It's still worth mention that just because you're still rocking an unlisted eight-core, 16-thread Ryzen 7 1800X or quad-core, eight-thread Core i7 7700K, that doesn't mean Windows 11 won't run on your rig. We've offered some help to those struggling with the Health Check app-hint: it's probably the TPM 2.0 switch in your BIOS. So having a long list of supported CPUs, that seems to miss out any silicon not born longer than four years ago, is just another knife in the heart.īest gaming PC: the top pre-built machines from the prosīest gaming laptop: perfect notebooks for mobile gaming On the other, we had a Windows 11 Health Check app that seemed to be telling PC gamers, with monstrously powerful rigs, that their machines weren't up to the task of running Microsoft's next-gen operating system. On the one hand, the excruciatingly earnest 'What's Next for Windows' livestream showed us a vision of Windows 11 as an open, good-looking update to Windows 10, with more than a penchant for gaming. The announcement of Windows 11 has been met with both interest and consternation. In its defence, that page does now give one definitive set of minimum hardware requirements for Windows 11, but the fact it's doubled down on Microsoft's assertion that the TPM 2.0 spec was an absolute must if you wanted to get yourself some sweet next-gen OS action is a little saddening.

Devices that do not meet the hardware requirements cannot be upgraded to Windows 11.' 'In order to run Windows 11, devices must meet the hardware specifications. That's the difference between definitely not being able to install Windows 11 and just not being advised to.īut late on Saturday Microsoft updated the page 'to correct the guidance around the TPM requirements for Windows 11' and to remove all talk about hard and soft floors.

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