can i run Vista on my system?

[iamme]

sorry if this has been beaten to death, but i did do a search.

anyways, my system is a little older:

AMD AthlonXP 2100+
Epox 8RDA+ mobo
1GB RAM
video card definitely needs upgrading. so old, i won't even list it 😛
300GB+ HD

with all the hype of Vista, i'm curious if i need to upgrade my system. i read the minimum requirements on Microsoft's site, but those seem pretty low.

 

[willtriv]

haha, just run beryl and forget about windows... 🙂
id say you could use a bit of a cpu upgrade though. All the good graphics cards are pci-e. Only agp ones with enuf mem are 6800 gt/xt something with 256+ or 7600 or 7800 agp models, im not a fan of ATI but an x800+ would be fine. Recommened 256 mb gfx memory. I'd save the money and let vista pan out a little, then by summer you should have enuf cash saved for a whole new rig, you don't really wanna hop on vista prematurely do you?

 

[iamme]

i've been more than happy w/ XP Pro for the past few years. i haven't had to reinstall or had any major problems.

my system does "feel" a little slow lately and i've been thinking of doing a fresh XP reinstall (w/ my time off this week). so, no, i won't be jumping on the Vista bandwagon too early......just curious 🙂

and the new eye candy looks fun 😛

 

[postmortemIA]

Honestly, forget about it. !GB RAM is minimum, your CPU usage is going to be skyrocket, like running Win XP on Pentium II.

 

[thescreensavers]

Test and find out

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers
Test and find out

lol, i failed in the first second.

i'm using Firefox 😛

 

[willtriv]

yeah id have to say just save up and get a new pc when the time is right, or clean your conscience and switch to linux, or switch ur old one to linux and compare the sexiness of beryl to aero

 

[n7]

That Vista test told me this :Q 😉

No reason why it won't run just fine on your system with a decent video card.
And really, a decent video card isn't needed either; just run it w/o Aero & all will be well 🙂