lululee opened this issue on Jan 11, 2007 · 19 posts
keenart posted Fri, 12 January 2007 at 11:20 AM
Damn I am getting old, DEP not DAT, boy did I screw that up.
Microsoft always puts out an “Upgrade Advisor” before each new OS Release. I have run the Advisor over my Hardware and Software and got the following.
My Promise Fast Track TX2 ATA 133 controller is supported for 32 bit but not 64, and should be replaced if I want to run 64.
My ATI Graphics card is supported along with all of my other hardware.
My Norton will not work.
My Adobe will not work, except CS2.
All of my 3D software will work.
All of my Graphic Editors will work, 6 in all, except PhotoImpact.
The Advisor stated my setup would work with Vista, otherwise. However, a 2 GIG processor, 2 GIG of Ram, SLI Video card, and SATA II drives are recommended if you are to run 64 effectively.
I also found an article that explained 1 GIG of Ram is typically reserved for Vista OS, so if you want your other programs to run you better have plenty of RAM.
Upgrade Advisor is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx