v26.0 and 26.2 are 'Not compatible'

[ianr26673570]

Hi,

My PS updates report that v26.0 and 26.2 are 'Not compatible'  the report is that my processor needs 'Advanced Vector Extensions 2' (AVE2) 

My machine is quite old by well specifed

Dell Precision workstation T5500

Two Xeon(R) CPUs E5507 @ 2.27 GHz 4 cores each

32Gb RAM

Win10 Pro  64 bit

GPU AMD FirePro W8100

16Tbb total storage

Is there anything I can do to be able to run PS v26 and above?

Thanks,

Ian

[davescm · Accepted solution]

It is a hardware limitation. Photoshop now needs a CPU that supports AVX2. Your CPUs launched in 2010 and now classed as 'End of Life' do not support those instructions. There is no setting to get around that hardware limitation.

Dave

[ianr26673570]

Thanks, I thought as much.

It's very annoying. I doubt I could swap the CPUs on the motherboard and a
new High Spec machine would be expensive 😞

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[davescm]

Yes it is an unfortunate consequence of rapidly advancing technology that we end up on a merry go round of upgrading hardware, software, cameras etc just to keep up 😞

Dave

[ianr26673570]

I understand but I am just a keen amature photographer . I'm retired and
living on my pensions 😞

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[Gyuri K]

Unfortunately my 11th edition of i5 processor has AVX2 and much more, still cannot download anything noting that these does not work on my machine - incompatibel, I need to upgrade it. I can't understand how's a web app makes such a bad decision. How can I download the apps?

[davescm]

@Gyuri K Have you tried a different browser? Some can incorreectly report operating system info.

Dave