Upgrading system

[Manny]

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)

--
Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

"Manny" > wrote in message
...
> 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?

[John R Weiss]

"Manny" > wrote...
>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.

[charlie tee]

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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"charlie tee" > kirjoitti
...
> 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?

[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.


"charlie tee" > wrote in message
...
> 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?

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Manny wrote:
> 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.

[charlie tee]

"LVTravel" wrote:

> 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?

--
Mike Hall
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User



"charlie tee" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "LVTravel" wrote:
>
>> 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?

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Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote:
> 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.. :-)


--
Mike Hall
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User



> wrote in message
ups.com...
>
> Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote:
>> 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.
>

[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.

"charlie tee" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "LVTravel" wrote:
>
>> 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?