Compatible hardware with Windows 8/8.1

[Cockatiel]

Introduction:

Here, you will find a list of AMD/Intel CPUs/chipsets and Intel/NVIDIA/AMD GPUs which support Microsoft® Windows 8/8.1™. If you have any additions that aren't currently listed, feel free to reply with them and they will be added as soon as possible. 

Supported CPUs:

Intel (Desktop/Server):

WIP (Work in progress)

• Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott, 2004-2005) *x64 is only supported from the Pentium 4 505 Processor and newer *NX-capable CPU required *Only 8 x86/x64 or 8.1 x86 is supported, 8.1 x64 is not supported
• Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (Prescott, 2005) *Supports both x86 and x64 *NX-capable CPU required *Only 8 x86/x64 or 8.1 x86 is supported, 8.1 x64 is not supported
• Intel Pentium 4 HT (Prescott, 2004-2005) *x64 is only supported by F-series, 5x1, 517, 524 and few OEM models in E-series (SL7QB, SL7Q8) *NX-capable CPU required *Only 8 x86/x64 or 8.1 x86 is supported, 8.1 x64 is not supported
• Intel Pentium 4 HT (Prescott 2M, 2005) *Supports both x86 and x64 *Only 8 x86/x64 or 8.1 x86 is supported, 8.1 x64 is not supported
• Intel Pentium 4 HT (Cedar Mill, 2006) *Supports both x86 and x64
• Intel Pentium D & Pentium Extreme Edition, all models
• Intel Celeron D (Prescott, 2004-2005) *x64 only supported by 3x1, 3x6, 355 models *NX-capable CPU required *Only 8 x86/x64 or 8.1 x86 is supported, 8.1 x64 is not supported
• Intel Celeron D (Cedar Mill, 2006-2007) *Supports both x86 and x64
• Intel Celeron, all Core-based and newer models up to latest Alder Lake based Celerons.
• Intel Core 2 Duo, all models
• Intel Core 2 Extreme, all models
• Intel Core 2 Quad, all models
• Intel Pentium, all newer models up to latest Alder Lake based Pentiums.
• Intel Core i3 *all models up to 13th generation Raptor Lake processors.
• Intel Core i5 *all models up to 13th generation Raptor Lake processors.
• Intel Core i7 *all models up to 13th generation Raptor Lake processors.
• Intel Core i9 *all models up to 13th generation Raptor Lake processors.
• Intel Xeon, all models from 2.8 "Nocona" to 11th generation Tiger Lake processors.

Intel (Mobile):

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• Intel Pentium M, all NX-capable models *x86 only
• Intel Atom *all models up to Tremont microarchitecture.
• Intel Core Solo, all models
• Intel Core Duo, all models
• Intel Core 2 Solo, all models
• Intel Core 2 Duo, all models
• Intel Core 2 Quad, all models
• Intel Core 2 Extreme, all models
• Intel Pentium up to Alder Lake mobile processors.
• Intel Core i3 *all models up to 13th generation Raptor Lake processors.
• Intel Core i5 *all models up to 13th generation Raptor Lake processors.
• Intel Core i7 *all models up to 13th generation Raptor Lake processors.
• Intel Core i9 *all models up to 13th generation Raptor Lake processors.

AMD (Desktop/Server):

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• AMD Athlon 64, all models *Only 8 x86/x64 or 8.1 x86 is supported, 8.1 x64 is not supported 
• AMD Athlon 64 X2, all models (X2 & K10) *Only 8 x86/x64 or 8.1 x86 is supported, 8.1 x64 is not supported
• AMD Phenom, all models
• AMD Opteron, all models
• AMD Sempron (Palermo, Socket 754; July/August 2005) *x64 only supported by all models with an OPN ending in BX and CV)
• AMD Sempron (Palermo, Socket 939; October 2005) *x64 only supported by all models with an OPN ending in BW
• AMD Sempron "Manilla" or later, all models
• AMD FX (Bulldozer Family), all models
• AMD Ryzen (all models)

AMD (Mobile)

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• AMD Mobile Sempron, all models (2003-2006) *x86 only

• AMD Mobile Athlon 64, all models (2004-2005) *Only 8 x86/x64 or 8.1 x86 is supported, 8.1 x64 is not supported

• AMD Turion 64, all models (2005) 

• AMD Kite Platform - AMD Bristol/Stoney Ridge Platform, all CPUs & APUs (2006-2016).

Supported GPUs:

WIP (Work in progress)

Intel GPUs:

• Intel GMA 950 (Desktop: 945GC, 945GZ, 945G; Mobile: 945 Family) or newer, last Intel GPU to support 8.x is Intel HD 5xx series (Skylake; Desktop and Mobile).
• Newer Intel GPUs up to UHD 630 (Comet Lake; Desktop and Mobile) can be also made to work with 8.x, albeit not officially supported by Intel.

ATI/AMD GPUs:

• ATI Radeon 9500 or later; last AMD GPU to support 8.0 is AMD RX 4xx series and 16.7.3 driver, and last AMD GPU to support 8.1 without any issues is AMD RX 5xx series and 17.7.1 driver officially, and 22.6.1 driver unofficially.
• AMD Radeon RX Vega up to RX 6xxx series will also work with 8.1 with 22.6.1 driver unofficially, but it have issues with DXGI flip (it just gives black screen, mainly seen on newer Unity games) and Discord/YouTube (driver crashes when trying to play some videos with hardware acceleration enabled)

NVIDIA GPUs:

• NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 and later
• NVIDIA GeForce 8 series to GeForce 300 series
• NVIDIA GeForce 400 series and later; last NVIDIA GPU to officially support 8/8.1 was the GTX 1080 Ti along with driver version 474.44 (474.11 is the latest version signed for 8.x).
• The Windows 7 version of 474.11/44 driver will also work on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 16xx and RTX 2xxx series without any modifications.
• But NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3xxx series need this modded+signed 474.44 driver (it will also work for RTX 2xxx and older): https://mega.nz/file/fNFlETrA#ZpYUZ35qQfgkyXY7A9-s_QNo2pb5Skrv5RBMeP7dB9Y

Final Apple Mac Computers to support 8/8.1 via Boot Camp:

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Miscellaneous Hardware:

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• Looking for an Xbox One Controller driver for Windows 8/8.1? View this thread for download + how to install (HUGE THANKS TO @GTAGAME for this.)
• Download Elgato HD 60 S Capture Card drivers here - to install, extract the exe with 7-ZIP and manually install the drivers in Device Manager (thanks again to GTAGAME for pointing this out).

Edited September 29, 2023 by Cockatiel

[K4sum1]

So GPUs would be up to 2000 series stock, up to 3000 series modded. AMD works up to 6000 series, but they're jank. Actual properly would be probably up to RX 5xx or maybe Radeon VII or Vega 64 maybe.

Everything else should just work. I've not encountered hardware that works on 10 but not 8.1.

[Stefan43]

On 7/22/2023 at 4:57 PM, Cockatiel said:

Intel GPUs:

• Newer Intel GPUs up to UHD 630 (Comet Lake; Desktop and Mobile) can be also made to work with 8.x, albeit not officially supported by Intel.

How could this be done? I can't find a way to get this working. Using a Pentium Gold CPU with Intel UHD 630 here. Any recommendations?

[Cockatiel]

4 hours ago, Stefan43 said:

How could this be done? I can't find a way to get this working. Using a Pentium Gold CPU with Intel UHD 630 here. Any recommendations?

Try this driver: https://dl.driverpack.io/driverpacks/repack/Video_Intel-NT/Intel/FORCED/6Xx64/HD600_21.20.16.5077/Intel-FORCED-6Xx64-HD600_21.20.16.5077-drp.zip P.S. it must be installed with driver signature enforcement disabled due to the inf file being modded, but the sys file is signed, so, you don't need to boot with driver signature enforcement disabled

[Stefan43]

On 8/7/2023 at 2:41 PM, Cockatiel said:

Try this driver: https://dl.driverpack.io/driverpacks/repack/Video_Intel-NT/Intel/FORCED/6Xx64/HD600_21.20.16.5077/Intel-FORCED-6Xx64-HD600_21.20.16.5077-drp.zip P.S. it must be installed with driver signature enforcement disabled due to the inf file being modded, but the sys file is signed, so, you don't need to boot with driver signature enforcement disabled

Thanks for your reply, that driver didn't work for me though. I managed to get a beta driver, provided by Biostar, working on my system after adding my device to the .INF file.