Using Windows XP and a GTX 560 does it work?

CasaDeOrellana

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[FONT=&quot]Trying to upgrade from an 8800GT, and I thought about getting Windows 7 but I might hold off until Windows 8. All I really play is World of Warcraft or The Witcher.
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[FONT=&quot]Will the performance of the GTX 560 outperform the 8800GT while still using an old OS like Windows XP SP2? [/FONT]
 

FalseChristian

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Of course it will. I'm using 2 GTX 460 1GB in SLI using Windows XP Pro. It's just that you will be stuck using DirectX 9.
 

Leyawiin

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If your CPU is capable of supporting the new card of course you'll see an improvement. I use XP with a GTX 460 1GB and saw a marked improvement over the 8800 GTX it replaced in my games (which are almost all DX9 RPGs and MMOs). One question - why haven't you installed SP3?
 

timma

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upgrade to xp SP3 first
and you can look for gigabyte GTX 560 Ti SOC~:cool:
 

toyota

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upgrade to xp SP3 first
and you can look for gigabyte GTX 560 Ti SOC~:cool:
you have no idea what the rest of his pc looks like.

and looking at his other posts, he may not ever even come back to this thread.
 
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CasaDeOrellana

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Sorry for the late response, ran into some complications while upgrading to service pack 3.

OS: Microsoft Windows XP SP3
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 445
3.10 GHz
RAM: 3.25GB of RAM
MOB: NF750-G55
[FONT=&quot]PSU: OCZ GXS 700[/FONT]
 

JRW

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My brother has been stubborn about switching to Win 7, Currently has both Win XP 32bit & Win 7 64bit installed (dual boot) and swears XP runs games a little better than 7 (shrug) his PC is AMD X2 4800+ (dual core) / 2gb ram / GTX 260.

Personally Im glad I switched to 7 it runs great and is a lot more secure than XP.