Hi,
I've recently noticed besides microsoft, vmware, xbmc/kodi and other software developers also many big hardware manufacturers stopped supporting windows xp.
What destroyed my dream of building a highspeed gaming machine for singlethread-/oldschool-games using the fastest single thread processor so far - i7-4790k.
I've noticed it after buying an R9 390 and wasn't able to find drivers, what completely disabled me from using video acceleration or games on xp.
What do you think about setting up a list to determine whether a hardware you're gonna buy is compatible to XP or not?
Not with an endless list of supported or unsupperted devices - just with a clear cotpoint what was the last device with xp support and what's the first without.
Do you think it's a good idea?
I would make the beginning:
AMD Graphics Cards: Latest Driver: 14.4 from 25.04.2014
Latest supported: R(5/7/9) 200 series including R9 290X, R7 260X, etc.
First unsupported: R(5/7) 300 series and FURY/Nano including R9 390, R7 360, etc.
AMD Chipsets (motherboards): Latest Chipset/Raid Driver: 13.4 from 24.04./213
Latest supported: SB9xx/ A-/E-series(said amd driver); (SB950)
First unsupported: I haven't found a motherboard with amd chipset without xp drivers so far.
(still writing)
I've recently noticed besides microsoft, vmware, xbmc/kodi and other software developers also many big hardware manufacturers stopped supporting windows xp.
What destroyed my dream of building a highspeed gaming machine for singlethread-/oldschool-games using the fastest single thread processor so far - i7-4790k.
I've noticed it after buying an R9 390 and wasn't able to find drivers, what completely disabled me from using video acceleration or games on xp.
What do you think about setting up a list to determine whether a hardware you're gonna buy is compatible to XP or not?
Not with an endless list of supported or unsupperted devices - just with a clear cotpoint what was the last device with xp support and what's the first without.
Do you think it's a good idea?
I would make the beginning:
AMD Graphics Cards: Latest Driver: 14.4 from 25.04.2014
Latest supported: R(5/7/9) 200 series including R9 290X, R7 260X, etc.
First unsupported: R(5/7) 300 series and FURY/Nano including R9 390, R7 360, etc.
AMD Chipsets (motherboards): Latest Chipset/Raid Driver: 13.4 from 24.04./213
Latest supported: SB9xx/ A-/E-series(said amd driver); (SB950)
First unsupported: I haven't found a motherboard with amd chipset without xp drivers so far.
(still writing)