Hello folks,
I am returning to Mac-land after a 10+ year hiatus in PC-world. Yesterday I purchased a Mac Pro with the intention of being able to boot in both OSX as well as WinXP. My main focus with the windows platform is online gaming. I am mostly looking for an ability to run the new Vanguard Saga of Heroes game being released later this month by Sigil/Sony Online Entertainment.
Machine Infos:
Machine Name: Mac Pro
Machine Model: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
ATI Radeon X1900 XT:
Chipset Model: ATY,RadeonX1900
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-1
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x7249
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-A52027-140
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.140
The kind employee at the Apple store insisted that I install Parallels and that this would work flawlessly. After installing the program and Windows XP... updating windows and direct x, I found I couldnt update the graphic card drivers. I downloaded the Vanguard Beta client anyway to see if it would work... and sure enough it would not without "3D acceleration" turned on in the video card driver. So I came to this haven in search of answers. I did quite a bit of searching and found (correct me if I am wrong) that bootcamp is really the way to go when utilizing winxp for 3D games.
Sounds great!
My dilemma is...
What steps do I take now to essentially backtrack to the time before I installed Parallels?
I read through the Parallels user manual, specifically the part about uninstalling... and I am still not sure if simply performing this step will remove the virtual disk, thus wiping everything related to the winXP install. Will it? Or do I need to perform something else to remove the windows OS? I am just kinda lost
What steps do you all recommend I take to resolve my issue?
I am returning to Mac-land after a 10+ year hiatus in PC-world. Yesterday I purchased a Mac Pro with the intention of being able to boot in both OSX as well as WinXP. My main focus with the windows platform is online gaming. I am mostly looking for an ability to run the new Vanguard Saga of Heroes game being released later this month by Sigil/Sony Online Entertainment.
Machine Infos:
Machine Name: Mac Pro
Machine Model: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
ATI Radeon X1900 XT:
Chipset Model: ATY,RadeonX1900
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-1
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x7249
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-A52027-140
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.140
The kind employee at the Apple store insisted that I install Parallels and that this would work flawlessly. After installing the program and Windows XP... updating windows and direct x, I found I couldnt update the graphic card drivers. I downloaded the Vanguard Beta client anyway to see if it would work... and sure enough it would not without "3D acceleration" turned on in the video card driver. So I came to this haven in search of answers. I did quite a bit of searching and found (correct me if I am wrong) that bootcamp is really the way to go when utilizing winxp for 3D games.
Sounds great!
My dilemma is...
What steps do I take now to essentially backtrack to the time before I installed Parallels?
I read through the Parallels user manual, specifically the part about uninstalling... and I am still not sure if simply performing this step will remove the virtual disk, thus wiping everything related to the winXP install. Will it? Or do I need to perform something else to remove the windows OS? I am just kinda lost
What steps do you all recommend I take to resolve my issue?
