_roman_So how comes the secure boot, tpm etc, is not related to the motherboard and is purely related to the cpu?

GrimlingGame "requires it". Not for running the Game, but for banning you and blacklisting your Hardware, after you have been cheating (which is stupid to begin with).

SnoutBaron(Get-TpmEndorsementKeyInfo -Hash "Sha256").PublicKeyHash


Yes....? That's the point since it's the anti-cheat system that requires it...

MysteoaBlessing in disguise.

soderI would demand companies to publish list if blocked TPM hashes. So when you plan to buy a used CPU / PC, you can ask from the seller this info. Then you can query said hash in a central database.... LOL, I know I know guys... just wetdreaming....!

Oh, almost forgot! People were freaked about the god damn Pentium Serial Number tracking ability. Here you go folks, 20 years later (TPM is with us since some time, so in reality its not 2026 when this sht started), and the same sht disguised in a different coating went already live, and nobody was protesting! In this case its cheaper (and more enduser-safe) to disable the fkin fTPM (the cpu-builtin-one), and use a motherboard pluggable one. That you can replace in case of such crap happens. Oh yeah.. most motherboards no longer have a TPM header, and a TPM module will cost like a full house soon.

claylomax"If it were up to me, we'd have soul bans that followed them into hell"

What's this man smoking? 😂

claylomax"If it were up to me, we'd have soul bans that followed them into hell"

What's this man smoking? 😂

Hecate91Yet another reason to avoid playing these games which insert bootloader level malware. If only these game companies went to the same effort to use server level anti-cheats instead.

claylomax"If it were up to me, we'd have soul bans that followed them into hell"

What's this man smoking? 😂

MysteoaBlessing in disguise.

pirty_waggenu dont play much online games huh?

DrUsmanSaleemBuying a used Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU has apparently locked its new owner out of Valorant. Reddit user After-Cartoonist-196 posted on r/PCBaumeister that they bought the chip through the German classifieds site Kleinanzeigen and have owned it since September 21. The CPU apparently works fine. However, Valorant kicked them out at launch, even though the game ran normally on their previous processor. Riot support reportedly told them the CPU's ID was blacklisted in Vanguard on August 12 because the previous owner had cheated. The user also claims their motherboard and storage drive got flagged, and that support refused to lift the ban. However, Riot's head of anti-cheat, Phillip Koskinas, responded on X and disputed part of that. Here's what he posted:

By that timeline, this chip should work in Valorant again by mid-December. We still don't know how Vanguard tells one 5800X3D from another, since a CPU doesn't report a unique serial number to Windows. The firmware TPM inside the processor is the likely answer, since Vanguard's on-demand mode requires TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot. Riot hasn't confirmed the method. AMD relaunched the 5800X3D at $350 in June, so plenty of AM4 owners are eyeing used ones right now. Unfortunately, there's no apparent way to check the chip for a ban before buying it.

AerpoweronMy last knowledge is that win 10 does not require secure boot and TPM 2.0 to run Valorant.

Hecate91Yet another reason to avoid playing these games which insert bootloader level malware.

RipcordYet Valve make do with pet Chickens