XP question

[DeadPool]

will it run on a 450 celeron with 128 ram, i can upgrade to 256 is it needs it. I'm thinking about getting xp pro, if it'll run on the second comp then I probably will.

[ronin1967]

I have it running on a 366 with 64MB, so yes it will

[DeadPool]

will I lose much performance in games??? my bro plays cs on there, it's not great but it keeps him occupied (he's in 3rd grade)

[ronin1967]

for games the downside will probably be your video card and the memory it has not the OS or RAM

[Wommalong]

Originally posted by DeadPool
will it run on a 450 celeron with 128 ram, i can upgrade to 256 is it needs it. I'm thinking about getting xp pro, if it'll run on the second comp then I probably will.

Get the extra RAM, XP loves RAM. I am not saying it will not run just that more RAM could not hurt;) (I got WinXP Pro running on a P1 200MHz Pro, 256MB RAM at home, not the quickest though:eek: )

[looktall]

the cpu will be fine, but get more ram.
with 256mb of ram it won't chug as much as it will with 128mb.

[DaBigJ]

Originally posted by Wommalong


Get the extra RAM, XP loves RAM. I am not saying it will not run just that more RAM could not hurt;) (I got WinXP Pro running on a P1 200MHz Pro, 256MB RAM at home, not the quickest though:eek: )

hehe I beat you. I ran XP on a Pentium 90 w/72 mb ram. Disabled all the "cute" stuff and made sure no extra services were running, and it actually wasn't too bad (for internet browsing and such)

[attitudx]

It should and will run fine. With 128mb of ram it will run fine but may chug or lag on games just depends on video. I run it on a amd 950@1018mhz and 640 mg of ram so I dont see much lag. My p90 is in the garage holding down concrete

[CaptBill]

get as much ram as you can XP loves ram

[DaBigJ]

yep

[cryogen97]

I've got XP pro running on my laptop with 128MB ram. With the usual cute stuff turned on, I haven't really noticed any noticeable slow down compated to my desktop with 512MB.

[Goodie]

I have Xp Pro running and I have 256 megs of ram. I managed to cut the total system useage of ram down to just 30 megs. Xp is nice, just has too many threads running at once. heehee

[diggingforgold]

Anything will work on XP as long as XP lets you install it.

My Compaq 350MHz w/256MB ram works- and my dads 128MB HP works too.

[lennytiger]

I would say a minimum of 256mb RAm for winxp you'll surprised at the difference

[DeadPool]

How do I turn all the eye candy off?

[DaBigJ]

right click on my computer
click on properties
go to advanced tab
click the settings button under performance
select adjust for best performance