8800GTX on P4 3.0ghz rig - is it worth it?

[intergalacticman]

MS said XP only needed 512, they were full of ****.

umm it was 256 Megs

[Guardian]

XP runs on 128 min.

[Redundant]

XP runs on 128 min.

So, uh, how long does it take to open 'My Computer' on 128mb?
Better yet, how long does it take to boot? Half-hour? :p
Yes, I know it will work but it's practically unusable with 128mb.

MS Link to requirements.
(OMG, it'll work on 64mb?!)

[Guardian]

No 128 runs suprisingly good.

[Drew]

No 128 runs suprisingly good.

...with a sensible processor...

But if you're running 128Mb then you're hardly likely to be running it alongside a core 2 duo now are you...

I've used XP a lot with 128Mb and an AMD Duron 700Mhz, with *reasonable* success.

But I don't recommend it.

When it comes to anything more recent (like anything with more than 256Mb and a 1 Gig processor, I'm clueless).

Just had to butt in....

[CanaBalistic]

When i upgraded from 1gig to 2gig's, i noticed a drastic improvment while playing bf2. It was like a whole new game. Morph walking and the jitters were almost nill to none.

[bartvandenberg]

When i upgraded from 1gig to 2gig's, i noticed a drastic improvment while playing bf2. It was like a whole new game. Morph walking and the jitters were almost nill to none.

i second that for sure. i thought the game kicked a$$ with 1gb.... how clueless i was to how the game was supposed to be run!!

[Guardian]

When i upgraded from 1gig to 2gig's, i noticed a drastic improvment while playing bf2. It was like a whole new game. Morph walking and the jitters were almost nill to none.

No disrespect cana, but it also depends on the sort of memory. 1 gig ddr runs ALOT differnt then 1 gig ddr2-800.


W/e, I never had a 2 gig rig, Only a 1 gig. I have over 3 gigs but mobos never supported that many dimms. My new gaming rigs gonna have 2 gig, lets see how that goes.

[bartvandenberg]

No disrespect cana, but it also depends on the sort of memory. 1 gig ddr runs ALOT differnt then 1 gig ddr2-800.

Actually. the difference would be a lot less than you tend to think. in fact, ddr400 with decent timings is actually exceptionally close to the same as ddr2 800 performance in gaming. In over half of games, outperforms ddr2 677.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=2741&p=5

The main reason people dont see it is because it should be a no brainer right? 400 mhz ddr2 800 HAS to be better than 200mhz ddr400. BUT... How often do you see DDR2 800 ram with timings like 2-2-2-5, and that seems to be whats holding back the potential of most ddr2 modules.