Is my computer compatible with Second Life?

Question

Ok well I'm getting this pop up every time I get in SL and it says something about my computer not having enough memory.

Could you tell me what I need to buy to increase my memory for SL and if there is anything else I need to buy to update my computer?

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Manufacturer Compaq Presario 061

System Model RE473AA-ABA SR2020NX NA680

System Type X86-based PC

Processor x86 Family 15 Model 79 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2204 Mhz

BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.00, 6/30/2006

SMBIOS Version 2.4

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"

Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB

Available Physical Memory 40.51 MB

Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB

Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB

Page File Space 78.50 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Thats all info from my System Info chart thing,

and this is addition info on the box...

Processor:AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3500+

Memory: 512 MB

Hard Drive:160 GB

Please help:)

Thanks!

Rian.

Answer 1

You meet the minimum requirements of OS, CPU, and RAM (barely). I can't tell about your video, though. For XP, Second Life requires:

    *  NVIDIA GeForce 2, GeForce 4 MX or better

    * OR ATI Radeon 8500, 9250 or better

    * OR Intel 945 chipset