PC Game Compatibility

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#1 CronoStrife
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So if I install Windows on my PS3 will I be able to play PC games, namely orange box?
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#2 guyhunter
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And you're going to install an x86 operating system on a Cell based PS3 how again? :roll:
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#3 CronoStrife
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oh oops, i was somehow under the impression that windows could be installed...feeling pretty noobish now :
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#4 ynfive
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So if I install Windows on my PS3 will I be able to play PC games, namely orange box?CronoStrife
Somehow with installing linux on your ps3 you can install a windows emulator. you gotta know what you are doing though and if you figure it out let us know as i have wasted hours on the net and in syntax to make sense of thiis. unix makes me *Sigh* feel dumb.
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[QUOTE="CronoStrife"]So if I install Windows on my PS3 will I be able to play PC games, namely orange box?ynfive
Somehow with installing linux on your ps3 you can install a windows emulator. you gotta know what you are doing though and if you figure it out let us know as i have wasted hours on the net and in syntax to make sense of thiis. unix makes me *Sigh* feel dumb.

There is no point installing a Windows emulator to play games on your PS3. The main problems you will strike are; PS3 Linux has no support for 3D acceleration, PS3 Linux only has access to 256 MB of RAM, the Cell processor and x86 are nothing like each other so you have to use emulation not virtualization. What does this all mean? It just doesn't work, and will not be worth your time. The best you can expect to do on a PS3 with Linux would be to get DOS box, MAME (old 2D games only), and some old school console emulators working. You will never get decent Windows support - EVER!