Down grading my older computer

[BarracudaUAK]

Originally Posted by mapuc

As mentioned in some other threads I have a new computer and the one I had before(Vista) is just laying there not being used. In a thread about Linux I said I would try to install this system on my older computer.

That was what I had in mind, until some weeks ago-I have many old game that I really loved to play-MOHAA + adds , COD, SHII and III, Far Cry 1 and 2, and many more games that I seem to have to much problem installing on my new Win10 computer.



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Markus

Before you erase the current hard drive, do you have a spare available that you could test either XP or Linux on?

I searched for the games you list, and these are the results for those games through WINE on Linux...

MOHAA
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...cation&iId=662
Gold or platnum, depending on which version of the game and/or WINE.

NOTE: I have the Single Player, and Multi-Player Demos, I could test these and see if they work on the newest version.

COD:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...ation&iId=1346
Gold or Platnum...

Older results for SH2:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...ation&iId=3300
I'll have to double Check SH2 with my CD...

SH3:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...ation&iId=3793
SH3 works perfectly on newer WINE versions, installs and runs fine. GWX works also. Just don't save surfaced.
I have SH3 installed now.

Far Cry 1:
https://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=1743
The version from Steam runs on 1.9, but the Retail DVD doesn't like version 1.8...
It may work with the newer WINE, but it is probably hanging up on the copy protection.
You can always put your CD keys into steam and "import" a game to steam.
I'm not saying that is the way to go, but it is a possibility. (You can still install from/use your disk. My bro did this with the original half-life.)

Far Cry 2:
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...ation&iId=8522
Appears to be running well, regardless of version/patch.



On the Subject of WinXP:
The biggest issue I find is this, Going back to XP, I do not have a video card older than an AMD HD6750 (unless we count my ATI Radeon 8500 from 2002-ish), While drivers existed for those for XP, you might have to experiment with driver versions to figure out which one works the best.

Again, if you have an additional hard drive, installing the OS to the new drive, would let you leave the Vista OS untouched. Assuming a "worst case scenario", you could just plug the Vista drive back in and still be able to use the old system.

If you have any other games that you really like/want to play, let me know what they are, and if I have them, I can let you know if/how they run.

2 games give me trouble: Star Trek Bridge Commander (not steam), and Rainbow Six 3 (steam). But that is driver based, as Nvidia card owners report no problems on WINE.
I get really low frame rates, but they do run.

I wish ReactOS would come just a bit quicker.
ReactOS: https://www.reactos.org/

Open source "binary compatable" XP clone.
I installed a few games on the .31/.32 alpha a few years ago... worked mostly OK, I have, but haven't tried the .41 alpha, YET.


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