"mr.sumo.snr" <llanelli14NOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2g1edmF3f9mgU1@uni-berlin.de...
>>
> 566 will handle XP.  That memory needs to be increased to at least 512mb
> (check Dell motherboard homepage to find out the maximum allowed).
>
> Upgrade to the best AGP VGA card you can buy for under 9000 yen - I
> currently have a NVIDIA 5600 which I picked up for 7600yen at Compumart.

If it is one of the cheepo dell boxes there is probably no AGP slot and
possibly no spare memory slot. One of the reasons the performance on cheepo
dell boxes is so bad is that they use a low performance shared video memory
and low end chipset.




>
> Drop all the bells and whistle XP trimmings in the Advanced/Performance
> menu.
>
> Don't try to photo-edit in Photoshop with 5 IE windows open at the same
time
> and 2 bittorrents running in the background.
>
> Enjoy your find!
>
> --
> jonathan
>
>