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Originally Posted by Jhereg  You have to watch it when they say "minimum system requirements". Technically, XP will run in 512 MB of ram. By the time you open notepad you're in the paging file already, but technically it does run, as does VTMB on your system - just barely.
Usually the best short term fixes are more memory and a better graphics card, if you can't afford to replace the system completely. |
My PC is about 4 years old, with 512mb RAM and an Intel Chip, plus a P4 processor. The game runs fine, you just need to reboot every hour or so due to the resource leakage in the game engine. You don't need a really powerful machine to play Bloodlines with very little lag. You just have to bear in mind that if your PC is close to the min specs that you will need to restart the game, and your PC, every so often when you notice the lagging increasing.
@eevaa
What applications are you classing as essential? If you have borderline specs or performance issues then it helps a lot if you make sure the PC is disconnected from the internet. Doing this means you can then close your firewall and your virus scan as there is no way for anyone to hack into your pc or for a virus to get on it (unless it is from a floppy disk or a CD, but seeing as you are playing a game there is no reason to use either, except the Bloodlines CD which won't have a virus on it). Also turn off any virus shields. You'll be surprised by how much this can improve performance. I use this trick for both Bloodlines and Morrowind, both of which use quite a lot of resources.