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Carbonic
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7 years ago

Re: Cpu does not have POPCNT! help

Hi @trakgamer12 and welcome to Answers HQ

Your CPU is below the minimum system requirements for Apex Legends and therefore wont be able to run the game.

Minimum system requirements:

  • OS: 64-bit Windows 7
  • CPU: Intel Core i3-6300 3.8GHz / AMD FX-4350 4.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor
  • RAM: 6GB
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 / Radeon HD 7700
  • GPU RAM: 1 GB
  • HARD DRIVE: Minimum 30 GB of free space

There's sadly nothing we can do except press the "me too" button on threads in here.

POPCNT is a part of the SSE4 CPU instructions as can be seen here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE4

As can be seen here: https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/aop521/quick_update_before_the_weekend/ CPUs will also need SSE3 support.

115 Replies

  • mpmpGAMING's avatar
    mpmpGAMING
    7 years ago

    I have the same problem with  Intel Xeon E5450 3.00 GHz ☚ī¸ rly its good processor

  • crveni34's avatar
    crveni34
    7 years ago

    Unfortunately any of socket 775 wont work. We should make a pettion or something so they patch it and let us play.

  • erciihan1's avatar
    erciihan1
    7 years ago
    i have q6600 also im playing with this cpu PikG 🙂 but i cant play this game bllsht
  • z1rk06n0v's avatar
    z1rk06n0v
    7 years ago

    hey i have an intel core2extreme X9650 does that have support 

  • MuzykaZWindy's avatar
    MuzykaZWindy
    7 years ago
    minimal requirement is i3-6300 so it doesnt till they give fix for it, but i guess they wont
  • Zazuradia's avatar
    Zazuradia
    7 years ago

    That's the CPU i'm using, along with a GTX 750ti. It doesn't work. Same error message: CPU does not have POPCNT!

  • WeryxYeet's avatar
    WeryxYeet
    7 years ago
    Do you know if they will patch it so older CPUs that miss sse 4.2 will be supported ?
  • chrisnikpir's avatar
    chrisnikpir
    7 years ago

    Mi pc tiene dos xeon x5460 y tengo una 1050ti y no me deja jugar 

  • lousytipper's avatar
    lousytipper
    7 years ago

    Same processor, same problem dude. â˜šī¸ I'm starting to feel like its that time again. New MOBO and processor. 😞

  • luci141's avatar
    luci141
    7 years ago

    Same problem on Q9550 OC 3.8 , nvdia 1060 , 12gb DDR3. They need to patch it but i guess they are lazy or have better things to do anyway is 1 code line to be changed 20 min job. Anyway they will patch it as soon as the player numbers dont go up or going down.

  • ZeDoPauGrandee's avatar
    ZeDoPauGrandee
    7 years ago

    What do you mean it's below requirements, my QUAD CORE is much better than that minimum requirement, just because it's diferente and old does not mean it's worse. I can run RAINBOW SIX SIEGE 60 FPS. Don't tell me your * kid * game is heavier than RAINBOW SIX SIEGE. STOP BEING LAZY AND FIX IT.

  • ThisTeaOrigin's avatar
    ThisTeaOrigin
    7 years ago

    OS:64-bit Windows 7
    CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) 3.00GHz 
    RAM:6 GB
    GPU:AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series

    Can i run Apex Legends with this specifications??

  • ThisTeaOrigin's avatar
    ThisTeaOrigin
    7 years ago

    OS:64-bit Windows 7
    CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) 3.00GHz
    RAM:6GB

    GPU:AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series

    Can i run Apex Legends with this specifications??

  • Harisson07's avatar
    Harisson07
    7 years ago

    My CPU runs instrunctions sets SSE3 and SSE4.1 so why it won't run?

  • Isma3M's avatar
    Isma3M
    7 years ago
    Y por que fortnite o overwatch no necesitan que la cpu tenga popcnt ?
  • imZmi's avatar
    imZmi
    7 years ago
    Hi. Not revelant to the question, but i've been wondering. I have the same cpu with Asus P5G41T-M LX Motherboard. How did you get 3.8GHz? Can you write me your jumper settings?
  • RevGunthak's avatar
    RevGunthak
    7 years ago

    Unlocked multipliers on XFX nForce 790i ultra sli motherboard make it quite flexible for the X5470.

  • RevGunthak's avatar
    RevGunthak
    7 years ago

    Players with a clearly capable spec (3.0+ GHZ quad core, 8-16 GB system RAM, recent GPU with 4GB~ VRAM) want to play this game.

    Retro-compatibility for POPCNT can be patched in.

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