Reply 40 of 49, by tayyare
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wrote:Thanks a lot for the advice. I really like you're XP build videos, they inspired me to put something together. I know the FX is the best upgrade for that socket, they're just hard to find even used. Im even considering building an AMD FM2+ based modern platform with DDR3 to run XP for the best results. There are some modern motherboards from AsRock that still have XP 32 and 64 bit drivers available for download but it also raises another question. Would 64 bit be better due to no RAM limitation like 32 bit? granted I can find the right drivers for everything.
You can also look for Opterons. They are easier to find and cheaper (relatively), while equivalent to AMD X2 / FX processors. And I personally don't recommend XP 64. Had problems like driver unavailability and some software refusing to run. It will not give you anything but more than 4GB RAM, but who cares about more than 4GB when using XP era software (games and otherwise)? 🤣
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