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Nvidia has announced that it will no longer offer its display drivers on old CPUs that don't support POPCNT. The good news is that it should not affect most modern computers. Users who try to install the latest GPU drivers on unsupported systems may experience a blue screen of death (BSOD) with an error that says SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED. Nvidia had published a knowledgebase article in June, confirming that its Windows drivers for older CPUs is reaching end-of-life support. The last Nvidia drivers to support the legacy processors are version 554 release drivers, so if you have a…