Should i go on 7?

[hents1230]

Hello!

I wonderd if i should go on windows 7.I have quite old computer at the moment.
CPU - Amd Sempron 3000+ 1,8ghz singel core
GPU - Nvidia Geforce 6600 (upgrading within month to Geforce 9500gt 1gb version)
Motherboard - Asus K8N4-E Deluxe
RAM - Kingiston DDR 521 MB (upgrading within month to 2x1GB Crosair 400mhz DDR

Or should i stick with XP?Xp hasn't DX 10 and Vista is too strong for this comp to handle.

 

[netguysc]

I think the best thing is for you to add a second hard drive, clone the c: drive and store it on the second drive, then do a fresh install of windows 7 on the c: drive. That's the only way to really know how 7 will respond.

I had windows 7 rc loaded on a amd 64 3000 with two gigs of ram and it ran well for me.

 

[hents1230]

okay ill do that

 

[shubham1401]

How much is your Hard disk?You don't need second compulsorily.
I have installed windows 7 and windows xp in two different drive of the same HD.

BTW it may or may not run good(that's what you have to try)

I will say go for it for sure.Its very nice.

 

[shubham1401]

BTW you can do another thing to feel vista/7.
Download vista transformation pack and install it in xp..
It will give 100% vista look with aero.

 

[hents1230]

i have 250gb Samsung something HD.

 

[netguysc]

You could just partition that 250g drive instead of purchasing a 2nd drive. On tjhe 2nd partition store the c: drive image. If you do not have an imaging program you can get a two week trial of acronis true image 12.. That should be enough time to decide how you feel about 7

 

[jimishtar]

i think u should stay with xp on that system. in therms of resource requirements the win 7 is somewhere between xp and vista. even if it works on this system, i believe it will just stress the system a lot, u wont see much of an improvement. 7 comes alive with multy cpu systems.

 

[hents1230]

yes.this is true.I'm going to use xp util my computer upgrade.Going to change MB,CPU,RAM,and GPU.

 

[shubham1401]

But you can atleast try it once........The RC is free.......

 

[JDogg]

The RC is free yes, and I've heard loads of people saying it runs great on older systems, you have nothing to loose .

 

[hents1230]

yeah sure i can try it.i have it on disk

 

[hents1230]

and i use laptop anyway for just surfing and playing atm