[Dadof2boys]

First I hope everyone had a good christmas.

Second, so I have had xbmc installed for a while now on our laptops, tablets, and have an Android TV. I picked up from a friend a older desk top computer. Currently have been working on it but I am having some grief with XBMC, I finally have it running but I am unable to load an repositories and add-ons. I ahve upgraded all the drivers for just about everything.

The computer is running Windows XP with SP3. Pentium 4 Has a 128gig harddrive and 2G ram. I am freezing alot when in XBMC with both the 12.2 version and 12.3 version. I have added a new source to pull from but they do not want to load, and freezes.

I am wondering if adding more ram will help the run speed and/or upgrading to Win7

Anyone else have any ideas or information to run this at top shape (for the age of the computer anyways)

Thanks everyone and Happy New Year

[wes paich]

graphics card?

[Dadof2boys]

graphics card?

What would you recommend for a graphic card just something simple with a HDMI?

[baijuxavior]

nVidia GT610 or 620 or 520. All supports 3d and hd audio bitstreaming.

[black_eagle]

If you just want it to run XBMC and you're not bothered about losing the windows junk (xp is knocking on a bit now) I'd suggest putting OpenElec on it. Run it off a CD or USB stick if you want to try it out without actually installing it.