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Posted January 05, 2016
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leon30: XP + 7 + Mint here, works pretty well for now :). Scary part is I'm going to have a CPU upgrade soon, but I don't want to reinstall the OSes afterwards and don't know how to accomplish that :(
If you're only installing a new CPU then you won't need to reinstall your operating systems. If I could swap a CPU in the mid-90s without reinstalling Windows back then, then I am sure the same holds true today :)
Posted January 05, 2016
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JudasIscariot: If you're only installing a new CPU then you won't need to reinstall your operating systems. If I could swap a CPU in the mid-90s without reinstalling Windows back then, then I am sure the same holds true today :)
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sunshinecorp: Actually, that's not always true. It can cause a kernel panic blue screen sometimes.
Perhaps although I thought Windows had the basic driver support for most CPUs and the only thing needed is an installation of the manufacturer's drivers that come with a new processor. Then again, it's Windows so it's almost like rolling the dice :D
Post edited January 05, 2016 by JudasIscariot
Posted January 05, 2016
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leon30: I know about the Linux, it won't give me any troubles + it's faster on my legacy hardware.
As per the hot swap, I'm not so sure it will work, opinions on the net are 50-50, because I'm going from 1 core to double core CPU, which uncle Win will see as from 1 CPU to whole 2 new and I don't know if I'll be able to reinstall some drivers only or the whole OS will be baked.
Well, a hot swap is not what I had in mind as, technically, that refers to a part being swapped while the machine is still running :)
Posted January 05, 2016
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BillyMaysFan59: Upgraded to Linux long ago.

Nuff said.
I wish more people would do so so that I don't have to wait until the heat death of the universe for Wine to get Direct X 11 support implemented :P
Posted January 06, 2016
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GothDolly: Do all these games on here work on windows 10?
Most games do but those that don't will not have Windows 10 listed as a supported operating system. Please check the system requirements of a game you're interested in before buying as we do have some games that outright refuse to run on Windows 10.
Posted January 06, 2016
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CARRiON.FLOWERS: OP says no Linux.

Linux users immediately flood thread.
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timppu: He seemed to have a misconception that he'd have to replace XP with Linux. That is not the case, they work beautifully side by side. The only reason why I wouldn't suggest that is if he has so little hard drive space that he can't run both comfortably side by side, but then the extra OS on the side doesn't take that much more room.

XP and Linux side by side to me means:

XP for playing (older) single-player Windows games. Disconnected from internet.
Linux for doing any productive work and going online.

I haven't really dwelled into running Windows games with Wine or Linux gaming in general, I haven't had the need yet, but it would be fun to experiment.
As long as the games you want to play are 32-bit and don't require anything higher than DirectX 9.0, you should be good to go with Wine. Not sure how the 64-bit version of Wine is looking these days...
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