On 7 May 2005 06:08:35 -0700, "jmiguez" wrote:


wrote:
Don't tell me to install Linux. I know that. It's currently not an
option.

I downloaded and installed FG on a fairly capable XP system (1.6ghz
AMD
256 RAM and a good video card) and was blown away by the frame rate.
Like
one second per frame even in the lower resolution modes?

I shut down all the background tasks I can, task manager shows 99%
free
resources, but hey... this is windows.

I've got to be doing something wrong (besides using XP). What is it?
It's
got to work better than this. How do you get it to run so that it's
not
just a big joke?



I agree with Epi. You need more RAM. 256k is only enough to run XP
and Word. I think you will find that 512k RAM will do a lot for the
frame rate.

That MB should be able to use the older 2100 or 2400 RAM. You can get
a 512 stick for about $50 or less. A 256k stick can be had for cheap,
cheap.

With XP and the apps that run in the back ground I'd want a minimum of
512 and preferably one gig.

To the OP. Bring up the "Task manager" and see what you have for
memory use and page file swapping. I'd bet it's doing a tremendous
amount of page file swapping. (swapping chunks of programs and data
from RAM to the HD and working piecemeal).

On this machine, several upgrades back, going from 512 to 1 Gig made
an unbelievable difference. I do a lot of photo processing. It went
from 20 to 30 seconds on loading a 65 meg image to about a second. I
can run the scanner, the canner software, Photoshop CS AND process 4
to 6 images at a time AND run Word too.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com


John