Finding the right processor with AVX2

[ThomasH_on_the_web]

As we know, in a Night and Fog action Adobe introduced an incompatibility with millions of existing PC's and laptops. The recent Lightroom version demand for a processor with AVX2 instruction set (Advanced Vector Extensions V2).

But Adobe does not provide any simple means to identify said processors!   Every user of Lightroom may now be facing the necessity of purchasing a new computer, and effectively retire and dump the old one to a land fill.  Of course, they will ignore any plea to reverse this action, but they MUST provide a clarity what to purchase now.

How to identify the "correct" processor with AVX2?  Most main manufacturers (Dell, Lenovo, HP to name a few) do not provide such information with their devices.

[dj_paige · Accepted solution]

Intel provides that info

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000090473/processors/intel-core-processors....

I'm sure AMD has a similar web page

[ThomasH_on_the_web]

Thanks, very useful!
So am I correct how this works: 🙂
1) Purchase a computer
2) install Intel Processor Identification Utility.
3) Check if AVX2 is supported.
4) If not,  return the computer,  get a refund.
5) Go to (1) and repeat till you get the AVX2
🙂 Sorry, just having here a little fun.

[DexterGordon2]

As we know, in a Night and Fog action Adobe introduced an incompatibility with millions of existing PC's and laptops. The recent Lightroom version demand for a processor with AVX2 instruction set (Advanced Vector Extensions V2).

But Adobe does not provide any simple means to identify said processors!   Every user of Lightroom may now be facing the necessity of purchasing a new computer, and effectively retire and dump the old one to a land fill.  Of course, they will ignore any plea to reverse this action, but they MUST provide a clarity what to purchase now.

How to identify the "correct" processor with AVX2?  Most main manufacturers (Dell, Lenovo, HP to name a few) do not provide such information with their devices.

By @ThomasH_on_the_web

Hello! Perhaps the question should be, what software can replace Lightroom Classic that doesn't require AVX2 and doesn't require me to replace my computer, which is still completely capable of running professional softwares. The answer is probably: all the others softwares don't require it. But there's more: there hasn't been a technical explanation for photo editing requiring AVX2. What's more, those who have installed the program without ACC have been able to run it with AVX (the first version), removing the number 2 in a text editor from every section where it appears next to AVX, without reporting any problems. So why does this happen? Could the closeness of one corporation with another, for example, Adobe and processor and hardware manufacturers, have played a role in forcing the sale of new units? I think so, absolutely. Others will insist there's a technical reason, which hasn't been proven. And others will think differently, even attributing it to clumsiness and a disconnect between teams... which I find very dubious in a business that doesn't seek to lose money, but quite the opposite.
Cheers.