Vista - Hardware Requirements

Is the hardware of my 3-4 year-old pc good enough for Windows Vista?

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz
Chipset: Intel(R) 845G Chipset
Grahpics: 64Mb Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller
HDD: UATA/100 (1gb/s)
RAM: 760mb (512+256)

I'm very worried about my display card now. It has a very low performance.

Thanks in advance.

Your hardware seem to be good to run Windows Vista... but without aero.

Your graphics controler must support DirectX9 and Pix shader and have at
least 128Mb.


Best Regards / Cordialement,
Sébastien FERRAND
Consultant Indépendant
Microsoft Visual C# MVP
http://blogs.developpeur.org/sebmafate

Christopher a écrit :
> Is the hardware of my 3-4 year-old pc good enough for Windows Vista?
>
> Processor: Intel(R) Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz
> Chipset: Intel(R) 845G Chipset
> Grahpics: 64Mb Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller
> HDD: UATA/100 (1gb/s)
> RAM: 760mb (512+256)
>
> I'm very worried about my display card now. It has a very low performance.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

Generally, the computer should run fine as it's above the system
requirements. As Sébastien said, it might not get the Glass working, but
everything else should be fine.

Check the Upgrade Advisor for more details - No. 1 -
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"Sébastien FERRAND" <"listes-seb["@]vbmaf.net> wrote in message
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> Your hardware seem to be good to run Windows Vista... but without aero.
>
> Your graphics controler must support DirectX9 and Pix shader and have at
> least 128Mb.
>
>
> Best Regards / Cordialement,
> Sébastien FERRAND
> Consultant Indépendant
> Microsoft Visual C# MVP
> http://blogs.developpeur.org/sebmafate
>
> Christopher a écrit :
>> Is the hardware of my 3-4 year-old pc good enough for Windows Vista?
>>
>> Processor: Intel(R) Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz
>> Chipset: Intel(R) 845G Chipset
>> Grahpics: 64Mb Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller
>> HDD: UATA/100 (1gb/s) RAM: 760mb (512+256)
>>
>> I'm very worried about my display card now. It has a very low
>> performance.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>

Sorry, I left something. It should be a 60GB HDD but there's only about
16-17 GB of free space.

"Christopher" wrote:

> Is the hardware of my 3-4 year-old pc good enough for Windows Vista?
>
> Processor: Intel(R) Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz
> Chipset: Intel(R) 845G Chipset
> Grahpics: 64Mb Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller
> HDD: UATA/100 (1gb/s)
> RAM: 760mb (512+256)
>
> I'm very worried about my display card now. It has a very low performance.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

The specs are good, I just don't know about graphics, since Windows Vista
requires a minimum of 1 GB dual channel memory for onboard graphics with 512
MBs dedicated to the system. As for the hard disk space, Windows Vista BETA
2 needs a minimum 10.1 GBs, Vista uses about 8 GBs of that, so make sure you
have substantial disk space if you plan on testing it thoroughly with third
party applications installed since those will eat up diskspace too.
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"Christopher" <Christopher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Sorry, I left something. It should be a 60GB HDD but there's only about
> 16-17 GB of free space.
>
> "Christopher" wrote:
>
>> Is the hardware of my 3-4 year-old pc good enough for Windows Vista?
>>
>> Processor: Intel(R) Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz
>> Chipset: Intel(R) 845G Chipset
>> Grahpics: 64Mb Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller
>> HDD: UATA/100 (1gb/s)
>> RAM: 760mb (512+256)
>>
>> I'm very worried about my display card now. It has a very low
>> performance.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>

Does your computer have an AGP slot? If so, get a new video card. (An
FX-5200 or an Ati Radeon 9500 is all you need to get Aero glass.) I
wouldn't worry too much if you're using AGP 4x or 8x. If you don't have an
AGP slot, you could have some problems. While I've heard of some success
stories using a PCI video card that works with Aero Glass, I don't know if
it would actually work. If push comes to shove, you could give it a try if
you don't have an AGP slot, but I don't know if it would actually work or
not.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> The specs are good, I just don't know about graphics, since Windows Vista
> requires a minimum of 1 GB dual channel memory for onboard graphics with
> 512 MBs dedicated to the system. As for the hard disk space, Windows Vista
> BETA 2 needs a minimum 10.1 GBs, Vista uses about 8 GBs of that, so make
> sure you have substantial disk space if you plan on testing it thoroughly
> with third party applications installed since those will eat up diskspace
> too.
> --
> --
> Andre
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>
> "Christopher" <Christopher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6C28215E-CCEB-4748-BCBA-5A6F71B39174@microsoft.com...
>> Sorry, I left something. It should be a 60GB HDD but there's only about
>> 16-17 GB of free space.
>>
>> "Christopher" wrote:
>>
>>> Is the hardware of my 3-4 year-old pc good enough for Windows Vista?
>>>
>>> Processor: Intel(R) Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz
>>> Chipset: Intel(R) 845G Chipset
>>> Grahpics: 64Mb Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller
>>> HDD: UATA/100 (1gb/s)
>>> RAM: 760mb (512+256)
>>>
>>> I'm very worried about my display card now. It has a very low
>>> performance.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>
>

I would find out first if the AGP slot on the board is 4x or 8x, since I
have been told, and 8x card in 4x slot can cause damage.
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"Travis King" <Anonymous@none.com> wrote in message
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> Does your computer have an AGP slot? If so, get a new video card. (An
> FX-5200 or an Ati Radeon 9500 is all you need to get Aero glass.) I
> wouldn't worry too much if you're using AGP 4x or 8x. If you don't have
> an AGP slot, you could have some problems. While I've heard of some
> success stories using a PCI video card that works with Aero Glass, I don't
> know if it would actually work. If push comes to shove, you could give it
> a try if you don't have an AGP slot, but I don't know if it would actually
> work or not.
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uyXwWjAhGHA.4892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> The specs are good, I just don't know about graphics, since Windows Vista
>> requires a minimum of 1 GB dual channel memory for onboard graphics with
>> 512 MBs dedicated to the system. As for the hard disk space, Windows
>> Vista BETA 2 needs a minimum 10.1 GBs, Vista uses about 8 GBs of that, so
>> make sure you have substantial disk space if you plan on testing it
>> thoroughly with third party applications installed since those will eat
>> up diskspace too.
>> --
>> --
>> Andre
>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>
>> "Christopher" <Christopher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6C28215E-CCEB-4748-BCBA-5A6F71B39174@microsoft.com...
>>> Sorry, I left something. It should be a 60GB HDD but there's only about
>>> 16-17 GB of free space.
>>>
>>> "Christopher" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is the hardware of my 3-4 year-old pc good enough for Windows Vista?
>>>>
>>>> Processor: Intel(R) Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz
>>>> Chipset: Intel(R) 845G Chipset
>>>> Grahpics: 64Mb Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller
>>>> HDD: UATA/100 (1gb/s)
>>>> RAM: 760mb (512+256)
>>>>
>>>> I'm very worried about my display card now. It has a very low
>>>> performance.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Well... not necessarily. I asked a friend from Hardware Labs to help me get
a suitable video card for Vista (at the time, was build 5308) - and gave me
the following advice:

4x card in a 4x AGP slot works fine.
8x card in a 8x AGP slot works fine.
4x card in an 8x AGP slot works fine - but only runs at 4x because it's the
max. the card will go.
8x card in an 4x AGP slot works fine - but only runs at 4x because it's the
max. the slot will go.

So they will work - but will only go the maximum speed of the actual device
)
Hope this makes sense.

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"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I would find out first if the AGP slot on the board is 4x or 8x, since I
>have been told, and 8x card in 4x slot can cause damage.
> --
> --
> Andre
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>
> "Travis King" <Anonymous@none.com> wrote in message
> news:%232B2IgChGHA.1856@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Does your computer have an AGP slot? If so, get a new video card. (An
>> FX-5200 or an Ati Radeon 9500 is all you need to get Aero glass.) I
>> wouldn't worry too much if you're using AGP 4x or 8x. If you don't have
>> an AGP slot, you could have some problems. While I've heard of some
>> success stories using a PCI video card that works with Aero Glass, I
>> don't know if it would actually work. If push comes to shove, you could
>> give it a try if you don't have an AGP slot, but I don't know if it would
>> actually work or not.
>> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:uyXwWjAhGHA.4892@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> The specs are good, I just don't know about graphics, since Windows
>>> Vista requires a minimum of 1 GB dual channel memory for onboard
>>> graphics with 512 MBs dedicated to the system. As for the hard disk
>>> space, Windows Vista BETA 2 needs a minimum 10.1 GBs, Vista uses about 8
>>> GBs of that, so make sure you have substantial disk space if you plan on
>>> testing it thoroughly with third party applications installed since
>>> those will eat up diskspace too.
>>> --
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
>>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>>>
>>> "Christopher" <Christopher@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:6C28215E-CCEB-4748-BCBA-5A6F71B39174@microsoft.com...
>>>> Sorry, I left something. It should be a 60GB HDD but there's only
>>>> about
>>>> 16-17 GB of free space.
>>>>
>>>> "Christopher" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is the hardware of my 3-4 year-old pc good enough for Windows Vista?
>>>>>
>>>>> Processor: Intel(R) Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz
>>>>> Chipset: Intel(R) 845G Chipset
>>>>> Grahpics: 64Mb Intel(R) 82845G Graphics Controller
>>>>> HDD: UATA/100 (1gb/s)
>>>>> RAM: 760mb (512+256)
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm very worried about my display card now. It has a very low
>>>>> performance.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Can i use vista only with 256mb Ram

Sry 4 my english

Diablo wrote:
> Can i use vista only with 256mb Ram

Install - perhaps...

Use - not.

> Sry 4 my english

U R welcome;-)


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