Microsoft’s original 233–300 MHz Pentium requirement for XP is difficult for 86Box to meet unless the host machine uses high-end modern CPUs like an Intel Core 12th Gen (or better), AMD Ryzen 5000 series Alternative Virtualization: For standard tasks, virtualization software like VirtualBox

If you need to run XP software that relies on (e.g., 2005+ games), 86Box is not useful – use VMware with 3D acceleration enabled instead.