[tomek@vz]

I just spent $3,000 on a new gaming PC with a high-end AMD CPU and a screaming-fast Nvidia GeForce 5080 GPU. You’d think I’d be able to run the latest AI features in Windows with that, right? And yeah, I’d love AI-powered file search! But my PC can’t have it—no desktop PC can.

Right now, there’s no way to put together a desktop PC that meets Microsoft’s requirements for accessing Copilot+ AI features. You need a qualified NPU for Copilot+, period. (What’s an NPU?) It’s been this way ever since Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs launched in 2024, and there still aren’t any qualified NPUs for desktops. Intel’s newer desktop NPUs aren’t fast enough and AMD’s desktop CPUs don’t have NPUs yet.

Long story short, if you want a proper desktop PC, then no Copilot+ AI features for you! This is one of the biggest problems with Microsoft’s Copilot+ movement, and there’s no good reason for it.

> PcWorld