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vickister

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Will my current pc spec handel vista or what will i need to change?
Is vista going to be worth it?


Operating System
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600)

Processor
2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Motherboard
Board: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. nForce
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. F5 10/19/2005

Memory
1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'A0' is Empty
Slot 'A1' is Empty
Slot '' is Empty

Hard Drive
453.97 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
246.72 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B [CD-ROM drive]
LG DVD-ROM DRD8160B [CD-ROM drive]

Virtual Drives (Alcohol & Demon Tools)
MN0376S XXE830D SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]
XD1444H VXZ550N SCSI CdRom Device [CD-ROM drive]

Controllers
NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6)
NVIDIA nForce3 250 Serial ATA Controller (v2.6)

Display
RADEON X850 Series [Display adapter]
RADEON X850 Series - Secondary [Display adapter]
DDL MW19E-ABA [Monitor] (18.6"vis, s/n 000022, June 2006)

Bus Adapters
NVIDIA NForce(tm) ATA RAID Class Controller
SCSI/RAID Host Controller
VAXSCSI Controller

Multimedia
Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (2x) ATI T200 Unified AVStream Driver
Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Music

Communications
DWL-G520M Wireless 108G MIMO PCI Adapter

Other Devices
USB Human Interface Device (2x)
Creative WebCam Instant #2
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
HID-compliant mouse
Generic USB Hub
USB Root Hub (3x)

Creative Web Cam Instant
Altec Lansnig 5100 5.1 surround sound speakers


yes i (she) copied and pasted it from belarc. Pc was self built
 
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Please tell me you copied and pasted that! Looks like a Belearc Advisor report.

It looks like you can run Vista but that tool will be able to tell you for sure.

SiriusB
 
Will run Vista fine with everything turned on such as Aero. But if i was you i would wait untill Service Park 1 which i think is slated for Q4 2007 but its up to you. ;)
 
vista isnt a flipping suicide mission for anything but top notch pc's, if you have pc thats less than 5 years old chances are you can run it, ms wouldnt bring out something as big as that just for a few wealthy people. they need the mass market of your everyday home user.
 
Ran the tool and i got this


Category, Model Manufacturer and Action Required

You may need to manually update the drivers for the following devices.
Windows Vista drivers for these devices exist, but they require you to install them.

Network Adapters - DWL-G520M Wireless 108G MIMO PCI Adapter D-Link -Get driver from Microsoft Update
Imaging Devices - Creative WebCam Instant #3 Creative Labs - Get driver from Microsoft Update


Category, Model, Manufacturer and Action Required

Windows Vista drivers may not exist for the devices listed below.
You may experience some loss of functionality with these devices after installing Windows Vista. If so, you should contact the device manufacturer to install a more recent device driver after you upgrade to Windows Vista.


System Devices - AMD Special Tools Driver - Advanced Micro Devices -Contact the manufacturer
Sound, Video and Game controllers - ATI T200 Unified AVStream Driver - ATI Technologies - Contact the manufacturer

Creative X-Fi Audio Processor (WDM) - Creative Technology, Ltd. - Contact the manufacturer.

Category, Model, Manufacturer and Action Required

Drivers for these devices will be installed automatically.
Some drivers will be installed as part of the Windows Vista installation. Others will be automatically updated as long as you have Windows Update enabled.


Display adapters - RADEON X850 Series - ATI Technologies Inc. - No action required
RADEON X850 Series - Secondary - ATI Technologies Inc. - No action required
Hard Disk Controllers - NVIDIA nForce3 250 Parallel ATA Controller (v2.6) - NVIDIA Corporation - No action required
Sound, Video and Game controllers - USB Audio Device (Generic USB Audio) -No action required

So it looks like i might be able to run vista but getting drivers for top three items may be a problem, sound card from creative and wilreless card, ati and amd.

But then they should release them in the future i hope
 
Yep i wouldnt worry about some of the drivers not being available as yet. They will most likely be being worked on still, the OS isnt due for release yet and as others have pointed out probably wont be worth getting till service pack 1 time.
 
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