Microsoft officially announces that Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 are not compatible with the new AMD Ryzen and Intel Kaby Lake processors and that there will be no updates for these processors.
We've been up and down for a few days with AMD Ryzen problems under Windows 10, 'confirmed' by Microsoft and categorically denied directly by AMD. Be that as it may, if we have an AMD Ryzen processor or a Kaby Lake processor and we use the Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 operating system, you should know that Microsoft has decided that there will be no updates for those who have these AMD and Intel processors under these two operating systems and therefore these operating systems are no longer 'compatible' with these processors.
Now it is clear why Intel has not introduced compatibility under Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 in Kaby Lake processors and the same happens with AMD and Ryzen processors. The funny thing about this whole story is that we have seen how AMD Ryzen processors work better in Windows 7 than in Windows 10 and even the first 'official' benchmark of a Ryzen 7 processor was made under Windows 7. A pretty crazy story, really .
Intel and AMD cannot officially support these operating systems or say that their processors, as in reality, work under Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, but the reality is that if we have a Ryzen or Kaby Lake processor and we install one of these two Microsoft operating systems, we will be able to function without problems, although Windows 7, everything is said, is already beginning to not be supported by a large amount of software, among which Skype stands out, which has stopped working correctly under Windows 7 and is complicated update it.
This announcement from Microsoft makes using the mentioned processors with the Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 operating systems, not recommended for security reasons, in addition, the following message will appear, surely: 'Unsupported hardware. Your PC uses a processor that is not compatible with this version of Windows and will not receive updates'
Source: overclock3d
