mobilenvidia Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Windows 8 looks to go RTM next month, for those looking at upgrading and wanting to know is my GPU compatible, here is a list from NVIDIA of the GPUs supported by Windows 8 Preview, Windows 8 retail will be very similar: Consumer Notebook GPUs: GeForce GTX 675M GeForce GTX 670M GeForce GTX 660M GeForce GT 650M GeForce GT 640M GeForce GT 640M LE GeForce GT 635M GeForce GT 630M GeForce GT 620M GeForce 610M GeForce GTX 580M GeForce GTX 570M GeForce GTX 560M GeForce GTX 485M GeForce GTX 480M GeForce GTX 470M GeForce GTX 460M GeForce GT 555M GeForce GT 550M GeForce GT 540M GeForce GT 525M GeForce GT 520MX GeForce GT 520M GeForce GT 445M GeForce GT 435M GeForce GT 425M GeForce GT 420M GeForce GT 415M GeForce GTS 360M GeForce GTS 350M GeForce GT 335M GeForce GT 330M GeForce GT 325M GeForce 410M GeForce 315M GeForce 310M GeForce 305M GeForce GTX 285M GeForce GTX 280M GeForce GTX 260M GeForce GTS 160M GeForce GTS 150M GeForce GT 130M GeForce G110M GeForce G105M GeForce G102M GeForce 9800M GTX GeForce 9800M GT GeForce 9800M GTS GeForce 9800M GS GeForce 9700M GTS GeForce 9700M GT GeForce 9650M GT GeForce 9650M GS GeForce 9600M GT GeForce 9600M GS GeForce 9500M GS GeForce 9500M G GeForce 9400M G GeForce 9300M GS GeForce 9300M G GeForce 9200M GS GeForce 9100M G GeForce 8700M GeForce 8600M GeForce 8400M GeForce 8200M G Consumer Desktop GPUs: GeForce GTX 690 GeForce GTX 680 GeForce GTX 670 GeForce GT 645 (OEM)* GeForce GT 640 GeForce GT 640 (OEM)* GeForce GT 630 GeForce GT 630 (OEM)* GeForce GT 620 GeForce GT 620 (OEM)* GeForce GT 610 GeForce 605 (OEM)* GeForce GTX 590 GeForce GTX 580 GeForce GTX 570 GeForce GTX 560 Ti GeForce GTX 560 Ti (OEM)* GeForce GTX 560 GeForce GTX 560 (OEM)* GeForce GTX 555 (OEM)* GeForce GTX 550 Ti GeForce GT 545 (OEM)* GeForce GT 545 (OEM)* GeForce GT 530 (OEM)* GeForce GT 520 GeForce GT 520 (OEM)* GeForce 510 (OEM)* GeForce GTX 480 GeForce GTX 470 GeForce GTX 465 GeForce GTX 460 GeForce GTS 450 GeForce GTS 450 (OEM)* GeForce GT 440 GeForce GT 440 (OEM)* GeForce GT 430 GeForce GT 430 (OEM)* GeForce GT 420 (OEM)* GeForce 405 (OEM)* GeForce GT 340 GeForce GT 330 GeForce GT 320 GeForce 315 GeForce 310 GeForce GTX 295 GeForce GTX 285 GeForce GTX 280 GeForce GTX 275 GeForce GTX 260 GeForce GTS 250 GeForce GTS 240 (OEM)* GeForce GT 240 GeForce GT 220 GeForce 210 GeForce 205 GeForce GTS 150 (OEM)* GeForce GT 130 (OEM)* GeForce GT 120 (OEM)* GeForce G100 (OEM)* GeForce 9800 GX2 GeForce 9800 GTX+ GeForce 9800 GTX GeForce 9800 GT GeForce 9600 GT GeForce 9600 GSO 512 GeForce 9600 GSO GeForce 9500 GT GeForce 9400 GT GeForce 9400 GeForce 9300 GeForce 8800 Series GeForce 8600 Series GeForce 8500 GT GeForce 8400 GS GeForce 8300 GeForce 8200 GeForce 8100 GeForce 7950 GeForce 7900 GeForce 7800 GeForce 7600 GeForce 7500 GeForce 7400 GeForce 7350 GeForce 7300 GeForce 7200 GeForce 7150 GeForce 7100 GeForce 7050 GeForce 7025 GeForce 6800 GeForce 6700 GeForce 6600 GeForce 6500 GeForce 6200 GeForce 6100/6150 ION ION-LE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H4ck 3D Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Hi mobilenvidia, Oddly enough, Nvidia seems to have dropped support for DX9 and prior GPUs in their latest desktop driver release for Windows 8. That would be anything less than GeForce 8 in the above list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribaljet Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Well, I do hope Geforce Go 7 series (namely the Go 7200) can be used through modified .inf files, or that might mean a friend of mine won't be able to use Windows 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipper Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 As desktop 6.xxx series are supported in Win8, I don't see anything that might change the current situation re modified infs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribaljet Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 That's reason for relief :) My main concern is that specific GPU is quite picky when it comes to drivers, despite not being locked down in terms of Device ID. In any case, I'm going to let Windows 8 simmer a bit after RTM, and then I'll see how things will go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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