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04-28-2009, 01:00 AM
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I think only some of the high-end Intel chips support hardware virtualisation. But all of AMD's desktop CPU's have for a while. Quote:
Originally Posted by gurusan  Which "old 3d games" run in XP but not Vista/Win7? | anything in 16-bit, if you're running a x64 version. Quote:
Originally Posted by forrestcupp My question, again, is since XP mode is merely XP running in a virtual machine, and virtual machines aren't known for supporting 3D acceleration very well, does that mean that XP mode will not support 3D acceleration as well as a true XP install? | They have been able to support some 3D acceleration in virtual machines.
though I think that any game that runs in XP but not Vista/7 (i.e. really old games) will only have (relatively) basic 3D acceleration anyway.
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04-28-2009, 01:09 AM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NW. w00t. Posts: 1,164
| Re: Windows 7 Thread and FAQ
Couple new posts on Toms tonight- Windows 7 Way Smarter With Graphics RAM - Tom's Hardware
At the bottom of the page it reads-
"This change positively impacts real-world usability, but benchmarks may show a degradation in performance since the CPU has to fetch data from video RAM."
Good thing/slight bummer dude.
And... Win 7 Desktop Graphics Loves Multi-core CPUs - Tom's Hardware
That's pretty cool. Nice to see multi-cores being used more. Especially since dual cores are the minimum these days. Hopefully we can see more system resources being used (Multiple cores and more memory) effeciently. Seems like it's going to be a solid release when it comes out, it can only get better as more updates and fixes come out for it.
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04-28-2009, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Apokalipse They have been able to support some 3D acceleration in virtual machines.
though I think that any game that runs in XP but not Vista/7 (i.e. really old games) will only have (relatively) basic 3D acceleration anyway. | True, but from my experience, 3D acceleration in VM's is still pretty beta and buggy, and the virtual video card is still pretty slow.
But you make a good point that any game that you would need that for would just be basic 3D acceleration, anyway. | |
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04-29-2009, 01:21 AM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NW. w00t. Posts: 1,164
| Re: Windows 7 Thread and FAQ
Seems to be a good idea. A simple and none intrusive way to help protect people from malware from USB, SD cards, and other media. But no, CD/DVD and still have auto-run. Windows 7's New Autoplay Helps Stop Malware - Tom's Hardware
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04-29-2009, 02:49 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 13,739
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It's really simple to exploit autorun to do something annoying. That's why I have it turned off.
Even something as simple as making a batch script like this: Quote: |
Originally Posted by autorun.inf [autorun]
open=autorun.bat | Quote: |
Originally Posted by autorun.bat @echo off
:hi
start .\autorun.bat
echo "some message"
goto hi | With autorun enabled, all the user has to do is plug in a USB drive with those files on it, and the batch file just keeps opening new instances of itself again and again, and printing a message.
* I'm not suggesting you do this. Merely showing how simple it is to exploit.
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04-29-2009, 08:09 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NW. w00t. Posts: 1,164
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Hate to flood the thread with posts, just so many good ones from Toms the past few days. Windows 7's XP Mode Requires 2 GB RAM - Tom's Hardware
Really not too much of a suprise or an issue with 2GB of RAM. Most computers you see in stores have atleast 2GB, if not 4GB or 6GB. An issue they point out is the need for processor support virtualization.
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04-29-2009, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by TheOtis Hate to flood the thread with posts, just so many good ones from Toms the past few days. Windows 7's XP Mode Requires 2 GB RAM - Tom's Hardware
Really not too much of a suprise or an issue with 2GB of RAM. Most computers you see in stores have atleast 2GB, if not 4GB or 6GB. An issue they point out is the need for processor support virtualization. | http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f9/win...ements-206322/ 
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04-30-2009, 01:14 AM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NW. w00t. Posts: 1,164
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^ Haha, whoops! Didn't even think to look anywhere else! Thought Windows 7 info would be in this thread, my mistake!
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04-30-2009, 01:31 AM
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Osiris doesn't like to follow the rules sometimes  .
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04-30-2009, 02:11 AM
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that is kind a dumb to do. What is the point of having XP mode then besides look of old software not changing on Windows 7 if u have to buy Windows XP? Sounds like it defeats the purpose of having it in the first place...............unless i missed the point of it lol.
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