Nvidia geforce 384 remove cpu limitation on netflix 4k

The Nvidia GeForce 384 drivers have come with several surprises for users of the manufacturer's GPUs, if we found out a few days ago that DirectX 12 support had finally been added to cards based on the Fermi architecture, we have now learned that it also They remove the CPU restriction to use the Netflix service at 4K resolution.

GeForce 384 now lets you watch Netflix at 4K with an older CPU

Now now the only way to watch Netflix content in 4K on a computer was by using a seventh generation Intel CPU, i.e. one of the Kaby Lake chips or an AMD Ryzen / Bristol Ridge processor. These are the only ones that include the hardware necessary to play Netflix content at 4K encoded with HDCP 2.2.

Nvidia Fermi receives support for DirectX 12

The Nvidia GeForce 384 finally removes this restriction, the discovery has been made by a Reddit user who has seen how his team is capable of playing Netflix at 4K with a CPU from several generations ago and a GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card based on the architecture Pascal. This opens the door for a large number of users to enjoy all the series and movies that the popular streaming service offers us in 4K resolution.

Source: techpowerup