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The thread discusses a user’s positive experience running Windows 7 64-bit on an older Athlon 64 system without Aero, noting its good performance despite hardware limitations. A respondent suggests trying to enable Aero by updating graphics drivers and installing in compatibility mode, implying that Aero may be achievable on such hardware. Overall, the conversation is optimistic, with users sharing tips for optimizing Windows 7 on older machines.
kevin from Chi-town

kevin from Chi-town

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After the horror story I had installing, I found a diamond in the rough. I put a 64 bit win 7 on an old athlon 64 2800/i gig of RaM/ and AGO video card (which means no Aero)/ all on top of a 754 mobo. I must say that this is fast. Maybe the fact that I'm not using Aero has me cruising, but I've been abusing this new system for hours and it's handling everything I toss at it...very nice.
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Nice forum by the way

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Have you tried to get Aero running. Get the latest graphics drivers from the correct site. Run the install.exe in compatibility mode for Vista or WinXP. In most cases you will find you can run Aero.
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Have you tried to get Aero running. Get the latest graphics drivers from the correct site. Run the install.exe in compatibility mode for Vista or WinXP. In most cases you will find you can run Aero.
 

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