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Will Battlefield 3 Still Support Windows XP?

Posted on Thursday, December 30 @ 17:29:32 Eastern by
Before you all start lobbing insults, I know I'm pretty outdated.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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  • Odbarc
    Odbarc

    Joined: Apr 2007
    Posted: Dec 30th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
    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.
  • Rinnon
    Rinnon

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Dec 30th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
    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.
  • Lien
    Lien

    Joined: Feb 2008
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2010 at 1:41 am
    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...
  • Thee_BoBALOSA
    Thee_BoBALOSA

    Joined: Jan 2008
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2010 at 10:38 am
    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.
  • salamandrew
    salamandrew

    Joined: Dec 2010
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2010 at 11:54 am
    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
  • MrrClean
    MrrClean

    Joined: Aug 2010
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2010 at 5:23 pm
    I run XP, cause it was the only disk I could find when I formatted my computer last time.
  • UglykitteN
    UglykitteN

    Joined: Mar 2006
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2010 at 5:53 pm
    I run Linux because I'm a pompous *******.
  • Rinnon
    Rinnon

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Dec 31st, 2010 at 6:47 pm
    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)
  • jwrebholz
    jwrebholz

    Joined: Jul 2006
    Posted: Jan 1st, 2011 at 10:18 am
    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.
  • UpAndAtThem
    UpAndAtThem

    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Jan 3rd, 2011 at 4:17 am
    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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