little advice needed for my OS

jhnsn · 28 Jul 2011 at 08:52

Ok so i've just orderd a Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) and was wondering would this chip work to its full potential with windows xp home 32bit or would it be worth upgrading to windows 7 (mainly for gaming use). Thanks

Raumarik · 28 Jul 2011 at 12:29

Windows 7 home premium 64 bit. Many modern games are no longer supporting Direct X 9, so won't run on XP.

theheyes · 28 Jul 2011 at 13:56

Halfmad said:
Windows 7 home premium 64 bit.

This.

Meatball · 28 Jul 2011 at 15:07

That would be the equivalent of buying a Ferrari and letting a 10 year old drive it. XP is long dead and buried and there's no reason to be using it on a modern system. If you have XP legacy programs buy W7 Pro for XP mode

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