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Hi,

Planning some upgrades to my existing computer below. Also planning to move to Vista.

What upgrades would you recomend?

Should I go for a 32 or 64 bit version (Vista)?

Thanks.


ASUSTeK Computer INC. Model A8N32-SLI-Deluxe

AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+

Capacity 2 X 512 MBytes. Memory Type: SDRAM DDR Speed: PC3500

Windows XP Professional x64 Service Pack 2

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT/GTO 512 MBytes

SCSI\Disk NVIDIA STRIPE 298.10G

Power Supply - Trupower 2.0 550W
 
Thanks. Does Vista X64 have driver support - unlike when I started with XP X64?

Need some advice on the hardware please.
 
Definitely get 2GB ram. With Vista you'll need it.

Also rather look at the Core 2 Duo processors - they're currently beating AMD's.
 
I'd also go with Core 2 Duo. Though I wouldn't touch Vista with a 10 foot pole, not until SP1 is released, anyway...
 
Core 2 chips definately seem better than current AMD chips. Though without some idea of a price range there isn't much point in someone advising you what to upgrade to.

The only big problem I see in your list is Vista, no doubt some people will rave about Vista but it has far to many problems to put into any post. Also it's Service Pack 1 (or any future service packs for that matter) won't correct any of the design problems, for example it's DRM.

No, I'm not some Linux loving zealot, it's that Vista is bad news for consumers. Unless it has a feature you currently can't live without avoid it.
 
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Dude, forget about issues in Vista x64, I'm running it smoothly. IMO 6 months ago there was a driver issue but not any more. And ye, get the Intel Quad core man, it rocks.
 
Thanks for the replies.

It seems that I would need to do a completely new build to bring the PC up to standard. Since most things still goes smoothly (games and some number crunching) I will stick to the current setup but with two exceptions:

1) Get Vista Home Premium X64
2) Upgrade the Mem to 4GB (I think the MB can't take more or can it?)

Does anyone know if the MB can take more MEM? And if so what is the "sweet spot" of Vista. The point at which gain is outweighed by cost? And secondly can it only take DDR?
 
64 bit vista needs 4 gig mem to run really well

no no vista 64 bit is way more supported than xp 64 bit (which had no drivers for just about everything)

vista 64 bit is really good much better than any xp i ever used
 
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