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Need For Speed: The Run not compatible with XP
BadMouth:
Just an FYI, NFS The Run requires Vista or newer. It says so on the system requirements, but I never pay attention to those.
Just downloaded 15GB and installed Origin for nuthin.
This is probably going to be more common as games move on to newer versions of DirectX.
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retrorepair:
To be fair I think this is one of the worst of the series. The story is just cringe worthy and the car handling just feels off.
Fursphere:
I have an extra Vista activation key if you want it Badmouth. (I don't think I have any Win7 keys left, but I'll check)
An honestly - if you're still using XP, you're long overdue to an upgrade. :) If your system can play the newer NFS games, it can easily run Vista / Win7 (and probably Win8 honestly)
Howard_Casto:
fursphere, most of us prefer xp on a mame cab... it's all around easier to deal with than 7.
Now if he's using it for his desktop that's another story.
Fursphere:
So.. I'm a Systems Engineer by trade. Windows is what i do (servers mostly, but desktops aren't much different to be honest)
I'd really like to hear the reasons why XP is "better" than 7 on today's hardware in your opinion. I read stuff on the subject all the time over on the Hyperspin forums and I've just straight given up on dealing with FUD. (fear, uncertainty, doubt). People just don't want to move away from what they know.
My personal favorites are the guys who built a Core i7 w/ 16 GB RAM and a Nvidia SLI video card setup to run.... Windows XP. /facepalm (they don't realize that half the features they paid for on those fancy video cards only really work in DirectX 10 / 11.....) (Or they drop $1500 on hardware, but won't spend $100 on an OS, so they continue to run bootleg XP)
The Vista requirement for NFS - The Run is probably due to need DirectX 10 or 11 (you can get DX10 running on XP... but its not worth the effort in my opinion).
What hardware are you running on your MAME cabinets? (I've got Win7 on my MAME cabinet, and Win8 on my Driving cabinet)
Are you just trying to avoid the activation requirement of Windows 7 (basically running a bootleg copy of XP)
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