video card/pc help

[Tombfyre]

my sister has a computer that is like this she wants to know if vista would be compatible with it for her studies at university the specs are like this:


pentium 3
cpu 770Mhz
nivida geforce4 mmx440 128mg ram
448ram
10gig hdd
and its a 24bit as well

can i get some help here please

 

[HexManiac]

No. Those specs are well below the requirements needed to run Vista.

 

[Tombfyre]

well why is it that a friend of my cousin has one on a computer that is even lower then that one??

well the thing is i said to her ill upgrade bits of it for her because she has almost no money to do it her self what parts are ok to keep and besides a major upgrade what can i put in?

 

[HexManiac]

You could 'get by' with everything except the HDD. 10GB is not enough to load Vista. Your cousin's friend probably has a bigger HDD. Vista will not run well, even if you add a new HDD. You will constantly hear about how Vista sucks and does not run worth a dang.

Vista uses the graphics processor to offload all graphics tasks from the CPU, allowing it to run faster and more efficiently on what are considered 'high-end' systems. Without an adequate graphics processor (the mx440 is not adequate), your CPU will have to handle the graphics subsystem (default in Home Basic), running slower and bogging down constantly.

 

[Bubba]

well why is it that a friend of my cousin has one on a computer that is even lower then that one??

well the thing is i said to her ill upgrade bits of it for her because she has almost no money to do it her self what parts are ok to keep and besides a major upgrade what can i put in?

Well if that is the case then why did you even ask here? Ask the damn friend of your cousin's sister in law twice removed, don't jump all over the ass of the man that told you the truth. Upgrade bits of it since you are so clever lol. Let us know how it turns out. I am especially curious to know the results of trying to install it on a 10 GB hd. I fyou get it to work write us a tutorial please.

 

[fieseler]

If i installed vista on a comp with those specs, it'd cause some kind of rift between different realities.

My advice would be to get some basic new hardware. Core2 processors are so low in price theyd pay me to buy one, & 9600 graphics cards are a steal, ddr2 ram is also worth looking into buying 2gb for the prices