Optiplex 740 - AMD - XP SP3

All I can tell you is I've installed SP3 on two 740's with AMD processors with no problems whatsoever. There is no SP3 "tuned" for an AMD system.  There have indeed been some reports of problems, but I do not believe they will apply to your 740 based on my experience and other internet reports.  Best of luck.

Hi... thanks for the tip..

did you have found a big increase

of performance after installed it?

or there is not a big difference??

 

I've read also the SP1 on Vista gives a real boost

to the system....

 

Thanks a lot... i'll try it in these days

INTESO

No increase of performance noted.  These were security updates for the most part.

 

Vista SP1 didn't make much a difference either, on the couple machines I have with Vista, all of which are used in office settings.  I still prefer XP for a number of reasons.

We purchased 30 of these machines and they have had network problems that cause the computer to hang. All are Windows XP. Microsoft blamed the problem on the NIC chipset, gave us a couple of work arounds to try, and we are now working with Dell to try to get the motherboards replaced on all 30 machines.

They also said there was a serious bug with the AMD CPU and gave us what they called a special patch to apply before going to SP3. We are holding at SP2 for now.

We have installed SP3 on one machine without applying the MS patch and have noticed no problems.