just cause 2 on win xp

i heard many people got just cause 2 working on xp using:

THIS!

so will it work???????????????????????????????????????????????????

Don't do it, there is no DX 10 for XP, all these "fan made" DX 10s are failures that most of the time corrupt your OS and you need to format.DanielDust

If many got it working, then you should get it too. A try doesn't hurt. See for yourself.Crimsader

[QUOTE="Crimsader"]If many got it working, then you should get it too. A try doesn't hurt. See for yourself.guildclaws

Its not hard to get a student license for Windows 7, and those are usually ridiculously cheap. If you have a computer capable of playing games like JC2, there is no reason why you shouldn't be running Vista or 7.

The third party DX10 for XP might work, but you run a significant risk and it will probably result in a buggy game experience.

Why bother with hacks when Windows XP is obsolete? Windows 7 is better in every way now.

[QUOTE="guildclaws"][QUOTE="Crimsader"]If many got it working, then you should get it too. A try doesn't hurt. See for yourself.Crimsader

This proves you wrong.

Also if you corrupt yor OS you won't beable to boot your computer.

Don't do it, just don't. I tried it about half a year ago to see if I could run Crysis in DX10 mode, I could not, the only thing it really does is telling your dxdiag that your version of directx is 10.00 it also rendered me unable to play alot of games

[QUOTE="guildclaws"][QUOTE="Crimsader"]If many got it working, then you should get it too. A try doesn't hurt. See for yourself.Crimsader

Where do you live ? I can get Windows 7 Home Premium full 64 for $141 after taxes here in Ontario, Canada.

[QUOTE="Crimsader"][QUOTE="guildclaws"]lol, it'll corrupt your OSWasdie

This proves you wrong.

Also if you corrupt yor OS you won't beable to boot your computer.

That's the system builders version. It can only be used once.

Not worth it.

I'll stick with XP for a bit longer, will switch over to W7 eventually.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

[QUOTE="Crimsader"] Even then I'd prefer playing with corrupted OS than to pay 200 bux for Windows 7 :PSuffca

This proves you wrong.

Also if you corrupt yor OS you won't beable to boot your computer.

That's the system builders version. It can only be used once.

Not worth it.

I'll stick with XP for a bit longer, will switch over to W7 eventually.

Don't you only ever use it once? I mean I reinstalled my system builder copy of Windows Vista to my old PC like 5 times... cause it was Vista :(.

[QUOTE="Suffca"]

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

This proves you wrong.

Also if you corrupt yor OS you won't beable to boot your computer.

Wasdie

That's the system builders version. It can only be used once.

Not worth it.

I'll stick with XP for a bit longer, will switch over to W7 eventually.

Don't you only ever use it once? I mean I reinstalled my system builder copy of Windows Vista to my old PC like 5 times... cause it was Vista :(.

If you just built a rig, the system builder's version is the way to go though.

[QUOTE="Crimsader"][QUOTE="guildclaws"]lol, it'll corrupt your OSWasdie

This proves you wrong.

Also if you corrupt yor OS you won't beable to boot your computer.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

[QUOTE="Suffca"]

That's the system builders version. It can only be used once.

Not worth it.

I'll stick with XP for a bit longer, will switch over to W7 eventually.

Suffca

Don't you only ever use it once? I mean I reinstalled my system builder copy of Windows Vista to my old PC like 5 times... cause it was Vista :(.

If you just built a rig, the system builder's version is the way to go though.

You can't do that with a retail version either? The key activates one system at a time... The system builder pack is just an OEM disc... A retail box of Windows 7 comes with like 8 different manuals in every language on Earth and a plethora of other items which is why it cost $200, the system builder pack is just a disc and a key, because those people don't need a manual and simply want the disc...

Also if you are student, you could just get it for $30 or even free in some cases...

Just goes to show DX10 and 11 is a marketing scam. Still waiting on the jump we saw from dx8 to 9.

Just goes to show DX10 and 11 is a marketing scam. Still waiting on the jump we saw from dx8 to 9.

BDK-Soft

You serious?

Sure DX10 didn't have a lot of new features, but it implemented some new rendering techniques that DX 11 expanded on.

DX 11 is a massive jump from DX 9. You'll never see a jump like the one from DX8 to DX9 ever again. Now it's all about the fine details. Hammering out surfaces to look amazingly realistic, cloth to move correctly in the wind, shadows to properly be shaded depending on the light sources and ambiant light around it... tons of little things that don't make massive differences.

Also DX 11 allows for tesselations which will improve models to be even more realistic without a huge performance hit. Some of the stuff that DX 11 does is excellent and in the coming years we will see the crazy kind of lighting and textureing that DX11 allows.

DX10 and DX11 aren't marketing scams at all. The real marketing scam was to not support DX10 or DX11 with Windows XP. This is a hack to make that work, a dangerous one on that.

[QUOTE="BDK-Soft"]

Just goes to show DX10 and 11 is a marketing scam. Still waiting on the jump we saw from dx8 to 9.

Wasdie

You serious?

[QUOTE="Suffca"]

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Don't you only ever use it once? I mean I reinstalled my system builder copy of Windows Vista to my old PC like 5 times... cause it was Vista :(.

Buttons1990

If you just built a rig, the system builder's version is the way to go though.

You can't do that with a retail version either? The key activates one system at a time... The system builder pack is just an OEM disc... A retail box of Windows 7 comes with like 8 different manuals in every language on Earth and a plethora of other items which is why it cost $200, the system builder pack is just a disc and a key, because those people don't need a manual and simply want the disc...

Also if you are student, you could just get it for $30 or even free in some cases...

Shows how much I know. :P

[QUOTE="guildclaws"][QUOTE="Crimsader"]If many got it working, then you should get it too. A try doesn't hurt. See for yourself.Crimsader

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

[QUOTE="BDK-Soft"]

Just goes to show DX10 and 11 is a marketing scam. Still waiting on the jump we saw from dx8 to 9.

BDK-Soft

You serious?

Enjoy sticking with really outdated OSs and graphics cards then. You'll be waiting for years.

Windows 7 is better in every way now.

Wasdie

Why bother with hacks when Windows XP is obsolete? Windows 7 is better in every way now.

Wasdie

I see your point, but c'mon. Windows XP is not broken, nor obsolete. It seems like 95% of software runs on it, if not more.

Calling Windows XP obsolete is like calling my 15 year old Jeep obsolete; its not, it is just old :) It gets me from point A to point B, and if the only alternative is to dump a bunch of money (and to many, 100+ dollars for an OS is expensive) into something new but unnecessary, than it is better to stick with the old.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

With that said, I made the switch to Windows 7 four months ago and it is fan-friggin'-tastic :D Highly recommended, but onlyif you got 100+ dollars to burn. I bought mine with a percentage of my tax return

My PC died a couple of days ago and I'm using a computer running XP while my new PC is being built and it's soooo bad, just so slow and annoying. I want my PC with Vista back!!! :cry:

Seriously going back to this ugly dinosaur of an OS has opened my eyes even more of just how much better the new operating systems are. If you can't afford Seven then at least pick up Vista at a bargain price.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Why bother with hacks when Windows XP is obsolete? Windows 7 is better in every way now.

mrbojangles25

I see your point, but c'mon. Windows XP is not broken, nor obsolete. It seems like 95% of software runs on it, if not more.

Calling Windows XP obsolete is like calling my 15 year old Jeep obsolete; its not, it is just old :) It gets me from point A to point B, and if the only alternative is to dump a bunch of money (and to many, 100+ dollars for an OS is expensive) into something new but unnecessary, than it is better to stick with the old.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

With that said, I made the switch to Windows 7 four months ago and it is fan-friggin'-tastic :D Highly recommended, but onlyif you got 100+ dollars to burn. I bought mine with a percentage of my tax return

No it isn't broken, but it doesn't use any sort of threading and current generation UI and mulitasking useability. Thus it is obsolete.

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Why bother with hacks when Windows XP is obsolete? Windows 7 is better in every way now.

Wasdie

I see your point, but c'mon. Windows XP is not broken, nor obsolete. It seems like 95% of software runs on it, if not more.

Calling Windows XP obsolete is like calling my 15 year old Jeep obsolete; its not, it is just old :) It gets me from point A to point B, and if the only alternative is to dump a bunch of money (and to many, 100+ dollars for an OS is expensive) into something new but unnecessary, than it is better to stick with the old.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

With that said, I made the switch to Windows 7 four months ago and it is fan-friggin'-tastic :D Highly recommended, but onlyif you got 100+ dollars to burn. I bought mine with a percentage of my tax return

No it isn't broken, but it doesn't use any sort of threading and current generation UI and mulitasking useability. Thus it is obsolete.

Seriously the replies here are weird.... win7 or vista for that matter are not better than xp, they are slower, dakan45

That's funny I went from XP to Vista SP1 on the same system and it was like getting out of a Datsun and jumping into a brand new Lamborghini. Navagation, UI etc are just so much faster and it looks so much better.

[QUOTE="dakan45"]Seriously the replies here are weird.... win7 or vista for that matter are not better than xp, they are slower, the_mitch28

That's funny I went from XP to Vista SP1 on the same system and it was like getting out of a Datsun and jumping into a brand new Lamborghini. Navagation, UI etc are just so much faster and it looks so much better.

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

Why bother with hacks when Windows XP is obsolete? Windows 7 is better in every way now.

Wasdie

I see your point, but c'mon. Windows XP is not broken, nor obsolete. It seems like 95% of software runs on it, if not more.

Calling Windows XP obsolete is like calling my 15 year old Jeep obsolete; its not, it is just old :) It gets me from point A to point B, and if the only alternative is to dump a bunch of money (and to many, 100+ dollars for an OS is expensive) into something new but unnecessary, than it is better to stick with the old.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

With that said, I made the switch to Windows 7 four months ago and it is fan-friggin'-tastic :D Highly recommended, but onlyif you got 100+ dollars to burn. I bought mine with a percentage of my tax return

No it isn't broken, but it doesn't use any sort of threading and current generation UI and mulitasking useability. Thus it is obsolete.

Hmmm I suppose you are technically correct, but in a more practical sense its tough to call it obsolete.

Anyway, whatever.

On a separate note, I am assuming that is ArmA II in your sig. Is that modded or a custom map? I am looking into getting into multiplayer ArmA and would like some pointers.

Vista/7 confusing? what kind of argument is that? they're identical to XP except the "Users" folder, it's not Documents and Settings anymore. Doing basic stuff was faster on Vista but it had the same problem as XP over time it started to get slower, and this was finally fixed in 7, it's as fast as it was last year when I first installed it and sorry to say this but you're not fooling anyone you didn't have an extensive experience with Vista if it gave you "pop ups", any mediocre PC user would remove those inconveniences day 1, you either didn't know what it was so it's doubtful Vista really was as bad as you're explaining or you never really used it much at all.DanielDust

[QUOTE="DanielDust"]Vista/7 confusing? what kind of argument is that? they're identical to XP except the "Users" folder, it's not Documents and Settings anymore. Doing basic stuff was faster on Vista but it had the same problem as XP over time it started to get slower, and this was finally fixed in 7, it's as fast as it was last year when I first installed it and sorry to say this but you're not fooling anyone you didn't have an extensive experience with Vista if it gave you "pop ups", any mediocre PC user would remove those inconveniences day 1, you either didn't know what it was so it's doubtful Vista really was as bad as you're explaining or you never really used it much at all.dakan45

Have you even tried windows 7? Its amazing, the best windwos versino ever.

I to wasnt a fan of Vista at all, I ended up going back to XP. But after trying Windows7 I was hooked. Its like Windows XP except improved.

W7>XP>VISTA

from my personal experience.

[QUOTE="dakan45"]

[QUOTE="DanielDust"]Vista/7 confusing? what kind of argument is that? they're identical to XP except the "Users" folder, it's not Documents and Settings anymore. Doing basic stuff was faster on Vista but it had the same problem as XP over time it started to get slower, and this was finally fixed in 7, it's as fast as it was last year when I first installed it and sorry to say this but you're not fooling anyone you didn't have an extensive experience with Vista if it gave you "pop ups", any mediocre PC user would remove those inconveniences day 1, you either didn't know what it was so it's doubtful Vista really was as bad as you're explaining or you never really used it much at all.kozzy1234

Have you even tried windows 7? Its amazing, the best windwos versino ever.

I to wasnt a fan of Vista at all, I ended up going back to XP. But after trying Windows7 I was hooked. Its like Windows XP except improved.

W7>XP>VISTA

from my personal experience.