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[WhiteSnake1976]

in the 24H2 update of Windows 11 that wil be made a lot harder as it uses POPCNT to ID the CPU.

That's an issue for ancient CPUs only, and honestly the CPUs we're talking about here would not give anywhere near a reasonable user experience on Windows 10/11 anyway (and to be brutally honest, not on 8.1 either).
PopCnt is supported since 1st gen Core i processors (~16 years old) and AMD Barcelona (Opteron K10/K8L, ~17 years old) processors.
The fuzz being made about this is really not worth losing any sleep on.


Mike

Your right, POPCNT (population count) is support by most CPU's since 2008, but i bet there are plenty of people still running a Core 2 Duo or similar aged CPU's (why you would want to install Windows 11 on there beats me)

But some articles mention they might use it to ID what CPU you really have and it prevent you from being able to use a USB Installer tool to install Windows 11 on a AMD FX-8350 or i7-6650.
Others say its using POPCNT for Windows AI (Copilot etc), we just have to wait and see, so far the Insider version only stops CPU's with out POPCNT from booting after installing the 24H2 Insider update.

@Frankiek: there are USB Tools to Install Windows 11 wich bypasses the hardware requirements checks so i could run Windows 11 fine on my FX-8350.

@SAS~Storebror: Windows 10 runs perfectly fine on a really old AMD Athlon X2, (AM2 socket) better than 7 did, maybe because Windows 10 correctly ID's the hardware and installs the correct drivers, and for 7 i couldnt even find all the drivers, (for example for the onboard audio) or i had to use Windows Vista drivers. (did get a cheap 120GB SATA SSD to help it, otherwise it was slow as !@#$)

[RABIZO]

Thank you to "rankiek", "SAS~Storebror" and "WhiteSnake1976".

．． ．． ．． "White Snake". ．． ．． I like David Coverdale's voice.
And I love Paul Bernard Rodgers in “Free.” The quality of their voices is similar.
I've gotten off topic.

We value everyone's opinions.

But my question is, if I buy a new PC with Windows 11 installed, will this game work on it?
I have no intention of putting ``11'' into my current old ``i7.''

Thank you for everyone's help.

[Frankiek]

On a new pc as Mike mentioned It will work no problem

[RABIZO]

Thank you, “Frankiek”.

it was very helpful.

[Frankiek]

Just in case you would like to try just copy any version of il-2 on an external drive (i even have it on a micro-sd) an try it out on any decent windows 11 machine.

@WhiteSnake as you said i don't see any reason to install win11 on an "old" machine Surface was very useful when i was constantly on the move for work now that i ended my nomadic existence i just use it as a sort of powerful tablet or e-reader and to do quick checks from the sofa on our favorite sim and win10 is good enough for these purposes.

[RABIZO]

"Frankiek" Thank you for your help.

An external hard disk is available exclusively for "IL-2 Sturmovik 1946". I have saved a number of mods and "4.1.3, 4.2.2, Vp in good condition", etc.

 I tend to put a lot of stuff into my games, so when something goes wrong, I end up replacing everything.

Thank you for your continued support.

[FL2070]

I use Windows 11, I have BAT, it works perfectly fine. There's never been the slightest problem.

[RABIZO]

"FL2070". thank you.

I'm very happy to see comments like that.
I want a faster PC.

[Whiskey_Sierra_972]

I use Windows 11, I have BAT, it works perfectly fine. There's never been the slightest problem.

I have installed IL2 on W10 (old rig) and W10 updated after to W11 (new rig) and I can confirm that I haven't got any issues!

[RABIZO]

"Whiskey_Sierra_972".

Thank you for your help.

[Whiskey_Sierra_972]