Summary
Receiving an error "Your CPU needs to support AVX instructions to run this game" when playing Age of Empires IV.
Description
The Age of Empires IV game was recently purchased, through XBOX and when trying to open the game, there's an error saying, "Your CPU Needs to support AVX instructions to run this game".
Resolution
- Check if the processor supports it. To find if the processor supports AVX, visit the product specification page (ARK) website.
Follow these steps:
- Find the Intel® Processor number.
- Go to product specification page and enter the number of the intel processors on the search box.
- Under Advanced Technologies tab, look for Instruction Set Extensions
- Verify the game system requirements.
- Check the game developer website if there's a known issue.
Additional information
Receiving this error, means that the hardware is not meeting the minimum technical requirements needed to run the game.