Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

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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: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

Sep 4, 2012, 18:16

Beelzebud

WinXP was one of the best consumer OS's ever made. That being said, it's old as hell, outdated when compared to modern hardware, and it's time is up. Thankfully MS got their heads out of thier asses long enough to produce Win7, which is the XP of our time. Win7 64-bit has been as stable as my Slackware machine, and that is saying A LOT.

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Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

Sep 4, 2012, 18:10

nin

Even if this was a game I cared about I'd be fine with this. It's time to move on.

In that respect, it's also time to move on from 32-bit systems.

Yep. XP had a great run, but it's past it's prime...




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

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Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

Sep 4, 2012, 18:03

ChopperDan

Still waiting for the Free elite PC service. No surprise on the XP part... Isn't CoD:Anything played out by now? I know I am done supporting the Franchise. I had my fun. It's nice to see them using some PC specific things though.

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Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

Sep 4, 2012, 17:47

DangerDog

It doesn't mater much when you still port over maps the size of a shoebox and then try to jam 32 players into them.

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Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

Sep 4, 2012, 17:44

killer_roach

Trevellian wrote on Sep 4, 2012, 17:27: Flatline wrote on Sep 4, 2012, 16:25: Even if this was a game I cared about I'd be fine with this. It's time to move on. In that respect, it's also time to move on from 32-bit systems. I run, and my entire company runs, on win 7 64 bit now, and it's been a year or two and there hasn't been a single issue. I'm not sure why Windows 7 didn't come default as a 64-bit system in fact. Couldn't tell you. I have run Win7 64 bit since Win7 was released. The whole time hearing people say how bad it was, yet I had no issues. Never made sense to me. Used to hear the same things about WinXP x64 and Vista x64... ran both of them without incident, either. Regardless, considering my desktop has 16GB of RAM now, a 64-bit OS is basically mandatory.

Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

Sep 4, 2012, 17:27

Trevellian

Flatline wrote on Sep 4, 2012, 16:25:
Even if this was a game I cared about I'd be fine with this. It's time to move on.

In that respect, it's also time to move on from 32-bit systems. I run, and my entire company runs, on win 7 64 bit now, and it's been a year or two and there hasn't been a single issue. I'm not sure *why* Windows 7 didn't come default as a 64-bit system in fact.

Couldn't tell you. I have run Win7 64 bit since Win7 was released. The whole time hearing people say how bad it was, yet I had no issues. Never made sense to me.




For the Republic -TrevellianC22 Planetside 2

Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

Sep 4, 2012, 16:48

Bet

NegaDeath wrote on Sep 4, 2012, 16:35: DX11 support in a CODBLOPS console port? Credit where its due, even a lot of PC focused devs don't use 11 yet. Considering how long every CoD game is on the top 10 list on Steam, they must be making millions off the PC versions.

Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

Sep 4, 2012, 16:35

NegaDeath

DX11 support in a CODBLOPS console port? Credit where its due, even a lot of PC focused devs don't use 11 yet.

Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

Sep 4, 2012, 16:25

Flatline

Even if this was a game I cared about I'd be fine with this. It's time to move on. In that respect, it's also time to move on from 32-bit systems. I run, and my entire company runs, on win 7 64 bit now, and it's been a year or two and there hasn't been a single issue. I'm not sure why Windows 7 didn't come default as a 64-bit system in fact.

Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

Sep 4, 2012, 16:19

TheEmissary

Mastaba wrote on Sep 4, 2012, 15:56: Wait, but a GeForce 8800GT is not a DirectX 11 part. So the game can run without the DirectX 11 specific features. So, there must be at least a DirectX 10 fallback. So really what they meant to say is that since the game requires at least DirectX 10 Windows XP is not supported. The DirectX 11 API itself supports feature levels for 9/10/11 and so on. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff476876(v=vs.85).aspx

Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

Sep 4, 2012, 16:16

elefunk

Mastaba wrote on Sep 4, 2012, 15:56: Wait, but a GeForce 8800GT is not a DirectX 11 part. So the game can run without the DirectX 11 specific features. So, there must be at least a DirectX 10 fallback. So really what they meant to say is that since the game requires at least DirectX 10 Windows XP is not supported. DirectX 11 (the software API) is backwards compatible with DirectX 10 hardware. The API will automatically enable/disable features based on hardware support. The DirectX 9/XP cut-off is due to the fact that DX10 was essentially re-engineered from the ground-up to support the overhauled driver model (WDDM) which was first introduced in Vista.

Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

Sep 4, 2012, 15:56

Mastaba

Wait, but a GeForce 8800GT is not a DirectX 11 part. So the game can run without the DirectX 11 specific features. So, there must be at least a DirectX 10 fallback. So really what they meant to say is that since the game requires at least DirectX 10 Windows XP is not supported.

Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

Sep 4, 2012, 15:53

Bet

And the game can run at higher resolutions and higher framerates on the PC Well yeah, that's a big reason why we game on PCs in the first place, duh.

Re: Black Ops 2 Specs; No XP Support

Sep 4, 2012, 15:37

Viper114

Not surprised. As much as I once loved XP, no OS lasts forever. Soon no PC game will support XP.

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