XP mode

ssbbtriforce · 07-24-2009, 10:32 PM #1

has anyone already tried dolphin with xp mode in win 7?

Klotzek · (This post was last modified: 07-24-2009, 10:37 PM by Klotzek.)

I doubt it'll work since there is no 3D support but anyway whats the point?

jasong · 07-24-2009, 11:01 PM #3

Playing an emulator inside an emulator? Weird.

krypking · 07-25-2009, 01:47 AM #4

u should be the first to go where no man has gone before. go ahead, try it Tongue

**THELUKESTIR** · (This post was last modified: 07-25-2009, 03:01 AM by THELUKESTIR.)

I tried it but im running a 64bit version and it wouldnt let me so ill get a 86 version

Edit: got a big slowdown... so no magic solution here Tongue

Core2uu · 07-25-2009, 03:17 AM #6

GROSS. Why would you even MENTION such a thing? Tongue

If you REALLY want to run Dolphin in a virtualized XP environment, use something better than Microsoft's horrifically slow VirtualPC. It runs like molasses compared to VMWare and VirtualBox.

**boogerlad** · 07-25-2009, 05:03 AM #7

run a emulator with no acceleration due to virtualization? That's mad talk.

CacoFFF · (This post was last modified: 07-25-2009, 03:13 PM by CacoFFF.)

Basically, XP mode is a virtul windows xp running on 7, it's the same shit.
And only opengl calls can be emulated, good thing dolphin uses it, but it will be slower anyways.

I heard of a Virtual machine program, which lets the virtualized machine have direct communication to the video card, but it was something nvidia specific and not free.

**Xtreme2damax** · (This post was last modified: 07-25-2009, 04:05 PM by Xtreme2damax.)

I just don't get why VMware and Virtual PC don't allow direct access to the hardware, it would be a Linux users wet dream to run modern applications or PC games inside a virtual machine.

It's true they could dual boot, but Virtual machines don't come with the risk of fucking your system over if something goes wrong.