Upgrading system

[Guest]

I am running 3.2Ghz proccessor with intel pentium 4 ht, with 128mb pci-e
video card, and 2 gb of ram.

Is it worth upgrading this system or buying a completely new system once
windows vista comes out?

I am also looking for a new graphics card that will be able to support aero,
any suggestions?

 

[Ted Zieglar]

The hardware specifications for Vista have not been published, if they are
even finalized. For prognostication on what hardware to buy, try the PC
press, for example: PC Magazine (www.pcmag.com) and CNet (www.cnet.com)

 

[John R Weiss]

I am running 3.2Ghz proccessor with intel pentium 4 ht, with 128mb pci-e
video card, and 2 gb of ram.

Is it worth upgrading this system or buying a completely new system once
windows vista comes out?

I am also looking for a new graphics card that will be able to support aero,
any suggestions?

Looks like a perfectly fine machine as is!

Since Vista is a year off, wait until its specs are finalized before investing
in something specifically for vaporware.

 

[Guest]

god yes you can upgrade a pentium 4,you can add more ram if you havent
already wich will make programmes run faster,add a second hard drive as a
slave drive,add dvd-rewriters and cd-rewriters.i do sugest definantly more
ram,256 or ram is a good cheap upgrade at £27-99.if you do not play loads of
great grafical games on your pc then i would go 4 the 2d grafic card its
quiet ample.or you can go for the 3d grafic card the thing with a 3d they are
expensive and require a extra fan,some 3ds come with a fan built in but this
can be bulky so look inside your pc tower and see if there is enough space
for a 3d with built in fan,you can buy them without a fan but then you would
have to buy a fan that slots in to a pci socket so using up more space
again,so choice 2d wich is cheaper and doesnt requiere a fan or 3d wich is
expensive and reqires a fan?your choice?

 

[Thomas Wendell]

did you read the question?? He has 2GB RAM
And most likely that 128MB graphics card will run aero, for NEWer games it
might be on the small side...


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[LVTravel]

You obviously either did not read the OP's post or you are trying to make a
funny comment (which failed.)

What you suggest would be a great downgrade to his current system.

 

[paulmd]

I am running 3.2Ghz proccessor with intel pentium 4 ht, with 128mb pci-e
video card, and 2 gb of ram.

Is it worth upgrading this system or buying a completely new system once
windows vista comes out?

There is no need, your machine is clearly near the top of the line as
it is.

I am also looking for a new graphics card that will be able to support aero,
any suggestions?

No, I'm not rich enough to buy the latest.

 

[Guest]

You obviously either did not read the OP's post or you are trying to make a
funny comment (which failed.)
no i made the mistake and answered the wrong question,i gave the answer wich was ment for some one else about a pentium 3 not the pentium 4,ok?what dont you get things wrong sometimes or are you perfect?

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Is there a question re. Pentium 3's?

 

[paulmd]

Is there a question re. Pentium 3's?

Yes. Though XP and Win2k will both run on p1 class chips (slowly),
there's no telling what Vista will want. My suspicion is that a p3 will
be adequite if you give it enough RAM.

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

Agreed, but what I meant really was that I could see no question re PIII's,
suggesting that Charlie's excuse was more than a little lame..

 

[LVTravel]

Sure, I make plenty of mistakes, and if it is brought to my attention, I
simply acknowledge the mistake, try not to make the same one again and go on
trying to help people. Sometimes I even find my own mistake later and
repost the error. You can search my "handle" in
Microsoft.public.office.setup for May 1 & 2 to see what I mean.