Best Windows OS for classic and modern gaming

thisistheend11 said:

Even if dual booting would work with my hardware, installing an OS (XP) that won't have anymore security updates in a couple of years is a bit risky, right?

Yes, it is.

Best thing you can do is use a 64bit os get the full use of your ram

For older titles some do not run /but others will You can also right click and run Compadability mode

For future games which comes out very rapidly it would be better to invest in a card with long term value as WINDUDE suggested

The card he mentioned is really becomming hard to find

your card is ok but if you have a better budget either get the same card for xfire or jump to one of the big boys im sure you can still find a 6870 for about 199.00 if you look around

Win XP would be a bad choice at this point you would just be kicking yourself the support is gone and pretty soon it will be like the one's before it Obsollete


Im only saying this if you play to pursue more gaming in the future which later you might need to upgrade again if you choose low end gaming cards

thisistheend11 said:

Even if dual booting would work with my hardware, installing an OS (XP) that won't have anymore security updates in a couple of years is a bit risky, right?

If you don't connect to the net, security is a non-issue if dual booting on older OS like XP.


Also, is that Western Digital Green intended to be your primary OS drive?

If so - it's not a great drive for OS/Gaming usage. It's intended more for storage.

A WD Blue or better yet, a Black would be better choice for OS/Games.

Alternatively a Seagate or a Samsung.


As for video card, there is always Nvidia as a good alternative. The GTX560ti is a bit more expensive than a 6770, but for newer games it has enough 'grunt' to handle most new releases with pretty good/high quality settings.

thisistheend11 said:

Even if dual booting would work with my hardware, installing an OS (XP) that won't have anymore security updates in a couple of years is a bit risky, right?

Not really since you are going to play classic games. Which means that most of the time you will never even touch the internet. Just install a AV and you will not have any problems.

Also if you are willing to you can always have a look at Gog.com and see if they have the games you are going to play since they have all the old games there for sale and they do support Windows 7 both 32 and 64 bit

Legaia said:

thisistheend11 said:

Even if dual booting would work with my hardware, installing an OS (XP) that won't have anymore security updates in a couple of years is a bit risky, right?

Not really since you are going to play classic games. Which means that most of the time you will never even touch the internet. Just install a AV and you will not have any problems.

Also if you are willing to you can always have a look at Gog.com and see if they have the games you are going to play since they have all the old games there for sale and they do support Windows 7 both 32 and 64 bit

The thing is is that XP won't have any AV vendors (atleast not the one I use) supporting it. It will be old and not supported. And again, I can't stress this enough, XP probably won't even work with is hardware. XP is old and that hardware is very new.

VHSer said:

windude99 said:

VHSer said:

How do you go about making a computer dual boot ?

This should help you with that: Dual Boot Installation with Windows 7 and XP
Another reason why I suggest going with Windows 7 only is because XP doesn't support a lot of this newer hardware. If you could get XP running on that hardware then I will be quite amazed. Most companies stopped making XP drivers for new hardware about 1 to 2 years ago.

I have windows7, but Future Cop won't work in 7. It only works in 95/98, and XP.

Then dual boot with XP.