old hardware

  1. Windows 7 Boosting Performance on an Old System: My Experience with Windows 7 on Athlon 64

    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...
    • kevin from Chi-town
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    • 64-bit aero athlon 64 community discussion fast system gaming graphics card hardware ideas motherboard old hardware performance ram upgrade windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 7 Dell D600 / Radeon Mobilty 9000 issue

    Using an older Dell Latitude D600. 1.6ghz / 1.25 gb ram / Radeon Mobilty 9000 - Installation was a breeze (including the formating of the HD to install over XP) - Driver support SEEMED spot on (more on that in a bit) - It is at least as responsive & robust as XP (takes some getting used to tho)...
    • kuchdut
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    • dell device manager driver support dvd issues graphics driver installation latitude d600 media player old hardware performance radeon reboot system lockup taskbar tech support troubleshooting user experience video playback windows 7 xp compatibility
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows Vista Media Center Partial Sound

    Hi all. :) I'm using RC1 build 5600. Despite my pretty old specifications, it works pretty well! Anyway, I'm finding Media Center to be amazing. All media in one place! Unfortunately, I do not get sound for the recorded TV samples, DVD playback or for the "set up speakers" test sound. The rest...
    • g6672D
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    • amd athlon audio issues audio settings dvd playback geforce4 listening issue media center multimedia old hardware performance recorded tv software compatibility sound card sound test speaker setup system specs troubleshooting user experience via ac'97 windows rc
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support