Windows XP?

Cheese_On_tsaot · Aug 11, 2021

After moving fully to SSD I can't live without them, I do still own HDD's but just for data storage.
The noise cut down is worth it also.

A side note, I use a HDD on my XP computer and it is fast. But that's because it is XP.

Splinterdog · Aug 11, 2021

This thread has now inspired me to install XP on an SSD in one of my retro Pentium 4 machines.
That's going to be fun

Naki · Aug 11, 2021

Splinterdog said:
This thread has now inspired me to install XP on an SSD in one of my retro Pentium 4 machines.
That's going to be fun

For sure!

If it lacks SATA ports, you can use a PATA <--> SATA adapter.

Splinterdog · Aug 11, 2021

Naki said:
For sure! If it lacks SATA ports, you can use a PATA <--> SATA adapter.

Yes, it has two SATA ports (Intel D865GBF) and it's interesting because I've never tried this before.
*Probably way off topic, since the thread is about GPU-Z, lol.

I've never seen XP run this fast before and it was a very simple install - MBR and SATA drivers on a floppy, nice!

lexluthermiester · Aug 11, 2021

W1zzard said:
Yeah this is exactly the issue, no solution in that thread though. Worst case is I go back to the last working version of the CRT library

Will you lose anything reverting back?

regorwin56 · Sep 27, 2021

I want to ask Can GPU Z 2.42 be executed on Windows XP?

W1zzard · Sep 27, 2021

Yes.

Bah, I forgot to mention it in the changelog

Naki · Sep 27, 2021

This is great!
But does Installer work too!?

W1zzard · Sep 27, 2021

Naki said:
This is great!
But does Installer work too!?

The installer does not work due to Innosetup's design choices and is not available under Windows XP

pavle · Sep 27, 2021

As a sidenote for XP: everyone disable "lastaccessupdate" of the filesystem.

W1zzard · Sep 27, 2021

pavle said:
As a sidenote for XP: everyone disable "lastaccessupdate" of the filesystem.

Filesystem writes are cached and combined into one larger write when going to disk, this won't have a significant impact on anything. Do you have any data to support this change?

Naki · Sep 27, 2021

pavle said:
As a sidenote for XP: everyone disable "lastaccessupdate" of the filesystem.

I agree with W1zzard on this one. Just use a quick, 7200 RPM HDD instead of very slow one, and/or use an SSD and then you need not break your NTFS system to get "better speeds".

(No need to go to any 10K, 15K RPM HDDs, as most of those are very old now, so not worth the risk for too little gain.)

regorwin56 · Sep 27, 2021

Does TechPowerUp provide GPU Z version that does not need to be installed

dorsetknob · Sep 27, 2021

As far as i remember
When you first Run the executable your offered the choice of running the installer or running it as a stand alone program ie no install

Dave-H · Sep 27, 2021

Indeed so.
There is also an option in the settings to run the installer, which now pops up a message saying that it needs at least Windows Vista if you try to run it on XP.
All works fine as it is though, thanks @W1zzard!

regorwin56 · Sep 27, 2021

Dave-H said:
Indeed so.
There is also an option in the settings to run the installer, which now pops up a message saying that it needs at least Windows Vista if you try to run it on XP.
All works fine as it is though, thanks @W1zzard!

In GPU Z 2.40 version, these two installation methods Can still be executed on Windows XP Is it?

Shou Miko · Sep 27, 2021

Maybe it's about time to start up my Windows XP Retro Gaming PC and test out the newest version of GPU-Z.

Running Intel Core i3-4130, Asus P9D-I, 4GB DDR ECC RAM, MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti TF, KingFast 240GB SATA SSD :rockout:

W1zzard · Sep 27, 2021

regorwin56 said:
Does TechPowerUp provide GPU Z version that does not need to be installed

You can just copy the GPU-Z exe onto your system, run it, and never install it

regorwin56 said:
In GPU Z 2.40 version, these two installation methods Can still be executed on Windows XP Is it?

Our installer uses InnoSetup. At some point they updated their Visual Studio compiler, which results in EXE files that don't run on Windows XP anymore. For GPU-Z it's getting increasingly difficult to continue supporting Windows XP, but it's an important capability for me, so I go the extra mile to make this work

lexluthermiester · Sep 27, 2021

W1zzard said:
For GPU-Z it's getting increasingly difficult to continue supporting Windows XP, but it's an important capability for me, so I go the extra mile to make this work

I'm curious, with XP now completely out of support, hardware wise, and most software having moved along as well, why the effort to support it? Feature set updates that you want to ensure are backported? Or is it a bit of a nostalgia thing maybe?

regorwin56 · Sep 27, 2021

W1zzard said:
You can just copy the GPU-Z exe onto your system, run it, and never install it

Our installer uses InnoSetup. At some point they updated their Visual Studio compiler, which results in EXE files that don't run on Windows XP anymore. For GPU-Z it's getting increasingly difficult to continue supporting Windows XP, but it's an important capability for me, so I go the extra mile to make this work

I just want to know if the version before 2.40 can be installed on Windows XP normally

lexluthermiester · Sep 27, 2021

Naki said:
SSD for both?

While XP does not support the TRIM function needed for SSD's, most SSD controllers natively manage their own drive TRIM functions. As such, modern SSDs can be used safely on XP or even Win2k & 9X.

regorwin56 said:
I just want to know if the version before 2.40 can be installed on Windows XP normally

Try it. It'll run in portable mode if it won't install.

regorwin56 · Sep 27, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
While XP does not support the TRIM function needed for SSD's, most SSD controllers natively manage their own drive TRIM functions. As such, modern SSDs can be used safely on XP or even Win2k & 9X.

Try it. It'll run in portable mode if it won't install.

I need to wait until the weekend to test my Windows XP
I just want to know the answer so that when someone asks me this question, I can answer him
There are quite a few people around me who can use old graphics cards on XP
And now GPUZ is still adding support for some old cards

W1zzard · Sep 27, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
I'm curious, with XP now completely out of support, hardware wise, and most software having moved along as well, why the effort to support it? Feature set updates that you want to ensure are backported? Or is it a bit of a nostalgia thing maybe?

People still want to know about their graphics hardware?

regorwin56 said:
I need to wait until the weekend to test my Windows XP
I just want to know the answer so that when someone asks me this question, I can answer him
There are quite a few people around me who can use old graphics cards on XP

Please test it and report back to us

ThrashZone · Sep 27, 2021

Hi,
I use the ROG version think it has both install or portable options can't remember I don't see the popup message anymore to install so maybe it had a box to check to not ask again ?
Like the dark mode

regorwin56 · Sep 27, 2021

W1zzard said:
People still want to know about their graphics hardware?

Please test it and report back to us

Hmm... You may need to ask the person who posted this post for help. I also watched him initiate a discussion and noticed this.

Dave-H said:
Hi, GPU-Z 2.41 won't run on Windows XP.
When I run it, nothing happens.
2.40 seems to be fine.
Has XP support been dropped, I can't see anything in the changelog for 2.41 to that effect?
Thanks, Dave.

In GPU Z 2.40 version, are all installation methods still executable on Windows XP?

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