I still run Windows XP. The minimum requirement says Vista or 7.

 

Can I somehow play on the XP machine or do I need to build a new one.

 

I have to use XP for work. Alot of radiology applications still use XP.

 

I'm running two mother boards quad core i7's (eight i7's, 965 @ 3.2 GHz, 2.12 GHz, 1.99GB RAM) and two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280's.

 

It was built for gaming about 4 years ago. Maybe just upgrading the video cards? Or is the XP going to keep me from running it?

 

The box draws about 850 watts. I have a 1200 watt power source.

 

No problems with COD BO I

Buy a new hard drive, build a fresh Win7 or Win8 machine then download and install VMWare Player and VMware vCenter Converter then P to V (convert your physical PCs old OS to a new virtual one) and simply play it using the VMWare player. I did this with my last laptop from my old work (they were still running Xp when I got the boot) and it has come in handy many times.

Buy a new hard drive, build a fresh Win7 or Win8 machine then download and install VMWare Player and VMware vCenter Converter then P to V (convert your physical PCs old OS to a new virtual one) and simply play it using the VMWare player. I did this with my last laptop from my old work (they were still running Xp when I got the boot) and it has come in handy many times.

 

This is definitely the answer. XP is not the most secure thing in the world anyway

XBOX 360

XBOX 360

 

??? I'm sorry but console gaming sucks. PCs have always had an edge especially with online games. Generally consoles have a technology edge their first 12-18 months following their release and the cost of the advanced hardware is generally subsidized by the fact that they have you by the nads to purchase their software. PCs on the other hand evolve with the technology and tend to cost more up front for the hardware but you get to build what you can afford and are not limited to a particular platform manufacturer's software offerings. While there may be one or two PS or XBox titles I would like play I personally wouldn't tie myself down to a console in order to be able to play any of them. That said my kids want an XBox for Christmas so I finally get to play Forza, yeah!

Thank you TK.

 

Will this cause and lag while playing?

Thank you TK.

 

Will this cause and lag while playing?

 

Lag is a combination of hardware performance and network speed. Running a virtual windows inside another is redundant unless you dont have any other options, like running a laptop. The best possible option, and a great one. Purchase a 128gb SSD, install windows 7 on it and all the drivers for your hardware. Simply unplug your SATA from one hard drive to the next and boot up with which ever u want. You may have to select boot device from your MOBO depending. When i upgraded to an SSD i was able to plug in my old HDD and it still worked.

 

Either way your system is outdated, and 2gb of ram is not enough to run a virtual windows and play a new game like COD to really take advantage of playing on a PC.

Happy to know the NJ isnt entirely consumed by console fan boys. Been playing multiplayer pc fps since tom clancy's rainbow six circa 1998 i believe

 

Thank you TK.

 

Will this cause and lag while playing?

 

Depending on the computer and programs, yes you can have performance issues when running a virtual OS.

 

If I'm reading your specs right you have an i7 965 (quad core with hyperthreading, which Windows will report as an 8 core processor even though it is only a quad), 2GB of RAM, and 2x GTX280.

 

The processor is more than capable of running a virtual XP as well as demanding software on the virtual XP, the RAM not so much. RAM is stupid cheap, DDR3-1066 (also PC3-8500) is about $5/GB right now. For running games in a virtual XP I would recommend a minimum of 4GB, with 6-8 being ideal. Windows 7 will take up 1-2GB, XP will take about 512MB, with 2GB you will be seriously short.

 

A better way, though more involved as you would need to reinstall programs, would be to upgrade to 7, you can either do this on the same HDD, add a HDD, and/or add a SSD for 7. I recently upgraded my computer from Vista to 7, and added both a HDD and SDD. SDD holds Windows and a few of my most frequent programs, old HDD is a data drive, and new HDD is for programs that don't fit on the SSD. From the end of POST to the login screen, 7 seconds.

I'm still trying to figure out how your running 2 motherboards on one operating system and why..

I'm still trying to figure out how your running 2 motherboards on one operating system and why..

 

I don't think he is, but it is possible.

 

And his system isn't really outdated. i7 965 is still a very capable processor for gaming, and GTX280s aren't exactly slouches either, though they are a bit old. Some RAM, and W7 is all he really NEEDS.

I don't think he is, but it is possible.

 

And his system isn't really outdated. i7 965 is still a very capable processor for gaming, and GTX280s aren't exactly slouches either, though they are a bit old. Some RAM, and W7 is all he really NEEDS.

 

By today's standards it's outdated. It will run the game. I know running multiple MOBO is possible but for gaming it's pointless. it more of server thing if anything.

Thank you TK.

 

Will this cause and lag while playing?

 

The nice thing here is you only need to fire up the vm when you need to use the Xp os for your work apps. When not working you can simply power off the vm and use all of the system's resources (memory, CPU cycles, etc) for gaming. Nice feature on VMWare is you can pick and choose the resources you want to dedicate to your vms. For instance I am running an i7Extreme at home with 24GB of ram so I have up to 12 logical procs and 24GB of RAM I can select and dedicate any portion of those resources to a particular vm. Read up on it it is really the way to go. Just before I managed to get laid off I upgraded all go my department's servers to a VMWare vSphere environment with 2 servers each with 24GB of RAM and 4 6 core Xenon procs. and a shared 10TB RAID 11 fiber array. I had the capability to share all 48GB of RAM and all 48 procs across all six of my servers with a lot of headroom for failover and future growth. The project completely sold me on the benefits of virtualization.

Please make sure if you build your os on an SSD that you make sure you retain a SATA HDD and move your swap file (page file) to the HDD or it will kill your SSD in short order.

I'm still trying to figure out how your running 2 motherboards on one operating system and why..

 

To be honest, I don't know. I had a friend build this for me when all that stuff was tops. We were playing alot of COD and Battlefield 2, 2142, Crysis, MOH. I haven't gamed for the last COD MW3. Was completely into gaming with the same clan every single night. I was interested in trying out this new COD. My kids play Xbox but I can't stand the consoles nor the controllers. Started out with Half Life, Deus Ex, Max Pain, etc. Still like 2142 as my favorite multiplayer team.

 

 

To be honest, I don't know. I had a friend build this for me when all that stuff was tops. We were playing alot of COD and Battlefield 2, 2142, Crysis, MOH. I haven't gamed for the last COD MW3. Was completely into gaming with the same clan every single night. I was interested in trying out this new COD. My kids play Xbox but I can't stand the consoles nor the controllers. Started out with Half Life, Deus Ex, Max Pain, etc. Still like 2142 as my favorite multiplayer team.

 

You need some more RAM, if you move up to a 64bit Win7 or Win8 os you can max out your pcs memory (12-24GB of RAM) which would help your games and yet still run your Xp os in a 32bit vm. Once you up your RAM you must give BF3 a try, it is freaking awesome!

You need some more RAM, if you move up to a 64bit Win7 or Win8 os you can max out your pcs memory (12-24GB of RAM) which would help your games and yet still run your Xp os in a 32bit vm. Once you up your RAM you must give BF3 a try, it is freaking awesome!

 

There is NO reason to go bigger then 8gigs for current gaming rigs, lol. if your talking about editing and what not then yeah. i have never seen my computer use more then 5gb's at any given time. Editing is a different story. For gaming tho almost anything over 8 is a waste.

 

but your point carries a lot of merit, 32bit systems only run up to 4gb's, so a 64bit system is basically standard now. is there a reason they even make 32bit systems anymore?

There is NO reason to go bigger then 8gigs for current gaming rigs, lol. if your talking about editing and what not then yeah. i have never seen my computer use more then 5gb's at any given time. Editing is a different story. For gaming tho almost anything over 8 is a waste.

 

but your point carries a lot of merit, 32bit systems only run up to 4gb's, so a 64bit system is basically standard now. is there a reason they even make 32bit systems anymore?

 

My PC generally utilizes 6.7-7.0GB of RAM while running BF3 by itself. I use Cyberlink PowerDirector, Adobe PhotoShop, and AutoCad from time to time and 90% of the time I also have a Server 2008R2 vm running in the background. This machine has yet to break a sweat. I have three GeForce GTX 465 (Fermi) SC 1GBs running in SLI, the only thing left is a 27" 3D monitor. Just need to find a new job first. LOL

My PC generally utilizes 6.7-7.0GB of RAM while running BF3 by itself. I use Cyberlink PowerDirector, Adobe PhotoShop, and AutoCad from time to time and 90% of the time I also have a Server 2008R2 vm running in the background. This machine has yet to break a sweat. I have three GeForce GTX 465 (Fermi) SC 1GBs running in SLI, the only thing left is a 27" 3D monitor. Just need to find a new job first. LOL

 

You do realize that running BF3 with a virtualized 2008R2 in the background is a bit of a niche application? 6-8GB is plenty for gaming. Hell OS + 95% of games won't break 4GB. Granted, with the prices of RAM being where they are you aren't really spending that much more.

You do realize that running BF3 with a virtualized 2008R2 in the background is a bit of a niche application? 6-8GB is plenty for gaming. Hell OS + 95% of games won't break 4GB. Granted, with the prices of RAM being where they are you aren't really spending that much more.

 

No, I kill the vms when gaming, 6.7-7.0GB of RAM is used when running BF3, Chrome and the OS only, no vms. AutoCad seem to put the most demand on the machine but I think the most I have only ever noticed it gobbling up was a little under 11GB at one time.

Wow. I dunno why your machine is using so much ram for bf3. Most people claim it uses about 3gbs of ram.

 

I'm gonna be overhauling my rig pretty soon. I'm an amd guy so I've been waiting a while for something worthy to be released. I'm still using ddr2 ram. Lol