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Will Battlefield 3 Still Support Windows XP?

Posted on Thursday, December 30 @ 17:29:32 Eastern by danielrbischoff

Before you all start lobbing insults, I know I'm pretty outdated. I've been running XP since my family bought a new computer years ago. When I got my Macbook Pro, I bootcamped an XP partition because the alternative at the time was Vista, and we know the general consensus on that.

Regardless, it looks like I'm going to have to shell out for a nice, shiny new PC and a copy of 7 if I'm going to play Battlefield 3 next year.

A BF 3 fansite dug up this (old, but overlooked) tweet from Johan Andersson, a developer at EA's DICE studio.

While Andersson might not be talking specifically about Battlefield 3, he is referring to Frostbite 2.0, BF3's engine.

You know Frostbite, it's the engine that's been running DICE's Bad Company games and letting you blow the walls out from in front of your enemies. Back when I was living trial card to trial card for Xbox Live Gold, I'd spend more time than necessary leveling every single building in Battlefield 1943's maps.

I remember when Battlefield 2 landed and my friend Zach was the only one with a computer new enough to run it. Everyone was jealous. As Battlefield 3's release looms closer and closer, I'll be looking out for all the "build your own tower on a budget" articles that'll surely pop up on the 'net.

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Related Games:   Battlefield 1943, Battlefield 2, Battlefield 3, Battlefield: Bad Company 2


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  • Odbarc
    Odbarc - Joined: Apr 3, 2007
    XP was the best Windows version because it ran Windows 95 mode for me. Windows 7 will only pretend it's in 95 mode but still has features I can't totally reverse. Very irritating.
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    Posted: Dec 30th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
  • Rinnon
    Rinnon - Joined: Nov 8, 2005
    While I don't think there is anything wrong with running Windows XP if it does what you want it to do, and for most people that is the case, I actually really like Windows 7, and have been running it almost exclusively on my personal Desktops since it was in the early RC stages (even at that time it was very stable). Unlike when Vista Released, and windows XP would run faster than Vista on many machines that came native with Vista (Which is simply unacceptable in my eyes. A New OS should never ever be slower than it's predecessor on a new computer), Windows 7 doesn't have that problem. On even a bottom of the line new machine, Windows 7 will run faster than Windows XP or Vista in my experience.
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    Posted: Dec 30th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
  • Lien
    Lien - Joined: Feb 1, 2008
    Well... i ran xp for 5 years on this computer, never had a blue screen, never had any problem of anykind... But atlas, now is the time to upgrade and look back at the wonderful time... the time-a-changing indeed...
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    Posted: Dec 31st, 2010 at 1:41 am
  • Thee_BoBALOSA
    Thee_BoBALOSA - Joined: Jan 28, 2008
    I too have been using XP for years. Vista was crap, and win7 should have been vista. I will still continue to use XP until win7 becomes worth it OR there is a game of great value to upgrade.
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    Posted: Dec 31st, 2010 at 10:38 am
  • salamandrew
    salamandrew - Joined: Dec 10, 2010
    I'm and XP man myself, Works like a f-ing champ. Once windows 7 service pack 2 comes out then I will probably get it
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    Posted: Dec 31st, 2010 at 11:54 am
  • MrrClean
    MrrClean - Joined: Aug 7, 2010
    I run XP, cause it was the only disk I could find when I formatted my computer last time.
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    Posted: Dec 31st, 2010 at 5:23 pm
  • UglykitteN
    UglykitteN - Joined: Mar 30, 2006
    I run Linux because I'm a pompous *******.
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    Posted: Dec 31st, 2010 at 5:53 pm
  • Rinnon
    Rinnon - Joined: Nov 8, 2005
    The act of running Linux does not a pompous jerk one make. The act of telling everyone how much better you are than them because you run Linux on the other hand... (not that you are doing that, just pointing out the difference)
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    Posted: Dec 31st, 2010 at 6:47 pm
  • jwrebholz
    jwrebholz - Joined: Jul 19, 2006
    I ran XP for years, until Vista came out. When I built my new tower I upgraded to that...then as soon as the Win7 RC showed up, I switched over to that--and WOW, what a difference! The leap from Vista to 7 for me was as big a leap from XP to Vista. Bigger, in fact.

    Win7 is the way to go, man. You can get a machine capable of running it well for under a thousand bucks. Your mind will be blown at the difference.
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    Posted: Jan 1st, 2011 at 10:18 am
  • UpAndAtThem
    UpAndAtThem - Joined: Mar 12, 2009
    I still run XP because it's a solid version of Windows, and because I know all it's tricks.
    When I really want to run something that needs 7, I will finally upgrade, but then I'll have to learn a new set of tricks to make it do what I want.
    I do most of my gaming on consoles, so I don't know what will force me to make the jump.
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    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2011 at 4:17 am

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