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    Playing XP games on Vista

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by soccer08, Oct 20, 2007.

  1. soccer08

    soccer08 Notebook Enthusiast

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    can u play games that are meant for Windows 2000 or XP on Vista??

    (such as: SWAT 4, GTA:Vice City, & Need For Speed: Most Wanted)?

    also, would those games be able to play smoothly on low specs on this machine:
    AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual Core TL-58 1.9GHz
    2GB DDR2
    NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M
     
    soccer08, Oct 20, 2007
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    Raven322 Notebook Evangelist

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    yes, but why wouldn't you think so?
     
    Raven322, Oct 20, 2007
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    soccer08 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I guess I just always assumed that a newer OS would somehow be programmed differently, in terms of making it incomatible with past games
     
    soccer08, Oct 21, 2007
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    Some games do indeed have problems with Vista. Just google whatever game your interested in, if it's Vista-incompatible you'll find out quite quickly.
     
    odin243, Oct 21, 2007
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    soccer08 Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks a lot. that really helps!

    1 more question, would the games that I listed be able to run smoothly at low, medium, or high in this machine:
    AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual Core TL-58 1.9GHz
    2GB DDR2
    NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M
     
    soccer08, Oct 21, 2007
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    Those should all run at high settings I believe. They're old games.
     
    odin243, Oct 21, 2007
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