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Old February 25, 2010, 08:32 PM
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Default How much ram for XP Pro 32 bit?
I have a MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum board with a Athlon 3500+ processor. I'm currently running 1 GB of ram. What would XP Pro 32 bit use for maximum performance?
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Old February 25, 2010, 08:53 PM
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32 Bit Windows can only use up to 4 GB of memory. If you install 4 gb it may only see and use 3 GB. How many memerory slots does the baord have?
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Old February 25, 2010, 09:42 PM
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3.25gb to be exact

How much ram you need depends what you want to do.

I have been using xp for years with just 2gb ram
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1gb at least for ff and the such, 2gb itll feel better especially if you run games. 4 gigs(3.5 at most seen) if you run memory intensive apps.
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I have one gig in there now but I'll up it to two. DDR PC3200 isn't too expensive?
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Old February 27, 2010, 01:57 PM
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I have one gig in there now but I'll up it to two. DDR PC3200 isn't too expensive?
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new may cost $$$

used not so much
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You will not make miracle with more Ram with this processor , 1 gb is already good for XP .................
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I would make it up to 3GB if you want the speed and do not have plan to upgrade in a near future
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