Windows XP Mode: Does it Work for Games?

[Nit Pick 247]

I found out about Windows XP mode but I'm not sure about it.  Does it work for old games that work on Windows XP like Fallout 3? I can launch it on Windows 7 for me but it still crashes on occasion.

Edited January 5, 2015 by Nit Pick

[Jora 164]

yes right click say your fallout 3 an there is an option for "compatibility mode"  that should fix most problems. or you don't have enough ram or Processor power

 

 

......*facehoof*  i just read your post......

Edited January 5, 2015 by Jora

[Sunny Shimmer 259]

Do you have the recommended or minimal stats to run Fallout 3? I would personally like to have more than the recommended stats before running it in XP mode because I think it still runs your Windows 7 in the background and to have some wiggle room but then again it has been a while since I used it and I usually like to be over prepared.

[EddG 554]

No XP mode will not work (well) with 99% of games, it is like that because Microsoft Virtual PC has no Acceleration.

You would be better off with VMware or Virtualbox to run it.

[abstrusesketches 11]

If my memory serves me right.. Unfortunately not XP mode lacks any decent support for 3D Acceleration meaning it would most likely fall flat on its face trying to run a complex game like Fallout 3.

[timemagetim 21]

its good on games that came out during the younger years of XP i run a few older games on it myself however i doubt that fallout will work very well.