This shouldn't affect most users.

AMD has announced that its upcoming RX 9070 series (RDNA 4) GPUs will require a UEFI system for optimal compatibility. Put simply, it has dropped support for the older BIOS and CSM standards, requiring users to make the necessary shift to UEFI. While this doesn’t mean RDNA 4 GPUs will cease to function with legacy firmware, AMD offers no assurance.

  • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    12 hours ago

    UEFI came out in like 2005 and was standard on basically all new PC motherboards from around 2012

    Tbh I’m shocked generations before this still had official BIOS support

  • lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    991·
    13 hours ago

    UEFI has been the norm for well over a decade at this point. If you’re trying to run a brand new GPU in a 15+ year-old system, you’ve already made many mistakes.

    • Korkki@lemmy.mlEnglish
      111·
      13 hours ago

      Wasn’t uefi a must already for windows 10 computers? Atleast for win 11 it is. We are probably talking 10-20% max of global computers that are affected and those also the type of computers that are not generally upgrading to RDNA4.

      • n2burns@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        12 hours ago

        Wasn’t uefi a must already for windows 10 computers?

        Nope, I’ve been running Win10 on multiple computers with a BIOS.

        Atleast for win 11 it is.

        AFAIK, UEFI isn’t technically a requirement. However, TPM 2.0 is, and that requires UEFI.

        • cmhe@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          12 hours ago

          AFAIK, UEFI isn’t technically a requirement. However, TPM 2.0 is, and that requires UEFI.

          TPM 2.0 does not require UEFI. I have a system here with TPM 2.0 and only legacy boot support. And you can just buy a TPM 2.0 module and connect it with any board, that has a SPI connector.

  • Exec@pawb.socialEnglish
    3·
    8 hours ago

    Huh, the 7000G series already required uefi, surprised it took them this long to require that for their dedicated gpus