diff --git a/usage/faq.rst b/usage/faq.rst index cd3f0c8..fb104e9 100644 --- a/usage/faq.rst +++ b/usage/faq.rst @@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ While the operating system does run, the Windows XP system requirements are stee Even though these requirements seem modest in the present day, only some of the newest AMD (Ryzen 5000 series or better), Intel (Core 12th generation or better), and Apple (M2 or better) processors are capable of meeting the bare minimum Windows XP requirements under 86Box’s full system emulation. On top of the operating system requirements, most software and games that require Windows XP will demand even more out of the hardware than Windows XP alone, reducing the utility of Windows XP in 86Box to a very narrow set of software. -It is almost always better to run Windows XP in a different virtualizer or emulator. On AMD and Intel based PCs, software such as `VirtualBox `_ or `Hyper-V `_ can run Windows XP close to bare-metal performance, as most CPU instructions can run unmodified. On Apple macOS computers, `UTM `_ is capable of either running Windows XP in full hardware virtualization on Intel Macs, or with highly optimized x86 emulation on M-series Macs. UTM does not chase the fine-detail historic accuracy of 86Box and as such, is able to take “shortcuts” that can allow Windows XP and software on it to run with acceptable performance even under x86 emulation. +It is almost always better to run Windows XP in a different virtualizer or emulator. On AMD and Intel based PCs, software such as `VirtualBox `_ or `Hyper-V `_ can run Windows XP close to bare-metal performance, as most CPU instructions can run unmodified. On Apple macOS computers, `UTM `_ is capable of either running Windows XP in full hardware virtualization on Intel Macs, or with highly optimized x86 emulation on M-series Macs. UTM does not chase the fine-detail historic accuracy of 86Box and as such, is able to take "shortcuts" that can allow Windows XP and software on it to run with acceptable performance even under x86 emulation. -Are you going to add emulation of the Pentium 3 and/or newer CPUs? ------------------------------------------------------------------- +Are you going to add emulation of the Pentium III and/or newer CPUs? +-------------------------------------------------------------------- -In short, no. Newer CPUs are way too powerful and even the top-end systems that are currently on the market are not nearly performant enough to be able to emulate them at usable speeds. In fact, we already had to add some low-clocked variants of the Pentium 2 that never actually existed, just so more people could use it! +In short, no. Newer CPUs are way too powerful and even the top-end systems that are currently on the market are not nearly performant enough to be able to emulate them at usable speeds. In fact, we already had to add some low-clocked variants of the Pentium II that never actually existed, just so more people could use it! -For further reading, team member RichardG wrote a `blog post `_ that goes into the details of what makes the emulation of newer CPUs so controversial. +For further reading, team member RichardG867 wrote a `blog post `_ that goes into the details of what makes the emulation of newer CPUs so controversial.