktops powered by these chips will not come with Windows 10 preinstalled, since there won't be any official drivers from AMD.
The CPU of Ryzen 9000 "Strix Point" processors should still very much work with Windows 10. This however doesn't cover the upcoming Ryzen 9000 "Granite Ridge" desktop processors, which have minimal hardware that need drivers, except for the basic iGPU they pack. Microsoft is discontinuing Windows 10 from regular updates on October 14, 2025. Those who want to hold on to the operating system need to pay for extended security update plans that get progressively pricier with each year.
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The CPU of Ryzen 9000 "Strix Point" processors should still very much work with Windows 10. This however doesn't cover the upcoming Ryzen 9000 "Granite Ridge" desktop processors, which have minimal hardware that need drivers, except for the basic iGPU they pack. Microsoft is discontinuing Windows 10 from regular updates on October 14, 2025. Those who want to hold on to the operating system need to pay for extended security update plans that get progressively pricier with each year.
82 Comments on AMD to Discontinue Windows 10 Support for its Ryzen 9000 "Strix Point" Mobile Processors
I highly doubt it will affect the market, as there are barely any devices with Win10 in stores already. Only the old series and some business options have Win10.
Shouldn't be the same with GPUs though, I guess both AMD and Nvidia will have to release Win10 drivers even for their new 8XXX and 5XXX series for some years to come.
There might be a lot of people with perfectly working but incompatible with Win11 PCs who will want to upgrade their GPUs.
Don't blame AMD for W10 reaching EOL.
Don't blame MS for ending W10 after TEN years.
Blame MS if you hate W11.LTSC, yeah, is there even a legit way to run that for a consumer?
I'd guess no, so why would AMD care here?
Since Windows is now designed to be kept current at any cost, you also get no say about all of its undesirables unless you stop using it altogether. And it's all your fault for claiming to be proud to run a 15 year old unpatched copy of Windows 7 with Windows Update stripped out of it.
But those leaving Windows aren't getting Linux PC's. They're buying Macs. The rest is unwilling to learn anything else and just accept their fate.
That's not the only thing that matters tho, as you'd miss out on features like D3D12.
ramensoftware.com/windhawk-mods-for-the-windows-11-taskbarI'm pretty sure it's related to W8.1 lack of popularity, combined with free W10 upgrade. I don't think it made many users sad in the face. W7 had a bigger user base.
I didn't mention your example because W8.1 wasn't popular, unlike W7 and W10.
Regardless of whether you feel Windows 11 is superior to Windows 10 or not, the real problem is that Windows 10 is running on almost 3x as many devices worldwide as Windows 11, and thanks to some particularly egregious and anti-consumer practices of late, Windows 11's popularity is actually declining, in favour of Windows 10.
www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/windows-11-market-share-declines-as-users-seemingly-shift-back-to-windows-10
Getting people onto Windows 11 would be easier if Microsoft didn't also strip away a user's autonomy in the process. I fully understand that consumer data is the product being sold but Windows 11 feels like one massive overdue antitrust case that blows the old mutli-billion dollar lawsuits of Microsoft vs the EU and Microsoft vs the US Government into insignificance.
"Oh you don't want to group your icons? Well then you MUST have titles. Oh and we eradicated the registry setting because we know what's good for you."