WINDOWS 7 POWER ▀ 256 THREADS / 192GB RAM OR EVEN MORE?

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WINDOWS 7 POWER ▀ 256 THREADS / 192GB RAM OR EVEN MORE?

UPDATED ON: 2023-04-12
Section is constantly updated.

Power of vintage 2009 operating system by microsoft can’t be underestimated.
[Windows 7 x64] supports up to 256 cores and up to 192Gb of RAM.
How cool is that, huh?

256 thread CPU appeared only a [short time ago] .

░ H#RDWARE
TECHNOLOGIES PARAMETERS
MAX CPU SOCKETS 2
MAX CPU CORES 128
MAX CPU THREADS 256
MAX MOBO RAM 192Gb [or even bigger]1
MODERN CPUs Ryzen 7xxx / 8xxx / Threadripper 5xxx 2
MODERN GPUs Radeon 6xxx [6950XT] / Geforce 3xxx [3090 Ti] [April 2023][direct link] 3
NVME SUPPORT YUP [+] 4
USB3 SUPPORT AHA [+] 5
░ SOFTW@RE
TECHNOLOGIES PARAMETERS
DIRECT X 11.1 [12.0] 6
VISUAL C++ LIBS 2003-2023 7
SECURITY PATCHES October 8, 2024 [POS updates] 8 / 9
MODERN WEB Firefox v112 [v115 ESR? TBD] 10
PYTHON v3.8.15 [v3.9-3.11] 11
BLENDER v2.92 [up to v3.4] 12


44-core BROADWELL XEON E5-2696v4 [2016] IN ACTION




► [COMPLETE TWEAKING GUIDE FOR WINDOWS 7 SP2 ESU] ◄
► [LIST OF MODERN SOFTWARE, WHICH WERE FORCED TO WORK IN WINDOWS 7 ENVIRONMENT] ◄
► [COLLECTION OF ALL WINDOWS 7 RELATED ARTICLES] ◄


CONSIDERING ABOVE MENTIONED FACTS WINDOWS 7 WILL EASILY
OUTLIVE WINDOWS 10 IN TERMS OF LIFESPAN!


Note that [Win-Raid forum thread] is very helpful in driver trickery.




Imagery by spacedrone808

  1. 192Gb of RAM is purely artificial limitation.
    Bigger amounts can be achieved by means of [registry hack] [ZwQueryLicenseValue]. ↩︎

  2. Support of modern AMD chipsets is possible via [CanonKong USB3 driver]
    x570/x670/wrx80 are supported, however beware of exceptions! ↩︎

  3. Nvidia security driver updates [till october 2024] . ↩︎

  4. NVME technology is not supported out of the box in gold release of Windows 7.
    Appropriate NVME drivers can be installed from manufacturer’s website or slip streamed into OS ISO image. ↩︎

  5. USB3 technology is not supported out of the box in gold release of Windows 7.
    Appropriate USB3 drivers can be installed from manufacturer’s website or slip streamed into OS ISO image. ↩︎

  6. DirectX 12.0 is possible if developer of software will include required support into the product. ↩︎

  7. [Download latest VC++ (2003-2023) libs]  ↩︎

  8. Windows Embedded POS Ready 7 will receive updates [till October 8 2024] .
    Simplix confirmed that updates for embedded devices will be included in his pack,
    meaning that EOL of [Simplix updater] matches EOL for POS updates [October 8, 2024]. ↩︎

  9. Opatch announced support [till January 2025] in worst case scenario. ↩︎

  10. Last version of Firefox is almost determined [TBD state].
    I suspect that browser will be supported at least [till the end of 2024] . ↩︎

  11. More information on hacked Python 3.9-3.11 versions can be obtained [HERE] . ↩︎

  12. More information on hacked up to Blender 3.4 versions can be obtained [HERE] .
     ↩︎