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Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help

From Paul <nospam@needed.com>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux.ubuntu, comp.sys.laptops, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Subject Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help
Date 2011-06-05 06:27 -0400
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Adam wrote:
> "Aragorn" <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> wrote in message
> news:isf2hj$atp$2@dont-email.me...
>> On Sunday 05 June 2011 06:49 in alt.os.linux.ubuntu, somebody
>> identifying as Adam wrote...
>>
>>> "Aragorn" <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:isen30$cn0$5@dont-email.me...
>>>
>>>> On Saturday 04 June 2011 22:06 in alt.os.linux.ubuntu, somebody
>>>> identifying as Adam wrote...
>>>>
>>>>> System:    ASUS N61JQ laptop
>>>>> RAM:    8 GB
>>>>> Graphics:    ATI Radeon Mobility 5730 (1 GB DDR3 VRAM)
>>>>> Host OS:    Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
>>>>> Guest OS:    Windows XP Pro SP3 (via VirtualBox)
>>>>> Base Memory:    4096 MB (?)
>>>>> Video Memory:    128 MB (?)
>>>>>
>>>>> Given the following ...
>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888137
>>>>>
>>>>> How much base and video memory is recommended for
>>>>> Windows XP Pro SP3?
>>>> You did not state what you intend to do inside the Windows virtual
>>>> machine.  Personally I would recommend about 512 MB to 1 GB base
>>>> memory and about 64 MB video memory.  These numbers correspond to the
>>>> specifications of a pretty decent home/office computer at the time
>>>> Windows XP was released.
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>> Thanks, and good point.  I primarily run the system in WinXP since
>>> I'm a relative newbie in Ubuntu.  So, I do practically everything
>>> there.
>> In that case, I would advise reserving some 2 GB of main system memory,
>> and perhaps 128 MB to 256 MB for video memory (if you're going to be
>> doing OpenGL stuff or gaming in the virtual machine - for which you
>> will need hardware virtualization extensions anyway as it will be too
>> slow without them).  That should give you a very royal amount of
>> headroom. ;-)
>>
>> --
>> *Aragorn*
>> (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
> 
> 
> Hmmm ... I wonder why VirtualBox only allows 128 MB max for video memory.
> Yeah, royal ... I like that.    :-)
> 

See the bottom posting here.

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8319&start=0

    Paul

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how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-04 13:06 -0700
  Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2011-06-04 21:37 -0400
    Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-04 22:25 -0700
  Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> - 2011-06-05 03:45 +0200
    Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-04 21:49 -0700
      Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid> - 2011-06-05 07:00 +0200
        Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-04 22:30 -0700
          Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2011-06-05 06:27 -0400
            Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-05 14:04 -0700
              Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-05 14:23 -0700
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help Patok <crazy.div.patok@gmail.com> - 2011-06-05 18:00 -0400
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-05 18:16 -0700
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help HoneyMonster <someone@someplace.invalid> - 2011-06-05 22:21 +0000
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help "Adam" <adam@no_thanks.com> - 2011-06-05 17:36 -0700
                Re: how much base and video memory to allocate for Windows XP Pro SP3 guest OS via VirtualBox/Ubuntu - please help HoneyMonster <someone@someplace.invalid> - 2011-06-06 00:44 +0000

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