128mb ideal for XP? i dont think so...

[2 much thinking]

just thought i'd break the ice with first thread :)


i came across a computer advertisement in the paper, for a company, and it had a 1Ghz Duron with 128mb and it had ideal for XP.

what do guys reckon would be minimum for reasonable operation on XP.

[SilverPriest]

256 minimum
i wouldnt run with less than 384, 512 being ideal
I'm running win2k with 768, soon to be 512 as 256 going in other pc....

[GooGlo]

It would run fine on 128 with all the advanced features turned off and a lot of the bloat cut out but 256 would be a more realistic minimum.

[RockBoy]

got it running on 64meg on a K62 350 at work
slow as a dog even with all the flash stuff turned off
i would say 512 would be a good sweet spot

RB

[KingJackal]

Yeah - 256 minimum in my books too. The machine down the hall has only got 128MB in it - but it's running ME, so it runs fine. ( although in that case I just can't be bothered suggesting another $200+ fork-out for an XP upgrade )

512MB is good - that's what I'm running ATM. I had 768MB of SDR before going DDR, but 512MB is very, very rarely a problem for me - so I just saved my cash and went 512MB.

[Binky Stunt Cat]

we managed to get 2k running fine on a K6-2 450 with 196Mb RAM. I wouldnt even TRY that with XP, since its more bloated.....256Mb is standard for 2k, but i'm definatly gonna up it to 512Mb not long after i finish my upgrade.

[whetu]

Originally posted by Binky Stunt Cat
we managed to get 2k running fine on a K6-2 450 with 196Mb RAM. I wouldnt even TRY that with XP, since its more bloated.....256Mb is standard for 2k, but i'm definatly gonna up it to 512Mb not long after i finish my upgrade.

with the k6-2's the l2 cache comes into it big time... on my old k6-2 i got a HUGE performance increase under 2k by haxing the registry to use the l2 cache (it doesnt by default) that k6-2 at present has 192 meg of ram and runs xp fine with some of the eye candy turned off...

*shrugs*

for me however, 256 is irritating... i'm used to stability and responsiveness.. 384 is a realistic minimum for me, 512 is a sweet spot :)

*laffs as the gf's comp only has 32meg*

[mird-OC]

yeah that's pure BS. it will run on 128MB it's certainly NOT ideal. honestly, they could be had up for false advertising with that claim.

you should post who it was and we'll flame them.

[Mr ABIT]

id have to say u need 512m to be safe :D

[Genesis]

Hmm.. One of my friends is running XP Pro wif 128mb ram/600P3 - its a bit laggy here and there but seems alright to use. Though is loading time is friggin hours..

Im running XP Pro wif 384 and no probs what so ever.. expect for this damn Viper 2 Z200 compabilty problem :(!

[GooGlo]

*cough* Im runnign 2k on a P166MMX with 64mb sdram NO WORRIES. I get BETTER performance than in 98. You should have no worries running it on something like a k62.

[Py7h0n]

SOZ Way Off Topic

"Yeah 2k would give better performance than 98 but you stick another 192MB in there and watch it fly :D"

[mird-OC]

Originally posted by GooGlo
*cough* Im runnign 2k on a P166MMX with 64mb sdram NO WORRIES. I get BETTER performance than in 98. You should have no worries running it on something like a k62.
yeah for sure, but kinda irrelevant :)

[Deviant]

Originally posted by mird-OC
honestly, they could be had up for false advertising with that claim.



I agree it's misleading or false advertising, and I hate the way lots of advertisers do that. At least the commerce commission gets to nail some of them. Rather than flame them which will do nothing, report them instead which could hurt them in the pocket. That is if it worries you so.

[Py7h0n]

yeah really true, let the commerce commission nail them

oh yeah (love the Friends Celeron SIG:D)

[2 much thinking]

Originally posted by mird-OC
yeah that's pure BS. it will run on 128MB it's certainly NOT ideal. honestly, they could be had up for false advertising with that claim.

you should post who it was and we'll flame them.

well wont mention any particular names cause i know a friend that works there and they put his picture in the paper with the add !!! he couldn't do any thing about it......

but it was a RETRAVISION store

[Geek4Life]

I find that 128MB in Win98 SE is bad enough. I wouldn't be wanting to try that out in XP. But then again this is teamed up with a celeron. :(

[asanthadenz]

pfft try putting 128mb's of ram in XP, itll run OK, but try playing games such as RTCW,MOHAA etc etc on high detail, your game will be so choppy,

[Humantuckshop]

I've seen alot of Hewlett Packards and the like with Windoze XP & 128MB of RAM - most of the time it's with the cheapass Celeron packages tho. :(

[SecretSquirrel]

I'm currently stuck with 128mb in XP, and it runs great, takes a while to get back out of games etc, and yes, with twice that there's pretty much no wait at all...

But in saying that, you need at least 256 for it to be manageable...I'm just reasonably patient.


In conclusion, the more RAM, the greater the penis/rewards.
:eek:

[Genesis]

Amen to that brother!

[BloodDonor]

256 MB min... 512 preferably or more for XP :D

[swiftynz]

i just upgraded from 256 to 512 (running win2k) and the difference is quite noticeable, although definately not as much as going from 128 - 256. sometimes i'm glad i have the ram tho.... :D

[Deviant]

Originally posted by 2 much thinking


but it was a RETRAVISION store

Retravision, well I would probably let them off the hook. They probably don't even know 128MB isn't ideal. I would also say that anyone going to Retravision for a computer is just asking to be ripped off, or get a dud.

[BloodDonor]

hehe i had a GB of SDRAM on my old 900@1098 Athlon, but i sold it to get the DDR system upgrade :D

was a good time to sell it, i sold the 512's for 230 each, and considering its what i paid for them lol

i also got the 2 256 DDR's for 133 nz each :D the price had more than doubled, but a manager i know at noel lemmings down here had 2 in the cupboard purchased at the old price :D

[Binky Stunt Cat]

heck, i have 256Mb of RAM and am using 2k and i never max out my ram use.....
damn slow CPU....

[Geek4Life]

I'm at 57.3MB swap file in 98se at the moment. That's just with THINK, MSN, Opera, Outpost and AVG.

That's 128MB ram but 8 shared for video and a celery 900.

[Gh0s7 L3mUr]

I got 256MB XMS2400 at the mo. Runs XP ok, but a stick of 512MB XMS3200 would be better. ;) :D

[Joshsti_NZ]

I can run XPee fairly good ... with everything flashy turned off, that new XP blue theme is ghey :rolleyes:

[BloodDonor]

Originally posted by Joshsti_NZ
I can run XPee fairly good ... with everything flashy turned off, that new XP blue theme is ghey :rolleyes:

styles XP 1.0 :D

currently i have the option of about 400 visual styles/themes :D

[-=DEI[]v[]OS=-]

I've been running XP for a while now, on my Celley 700 @ 789 with 208mb of crappy no name ram (hence the pathetic overclock) and it runs fine, well it did untill I started customizing my desktop with calendars, and weather forecasts etc.

IMHO 128Mb of ram is enough as long as you don't wanna run too many programs in the background.

Just my 0.02 cents