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XP computer- worth upgrading RAM?
I have a Dell with XP installed to play older games that Windows 7 has trouble with- I have 64-bit W7 which can't handle 16-bit stuff, and XP had better compatibility with old games anyway. Problem is, this PC has 2 GB of RAM and I think that's already caused problems with one game, which locked up and caused the PC to reboot(the gog.com version of Postal 2- surprised me as I used to run Postal 2 on an old Compaq that had worse specs but maybe the gog version has higher requirements?). I may also want to install MapleStory on it as I also want to use it as a backup PC if this one fails on me.
The Dell has 4 RAM slots, only 2 are in use each with a 1 GB RAM stick. I'm getting conflicting reports on what RAM limit XP has- some say 3 GB, some say 3.25, some say 3.5 and some say 4. I will assume that if I put 2 GB more RAM in, it won't all be used? Is it best to put in a 1 GB and a 512 stick?
I'm not looking to turn this Dell into a modern-equivalent PC as I have a Gateway which exceeds it already, but I would like to squeeze as much out of the Dell as I can.