From Vista To XP

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dankup

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I'm thinking of going from Windows Vista to Windows XP on my notebook. No games can run at ALL. This is because I only have 1 GB of RAM and Vista needs 2 GB to run properly. When I say no games I mean no games. A very bad game such as MapleStory can't run... That's how bad it is. Since I know XP doesn't need as much RAM to operate it will be fine. Some questions though:

1) Since I'm going to downgrade to Windows XP (I have the CD for it) can it mess up my notebook in anyway which had Vista on it when I bought it?

2) If I do get Windows XP on my notebook, will/should games technically run and be played better now that more RAM is free for them? I know that it's not only RAM that affects the game - play but since I'm not going to be buying ANY computer parts for my notebook, switching OS's is the best I could do.

Here are my specs for the notebook:

OS: Windows Vista Home Premium (I'm not sure if it's 32 - bit or 64 - bit. I'm saying 32 - bit though)

RAM: 958 Megabytes Installed Memory (1 GB) Dual Chanel

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 1.70 GHz Dual Core

Motherboard: Quanta 30B7 65.28

Graphic Card: It's integrated: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150

Again, please answer my questions above. Thanks - you in advance.
 
dankup said:
1) Since I'm going to downgrade to Windows XP (I have the CD for it) can it mess up my notebook in anyway which had Vista on it when I bought it?
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You'll need XP hardware drivers. What's the model name and number of your laptop?

dankup said:
2) If I do get Windows XP on my notebook, will/should games technically run and be played better now that more RAM is free for them?
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Possibly. The GeForce 6150 GO is a very low quality graphics chip, so you'll want to play games that have very low graphics requirements.
 
mep916 said:
You'll need XP hardware drivers. What's the model name and number of your laptop?



Possibly. The GeForce 6150 GO is a very low quality graphics chip, so you'll want to play games that have very low graphics requirements.
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My Notebook model is the HP Pavilion dv6000 (RX945AV). And yes I'm aware that that graphic card is very low. Nonetheless, will it still run my games better then Vista?
 
dankup said:
And yes I'm aware that that graphic card is very low. Nonetheless, will it still run my games better then Vista?
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You may see a slight improvement with XP. The CPU and graphics chip are the main bottleneck, however.

Looks like you can download XP drivers here. That's all you need to switch to XP. If you haven't already, create the factory recovery disks for your laptop (instructions). If something gets screwed up with the XP install, or if you don't notice any performance gains, you can always switch back to Vista.
 
mep916 said:
You may see a slight improvement with XP. The CPU and graphics chip are the main bottleneck, however.

Looks like you can download XP drivers here. That's all you need to switch to XP. If you haven't already, create the factory recovery disks for your laptop (instructions). If something gets screwed up with the XP install, or if you don't notice any performance gains, you can always switch back to Vista.
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How do I switch back to Vista? The OS came with my notebook and I don't have the CD for it...
 
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