The instruction in question is called POPCNT Population Count, and this is a CPU instruction that also prevents Windows 11 from being installed on older hardware. Its job is counting how many bits are present in a binary number. However, as spotted by TheBobPony on X Twitter, POPCNT will not be a problem for Nvidia’s latest graphics cards anymore. UPDATE: Recent NVIDIA drivers no longer require the POPCNT CPU instruction, this means old CPUs such as the Intel Core 2 Duo will be able to...
