Cpu does not have POPCNT! help

@Sorenalike  Yep, you'd be able to run the game.

"Anyways, these issues are a nice reminder of why I hadn't used origin in years."

4m2.

Well i will wait until next patch hopefully they will fix it if not well i guess i will try fortnite then
Happy hunting!

To be fair, I do NOT think the gaming performance of a QUAD CORE LGA775/771 system is terrible. You can play at 4K in games at 30 FPS and get a modern console experience out of your machine. And it still has benefits over console (such as multi-tasking, web browsing, etc.)

However, I cannot recommend anyone buy a system like this, as games like AC Origins and Apex Legends (just to throw a couple out there) will not run. This isn't because the processor isn't powerful enough, but rather it is missing an instruction that is critical to the game.

Now you may argue they should be able to allow some sort of emulation for this for a processor that is missing these instructions, but most people have moved forward from the LGA775/771 systems, and they would be wasting resources on something that is used by a very discrete minority, which is ineffective compared to the other things they can address such as improvements in gameplay, graphics, etc.

I understand it is frustrating to want to play a game and not be able to. My recommendation is to maybe try a cloud service, such as shadow. Shadow is $35 (USD) a month and allows you to play on another computer in the cloud with very minimal latency. Other than this, you could try emulating POPCNT yourself, but this WILL decrease performance.

I have a few LGA775 systems that I tinker with. They aren't that bad. Running games at 30 FPS isn't the end of the world. But I have noticed, even with an Intel Xeon X5470 Overclocked to 3.5 GHz (I have a potato motherboard; 4 Cores) and a AMD Sapphire R9 Fury 4G, it still struggles to get decent framerates, especially in open world games. (GTA V for example runs between 30 FPS and 60 FPS, but usually hangs around 40 FPS).

To be clear: I think it's awesome that computers over a decade old are able to run modern games. It's like a slap to the face for the console users, who are just now getting 4K and have to pay $500 (USD) to get it, where as you can slap a computer like this together for way cheaper and get the same experience. But you can't argue the system is not obsolete. Once you are unable to do a large variety of tasks (without emulation), it should be considered obsolete.

Finally, I would just like to say: I hope someday that CPU instructions are more easily emulated for those non-tech savvy folks out there, but if you can understand this, you may be able to play: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-software-development-emulator

Its written clearly in minimum requirements, upgrade your cpu to fix

i aint gonna buy another cpu just to actually launch 1 game... respawn pls fix

i have the same problem with two xeon e5430 . The e5430 has got sse 4.1 instruction no sse 4.2 please fix that .

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@Twitch-Fetokis wrote:

i have the same problem with two xeon e5430 . The e5430 has got sse 4.1 instruction no sse 4.2 please fix that .

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The 5430 is a low end laptop CPU from 07'. You can bet that it won't be able to play most, if any games made in the past half a decade.

I'm not counting software rendered web games of course, and it's also not an insult. It's just the limits of dated technology, much like the Core 2 series. 

It'd be like having a phone from 2012 and expecting it to be able to play today's mobile FPS games. Technology does have an end of life, and that's not just when it breaks. 

Heck, I had to upgrade my 3 year old gaming notebook because it was falling behind, and that's only 3 years old, not nearly a decade. The Core 2's and the e5430 are nearing child-bearing age.

I don't understand how this issue could ever get any negative attention.

- "Minimum requirements" are not a physical check.

This is not console gaming with strict environments and components set in stone, I'm not trying to run a PS3 game in a PS2, this is desktop gaming. A high end piece from the last decade can run about every game with little to no performance issue whatsoever. Compatible CPUs below min. requirements can still play this game.

- The problem is compatibility. 

This is not a performance problem. You just keep throwing around that "if you're under minimum requirements the game won't play well". That is simply wrong, a lie, and anyone making this up is either misguided or irrationally angry for unintelligible reasons. My PC is fully capable to run this game, and has always done exceptionally well. Just for the record, it's none of your business whether someone wants to play this on a potato or not. 

- There is a solution

This is a known issue that has already been solved before by users. But we can't apply the same solution because it would trigger the anti cheating program. Moreso, a much more elegant solution with 0 performance hit is out there already, but can't be implemented for the same reason. This can be patched in. It's also literally one line of code.

We want to be aknowledged and want a definitive answer to act accordingly.