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Posted by on March 10, 2008, 6:55 pm
Please log in for more thread options I have a PC which currently runs XP, it is an Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8GHz) and has 1 GB RAM. It also has an ATI video card at 64MB which has trouble running Google Earth (strange tartan pattern effect obscuring the images). I basically would like to upgrade this computer to Vista Home Premium but I am concerned that that the processor may not be able to handle it. I have pretty much no idea about these things, as you can probably guess. The programs used most would be Office, Photoshop 7, Exact Audio Copy, Sketchup, Firefox and Windows Movie Maker. Also, I would upgrade the RAM to 2GB at the same time (the most the motherboard can handle, according to it's manual), and I would like to change the video card to something that isn't going to cause problems with the tartan pattern effect in GE. Can anyone recommend a better video card? It will have to use an AGPx8 slot. ATI again, or nVidia? How much memory? What is this noise about DirectX 10 that I don't understand? Lastly, when shelling out for the Vista, is there any reason I shouldn't go for the 64 bit version? Apparently my scanner doesn't have 64 bit drivers (it;s a cheap Canon) - could I use the 32 bit drivers or does it not work like that? If not, are there any third party scanner drivers available? Thanks in advance for any help, Roger Melly. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by peter on March 10, 2008, 11:28 pm
Please log in for more thread options machines. If those 2 machines (Laptops) would not have come with Vista I would not have purchased Vista.... peter -- DISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it. If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-) | |||||||||||||
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Posted by on March 11, 2008, 10:17 am
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Thanks Peter. How long is XP going to be supported for, do you know? | |||||||||||||
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Posted by peter on March 11, 2008, 12:07 pm
Please log in for more thread options I believe its for another 2 or 3 years.......but there is lots of user
support . Unless you use the advanced networking capabilities of XP Pro....XP Home usually costs less. peter -- DISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it. If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-) >
> Thanks Peter. How long is XP going to be supported for, do you know? | |||||||||||||
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Posted by on March 11, 2008, 1:50 pm
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> I believe its for another 2 or 3 years.......but there is lots of user
> support . > Unless you use the advanced networking capabilities of XP Pro....XP Home > usually costs less. OK, Cheers Peter. | |||||||||||||
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> I have a PC which currently runs XP, it is an Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8GHz)
> and has 1 GB RAM. It also has an ATI video card at 64MB which has
> trouble running Google Earth (strange tartan pattern effect obscuring
> the images).
>
> I basically would like to upgrade this computer to Vista Home Premium
> but I am concerned that that the processor may not be able to handle
> it.
>
> I have pretty much no idea about these things, as you can probably
> guess.
>
> The programs used most would be Office, Photoshop 7, Exact Audio Copy,
> Sketchup, Firefox and Windows Movie Maker.
>
> Also, I would upgrade the RAM to 2GB at the same time (the most the
> motherboard can handle, according to it's manual), and I would like to
> change the video card to something that isn't going to cause problems
> with the tartan pattern effect in GE. Can anyone recommend a better
> video card? It will have to use an AGPx8 slot. ATI again, or nVidia?
> How much memory? What is this noise about DirectX 10 that I don't
> understand?
>
> Lastly, when shelling out for the Vista, is there any reason I
> shouldn't go for the 64 bit version? Apparently my scanner doesn't
> have 64 bit drivers (it;s a cheap Canon) - could I use the 32 bit
> drivers or does it not work like that? If not, are there any third
> party scanner drivers available?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help,
>
> Roger Melly.