Call of Duty Forum offers minimum system specifications for
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, revealing the upcoming first-person shooter sequel will not support Windows XP (thanks
Destructoid/
GameSpy). Word is: "Since we upgraded the engine to use DirectX11, Windows XP is no longer supported. It requires Windows Vista or later." They also outline PC-specific enhancements: "Black Ops II PC features enhanced lighting, shadows, antialiasing, bloom, depth of field, ambient occlusion, and other enhanced effects that are still in the works. And the game can run at higher resolutions and higher framerates on the PC." Here are the specifications:
OS: Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7
CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHz
Memory: 2GB for 32-bit OS or 4GB for 64-bit OS
Video Card: Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 512 MB or ATI Radeon HD 3870 512 MB
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Re: Do it! Come on, do it! Do it now! |
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Actually I've now read online that you can use both at the same time if VMware is set not to use hardware virtualization mode.
Then there really is no point to trying it out. Hyper-V won't install if you don't have virtualization enabled in the BIOS (at least it didn't in Windows 2008 and 2008 R2).
Without HW virtualization, you'd need to have a real monster of a machine to get good performance out of a VM. If it came down to that, I'd just build a super cheap Windows XP machine with a somewhat modern graphics card and install old games on that. 
I've also now read that Hyper-V doesn't support hardware 3D so it sounds like it is still basically just Microsoft's Virtual PC product integrated into Windows 8 which means it is useless for games.
Yeah, I don't think Microsoft is going for the legacy gaming market with Hyper-V. I think what they are going for is server consolidation (Windows Server), testing and backwards compat (Windows 8).
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Sep 4, 15:37 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
Viper114 |
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Sep 4, 15:56 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
Mastaba |
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Sep 4, 16:16 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
elefunk |
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Sep 4, 16:19 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
TheEmissary |
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Sep 4, 16:25 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
Flatline |
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Sep 4, 17:27 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
Trevellian |
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Sep 4, 17:44 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
killer_roach |
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Sep 4, 18:10 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
nin |
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Sep 4, 18:16 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
Beelzebud |
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Sep 4, 18:58 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
Wookiestick |
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Sep 4, 19:29 |
Windows 7 was not exclusively 64-bit because of compatibility issues. |
hb3d |
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Sep 4, 20:16 |
Re: Windows 7 was not exclusively 64-bit because of compatibility issues. |
eRe4s3r |
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Sep 4, 20:22 |
Re: Windows 7 was not exclusively 64-bit because of compatibility issues. |
Bill Borre |
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Sep 4, 20:43 |
Re: Windows 7 was not exclusively 64-bit because of compatibility issues. |
hb3d |
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Sep 4, 20:56 |
Re: Windows 7 was not exclusively 64-bit because of compatibility issues. |
eRe4s3r |
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Sep 4, 21:08 |
Re: Windows 7 was not exclusively 64-bit because of compatibility issues. |
hb3d |
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Sep 4, 22:02 |
Re: Windows 7 was not exclusively 64-bit because of compatibility issues. |
Tigger |
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Sep 5, 06:09 |
Do it! Come on, do it! Do it now! |
hb3d |
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Sep 5, 08:09 |
Re: Do it! Come on, do it! Do it now! |
Tigger |
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Sep 5, 09:20 |
Re: Do it! Come on, do it! Do it now! |
hb3d |
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Sep 5, 14:39 |
Re: Do it! Come on, do it! Do it now! |
Tigger |
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Sep 5, 19:29 |
Re: Do it! Come on, do it! Do it now! |
hb3d |
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Sep 6, 14:13 |
Re: Do it! Come on, do it! Do it now! |
Tigger |
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Sep 7, 11:37 |
Re: Do it! Come on, do it! Do it now! |
hb3d |
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Sep 7, 13:13 |
Re: Do it! Come on, do it! Do it now! |
Tigger |
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Sep 4, 15:53 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
Bet |
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Sep 4, 16:35 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
NegaDeath |
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Sep 4, 16:48 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
Bet |
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Sep 4, 17:47 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
DangerDog |
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Sep 4, 18:03 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
ChopperDan |
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Sep 4, 19:02 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
NegaDeath |
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Sep 4, 19:05 |
No XP support means no Linux support with WINE. |
hb3d |
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Sep 4, 19:45 |
Re: No XP support means no Linux support with WINE. |
DangerDog |
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Sep 4, 19:52 |
Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support |
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