List of games that use AVX instructions?

[mcjmetroid]

I'm just wondering are you guys aware of any Steam games or otherwise that use AVX instructions?

I'm aware of Death Stranding and Horizon both of which wont launch on my PC. After rooting around online for reasons why it won't launch it seems my CPU is the issue and something called AVX instructions on certain games.

And before you even start.. I'm not upgrading my CPU. That's not an option.
Let's just nip that in the bud now. I saw an older thread on this.

Anyway ....no biggie but I cant find a decent list online of games that require it. The actual Wikipedia page only mentions Horizan but I know there are more.. Death Stranding for one.

Anyone know of other games than horizon or death stranding that require it? Or even upcoming games that may use it?
Games to be aware of in other words.

[Daggoth]

There's a lot and the number is growing.
Many Ubisoft games for example use AVX now (although they occasionally have this requirement removed, sometimes patched out, sometimes patch IN - so never assume with Ubisoft). I believe Denuvo anti-tamper uses AVX in more recent versions as well, so there's another bunch of games.

Since it's such a technical thing, it's almost never stated outright, and publisher will hide behind the system specs saying you need an FX chip or better.
So you'll find most information by looking up if people are having problems starting the game on Phenom processors.

Unfortunately Phenom is 10 years old now so an increasing number of games are highlighting it's lack of AVX support.

[faizan.hassaan]

Games That Require AVX
1. Samurai Showdown
2. Dead Stranding
3. Mortal Kombat 11 (Only In DRM)
4. Xenia (xbox 360 emulator)
5. Yuzu Emulator (Nintendo Switch) (Requires AVX2)
6. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
7. Yakuza Remastered Collection
8. Yakuza: Like A Dragon
9. Saints Row: The Third Remastered
10. Left Alive (Requires FMA)
11. Resident Evil 8 Village

[faizan.hassaan]

btw horizon zero dawn no longer requires avx to play, download the latest version and play :)

[Drex]

phantasy star online 2 requires it since moving to the 'new' New Genesis game/expansion thinger

[Villain]

faizan.hassaan původně napsal:

Games That Require AVX
1. Samurai Showdown
2. Dead Stranding
3. Mortal Kombat 11 (Only In DRM)
4. Xenia (xbox 360 emulator)
5. Yuzu Emulator (Nintendo Switch) (Requires AVX2)
6. Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
7. Yakuza Remastered Collection
8. Yakuza: Like A Dragon
9. Saints Row: The Third Remastered
10. Left Alive (Requires FMA)
11. Resident Evil 8 Village

half of these games don't require an avx instruction set.
Samsho 2019 was patched
MK11 never required AVX CPU
AC Odyssey - patched
RE8 - never required AVX CPU

[MaxC.]

I was just bitten by this today with Death Stranding: it was on super sale and I didn't check further that AVX was a requirement.

My CPU is a Intel Core i7 Extreme 980X and boi, with a RFX 2070S everything I play still runs smooth at 60FPS on this 11y old machine.

PPL berate you your CPU is too old yada yada and more games are using it etc. but I actually rarely encounter games that truly have them. CP2077 was one of them, it was patched out. I bought Assassin's Creed: Odyssey a year after it came out and didn't even realize the AVX issues, as they've been patched out. I play Forza Horizon 5 on Full HD with 60 FPS, no issues.

Whatever AVX can really improve in terms of performance, it can't be that important otherwise every game would have it.

Anyway, the steam shop store of Death Stranding explicitly mentions this. Though I'm not sure all games do? Samurai Shodown does not on their store page. Seems to be a dev courtesy to even mention this.

[Crystal Sharrd]

The release of the New Genesis Saga expansion for Phantasy Star Online 2 updated the base game's graphics engine, which includes an AVX requirement.

[Deckard]

Madden NFL 22 uses this useless crap too.

[s0up]

seems like Dying Light 2 requires AVX as well

[Rulesless]

Lost Judgment needs AVX (as written, but also it is third generation I5 in minimum requirements) or AVX2?
(My I7 960 have AVX and SSE4.2)

[Crashed]

Sonic Frontiers according to the Steam page.

[faizan.hassaan]

WWE 2K22 also requires AVX

[faizan.hassaan]

Rulesless původně napsal:

Lost Judgment needs AVX (as written, but also it is third generation I5 in minimum requirements) or AVX2?
(My I7 960 have AVX and SSE4.2)

AVX starts from 2nd gen and AVX2 starts from fourth gen, yours is i7 1st gen so it only has sse4.2

[Deckard]

faizan.hassaan původně napsal:

Rulesless původně napsal:

Lost Judgment needs AVX (as written, but also it is third generation I5 in minimum requirements) or AVX2?
(My I7 960 have AVX and SSE4.2)

AVX starts from 2nd gen and AVX2 starts from third gen, yours is i7 1st gen so it only has sse4.2

You're right my I7 990X does not support AVX

[Charlie]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.