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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rodrigo Istalindir" data-source="post: 2260740" data-attributes="member: 2810">Actually, so far, I only know of one PC *designed* for XP64.  A fair range of stuff will support it, but Microsoft was pretty low-key about it, and a lot of vendors have been lukewarm in their support.  Now that it's actually released, driver support should improve.  Might be slim pickings on modems for a long time, though, since they are becoming an extinct species.Hmm.  Assuming you have a decent video board (DirectX 9 compliant, 128MB of RAM), the Sims2 should *not* be slow on that machine.  You're well beyond the recommended spec's.  I've run it on my PC and it's only an Athlon XP 2200 / ATI 9800 (though with a gig of RAM).  Might want to check the BIOS settings for your video - check the AGP aperture settings and make sure it's set to the right speed (1x, 2x, 4x, or 8x) for your video and motherboard combo.Not better quality memory, it's just that the number of writes is way lower than you see with video games or cameras, etc.  You should get several thousand at a minimum -- even changing it 5 times a day, it would be several years before I'd think you'd have to worry, and you'll upgrade well before then, or at least stop switching back and forth between 98 and XP.Ah, misunderstood.  Though you were changing settings so could share drives between 98 and XP.</blockquote>