Anytime you install a new cpu or motherboard a reinstall is required. You wont be happy of the results if you dont. Swapping out your cpu if your lucky may cause it to boot but be unstable.
On behalf of many of us...thank you very much, Finch! I'm sure he'll show up again, using another name.
I think once you get use to Vista you will not want to go back. Its been even more stable for me than XP SP2. Yes you will need one more stick of ram for it to be nice and smooth-rams cheap right now:nerd: As stated before it would be a good idea to go to Microsoft's website and check your hardware. They have a nifty tool you can download to check if everything on your pc is Vista ready.
If he's back in the OS section with a new account he's completely banned. At the moment its only the OS section for a couple weeks until he learns. Should wear it like a man.
I don't mind opinions. Like moab666, he dislikes Vista, but he stays calm and is able to discuss things with other members in a normal way. He's cool like all the others who can start discussions normally, but xpl was always seeking a confrontation and that annoys me to death. Glad to see him gone in the OS section.
lol, as much as i gripe about vista bashers and xp fanboys when they appear in the wrong threads, i woudlnt be suprised if i'm not far off from a sha-lacking myself but hey, some of those people need to be told whatsup, however rude it takes to get it through those are fine for OS war threads but anywhere else its really wrong
Yeah, it’s really unfortunate that the same people continue to spread the same old crap and possibly deter someone from trying something new. The OP is taking the right approach before making a purchase; do some research and ask people who have tried it. Simply stating that it sucks or it’s not as good as the previous OS, does little to help. If he could supply reasons why it didn’t work for him; he would be helping out because he may bring an issue to the attention of the OP.
Mate, you can play games fine with 2GB of RAM on Vista. And you probably will for a little while yet, but keep in your mind to upgrade to 4GB at some stage, or at least with your next computer use 4GB. (Depending on how often you upgrade)
How about me, Finch? Am I going to be okay with games? I don't want there to be any doubt! :banana: Actually, Photoshop CS2 just flies now and multitasking is so smooth - it's scary!
Thanks, Finch. It has certainly evolved over time. A Q9450 (or whatever it is) and the PC Power & Cooling Silencer Quad 750W and my new rig will be finished and I can sell off my old (not that old) one, which will have my current Q6600 installed. :bigsmile:
Hell man it will run fine..... i just tossed my mom a rig together with stuff I had laying around the house..... Its a P4 3.6 with 2 gig of ram...... I tossed in one of my keys for Vista Business for her and it runs great... Mind you, its no gaming machine...... To run things of todays standards, but it does run well for the things she uses it for.... It gets a 2.3 score in ratings with the onboard graphics card brining it down, but the rest is 4.2 Ill toss in a cheap card and bring that score up easily.....
Great Job Finch.......... It will be nice to visit posts without his negative condescending comments.
I have an older machine that I installed one of the copies of Home Premium I got with the family deal for Ultimate. It's specs are as follows: P4 s478 3GHz (Prescott) Abit VT7 (amazingly it has complete support in Vista even though it is so old!) 2GB DDR400 7600 GS 512 And, for what it is, it runs Vista quite well. Gaming is possible at up to 1280x1024 fairly comfortably. Documents, music, movies, and internet fly on it of course. I'd say if you just upgraded to 2GB you'd be fairly comfortable on Vista and indeed go with 64-bit.
Nah! You need at least 16GB's!! Don't expect any good performance out of that rig. /jk Anyway, any program will run just fine on that monster of yours.
