Vista and P4 3.0ghz?

jnskyliner34 · 01-08-2008, 07:47 AM

Hey guys. My friend has P4 3.0ghz rig with 256mb RAM. She wants to run Vista on it so I suggested upgrading the RAM first to 2GB but I'm not sure if a single core would be able run Vista smoothly. Any thoughts on this?

patrickv · 01-08-2008, 08:20 AM

Single core (Pentium 4) can run vista with 2GB ram, but it won't be decent in my opinion.
Better to get Pentium Core Duo, or Core2Duo or anything with Cores if you want all the fancy stuff and what not.
i once tried vista on my dell (sig) but that didn't work out too well
other opinions may vary

cheers mate

lovely? · 01-08-2008, 08:30 AM

vista runs kinda well on my 3400 overclocked to 2.7, but it is still laggy with lots of app's running and whatnot unfortunetely, im pretty sure that the 3400 beats the pentium 3.00ghz by a bit, so his experience might not be as good as mine

jnskyliner34 · 01-08-2008, 09:10 AM

so, it'll work but the P4 will lag it? like slow loading of applications and slow response times when opening menus?

01-08-2008, 07:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
jnskyliner34 Diamond Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Manila, Philippines Age: 18 Posts: 2,384	Vista and P4 3.0ghz? Hey guys. My friend has P4 3.0ghz rig with 256mb RAM. She wants to run Vista on it so I suggested upgrading the RAM first to 2GB but I'm not sure if a single core would be able run Vista smoothly. Any thoughts on this? __________________ JN - Nickname Skyline R34 - Favorite Car Kapeesh? How To Guide: Install Vista Visual Styles http://www.computerforum.com/124350-...ml#post1013076

01-08-2008, 08:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
patrickv Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Soul Chamber Posts: 5,444	Single core (Pentium 4) can run vista with 2GB ram, but it won't be decent in my opinion. Better to get Pentium Core Duo, or Core2Duo or anything with Cores if you want all the fancy stuff and what not. i once tried vista on my dell (sig) but that didn't work out too well other opinions may vary cheers mate __________________ Laptop: Thinkpad X60: Core2Duo T7200 @ 2Ghz,1GB DDR2,110GB SATA -winXP ProSP2 Work Desktop: Core Duo E2180 @ 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,240GB HD - XP PRO SP2 Home: Core Duo E2180 2Ghz,1.5GB DDR2,Nvidia GForce 6200TB,320 GB (2x160GB) -Dual boot - XP / OSX 10.5.2

01-08-2008, 08:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,739	vista runs kinda well on my 3400 overclocked to 2.7, but it is still laggy with lots of app's running and whatnot unfortunetely, im pretty sure that the 3400 beats the pentium 3.00ghz by a bit, so his experience might not be as good as mine __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

01-08-2008, 09:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
jnskyliner34 Diamond Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Manila, Philippines Age: 18 Posts: 2,384	so, it'll work but the P4 will lag it? like slow loading of applications and slow response times when opening menus? __________________ JN - Nickname Skyline R34 - Favorite Car Kapeesh? How To Guide: Install Vista Visual Styles http://www.computerforum.com/124350-...ml#post1013076

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