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AMD/ATI Drops Windows XP Support

Posted by timothy on from the sky-is-falling-just-very-slowly dept.

Billly Gates writes "The latest beta drivers for the Catalyst drivers control suite only list Vista as the lowest version they will support. We still have almost a year before Windows XP support finally ends. Will NVidia follow? So if you own a AMD system you will not receive audio, chipset, video, or any other drivers for your XP system and must upgrade or use an outdated legacy version. Looks like another death knell for this very long lasting platform."

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  1. Meh. by pushing-robot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you're buying the latest and greatest gaming cards, you're probably going to want DirectX 10 or 11, good multicore support, and an OS that can handle more than 3-ish GB of RAM.

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    How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
    1. Re:Meh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Because in the world of technology, things advance whether you like it or not.

      I see this bullshit all the time, and it sickens (and saddens) me. You have completely and entirely have forgotten the purpose of computers (re: technology): to solve problems or accomplish purposes that would otherwise be extremely time consuming or too difficult to do otherwise. If what you have works, there is no reason to change it. Most software today changes solely for the sake of change.

      Some things don't "advance" because they just work.

      I would love to see you argue your point with the individuals/companies mentioned in said article. I can assure you completely they would say the same thing I have.

  2. If it works, why worry. by chromaexcursion · · Score: 4, Insightful

    XP systems are older systems. You haven't been able to buy XP for years.
    How many people have XP systems and are buying new graphics cards?
    If it still works, who cares.

    If you've hit something where the graphics drivers are obsolete, there's probably a lot more wrong.

    keeping up with advances and supporting older systems is EXPENSIVE. AMD made a cost decision, it's not worth it.