CPU Usage in Winamp 5 Retail

disabledvet · 21st December 2003, 10:58

I am afraid I am with Wildrose-Wally on this one. The point? We all know that with the modern skin you are going to get a significant jump in memory usage. So don't use it, and minimize everything and run it in windowshade mode or in the taskbar....It will still run and you won't be using any significant memory.
As for me I don't do much gaming but I have a lot of memory on my machine and I run winamp full open with modern skins and all and it doesn't phase this machine, which keeps on chugging along.
I have a 2.4 pentium 4 with 768mb of memory and two 80 gig hardrives so I have no problem with anything. The best thing for anyone to do no matter the size of the processor is get more memory and a larger harddrive. You'd be amazed what that does even for an older machine...and get Windows XP. I had nothing but problems in memory area with Windows ME. I hated it. Cost me 100 bucks, which is a major investment for someone on a measly disability check but, hey, I use this computer a lot and just decided that it was worth the money.
One other thing....I don't use a sound card on this machine. I have Philips' Gameport machine (has a radio and CD player but has USB PC link as well). That, believe it or not saves on a lot of memory. It was designed to be used with MMJB 7.2 but I have the entire computer using the machine for my sound and with WOOX it sounds incredible. And it has gamesound setup as well. The machine cost me another 100 bucks but it is incredible, the sound you get with it.
There, I have been too long winded and I apologize.
By the way, buy the pro version! Just as an appreciation for the great new 5.1 program.

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21st December 2003, 10:58	#1
disabledvet Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Bristol, VA Posts: 20	I am afraid I am with Wildrose-Wally on this one. The point? We all know that with the modern skin you are going to get a significant jump in memory usage. So don't use it, and minimize everything and run it in windowshade mode or in the taskbar....It will still run and you won't be using any significant memory. As for me I don't do much gaming but I have a lot of memory on my machine and I run winamp full open with modern skins and all and it doesn't phase this machine, which keeps on chugging along. I have a 2.4 pentium 4 with 768mb of memory and two 80 gig hardrives so I have no problem with anything. The best thing for anyone to do no matter the size of the processor is get more memory and a larger harddrive. You'd be amazed what that does even for an older machine...and get Windows XP. I had nothing but problems in memory area with Windows ME. I hated it. Cost me 100 bucks, which is a major investment for someone on a measly disability check but, hey, I use this computer a lot and just decided that it was worth the money. One other thing....I don't use a sound card on this machine. I have Philips' Gameport machine (has a radio and CD player but has USB PC link as well). That, believe it or not saves on a lot of memory. It was designed to be used with MMJB 7.2 but I have the entire computer using the machine for my sound and with WOOX it sounds incredible. And it has gamesound setup as well. The machine cost me another 100 bucks but it is incredible, the sound you get with it. There, I have been too long winded and I apologize. By the way, buy the pro version! Just as an appreciation for the great new 5.1 program.