How much SDRAM for XP?

[tedthebear]

:disgust:Yet another upgrade looming! I currently have 192mb SDRAM with Windows Me. When I upgrade to XP, can I stick with 192, or should I add another 256? It's so cheap right now I figure I should bite the bullet. I think I'll install XP as a Xmas present to myself...

 

[JohnnyPC]

Well the official minimum spec is "64 megs but 128 is recommended" - I would think that 192 is fine but like you say, spending another $30 for 256 megs somehow still seems impossible...how low can it go?

 

[Blayze]

Im running 256 now in XP, and its running fine.

I do plan however to pickup 256 or 512 more megs soon, since ram is so cheap now.

 

[dawks]

I believe it was C|Net that posted an article saying that they would reccomend a minimum of 192megs ram, with 64 additional megabytes per user that would login to the computer.. IE, for three users, 192mb + (64x3) = 384.

Im running it right now with 256mb ram, and 5 users.. Runs fine..

I would say 192mb ram would suffice, but with prices so low, why not go grab a 256 stick.. or if you can find one, a 512 😉

 

[MulLa]

I think what the CNet is referring to is to use the "quick user switching" or whatever they call it you will need additional RAM per user "switch". Otherwise I don't see why you will need additional RAM for additional accounts.

XP boots up with a footprint of about 100MB untweaked. So it leaves you 92MB to play with guess that should be enough if you don't do any memory intensive stuff.

 

[Zoltarc]

Bah!

I can run it with 128

 

[Om]

I'm running XP with 256MB but find I acctually bottom out now and again! I guess I'm use to having 512MB on my system before I installed XP,..either that or it's a hog?

 

[Salvador]

Heh.. 64 to 128.. You'd better be running a 1.5 P4 or Tbird with that amount of RAM. I have 320 mb's and it's not enough for my Celeron 900. I'm going to add another 256 and see what happens.

Sal