No, but I am running windows 7 XP mode and it is just not suited for
running a game as graphic intensive as Bioshock on a 30 inch
monitor. It is less capable with graphics then VMware and I don't
know anybody running graphic intensive games on VMware. XP mode was
designed to run proprietary business applications that would not run
on Win7 and was never intended for gaming which is why it is
available only in the Pro version.
Do you have experience running graphic intensive games in XP mode or
any virtual machine?
At 03:12 PM 1/23/2010, you wrote:
Have you read this:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprovirt/thread/12a17fa5-ddab-4480-8973-1a13bfb2e8fd
On 1/23/2010 5:43 PM, Winterlight wrote:
At 10:44 AM 1/23/2010, you wrote:
Try XP mode in Win7.
it won't work... XP mode can't support the graphics ...maxes out at
16 colors for one.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Winterlight <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:17:41
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [H] Bioshock
I picked up Bioshock last month on one of those games for 5 dollars
deals. I installed it in Win 7 64 bit and started playing it but
after a while it just didn't feel that smooth. My hardware is a Q9650
with 8 GB of RAM, Velociraptor, and two 4970s in Win 7 PRO ... but
not running crossfire. I didn't need crossfire as I could run at 2560
X 1600 on my 30 inch monitor and it installed with all ,maxed on
the graphics.
I thought maybe it is a compatibility issue. So I booted (dual boot)
into my previous Vista 64 which I had stripped down to basics... no
av, no firewall, no nothing running, and this time crossfire
enabled. This did feel better but eventually, as I progressed
through the game I started getting video artifacts = red stars
appearing during game play, in large numbers, and then locks, and
crashes and a inability to remember my keyboard settings.
I tried the latest ATI drivers, a reinstall of the game (there is no
patch), and then tried booting back to win7 to see if I experienced
the same thing.. and I did. So is this just a XP32 sort of game or is
there something I can do to continue?
thanks
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