Uprade or not?

Murph

Murph

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Do you guys reckon this would need to be upgraded within the next year?

CPU: Core 2 Duo E7300 2.66
GPU: ENTGX260
MEM: 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
OS: XP

Bonus question: I want to get Windows 7 64 - would one be able to do a dual boot with XP and transfer apps, games, files (particularly sound files - my sample library is about 350GB) - or must everything be installed from scratch? :confused:
 
I'm suprised that no-one has yet replied, so I'll make some comments.

Gaming wise, developers try to cater for the vast variety of hardware out there, so allow most games to play on pretty low hardware spec. You're unlikely to require an upgrade for some time, you should be fine with your current setup. the GX260 is pretty decent, being the primary piece of hardware that will run your games. 2Gb of RAM is also fine for now, this is only because the majority of people/gamers out there still run 32bit and 2Gb is the MAX addressable memory of a single application in a 32bit OS environment, so even there you're fine.

Bottom line, unlikely that you'll need to upgrade any time soon.

With your second question about Win7 x64. Well unfortunately thats a full clean install from XP. There are ways to dual boot if you have multiple harddrives and/or multiple partitions, but as it stands you can't just upgrade, you have to be extemely mindful of which applications and Data you want to backup, since there's no going back.
All applications and what not will need to be installed from scratch.

Also, even if you had Vista, but the 32bit version installed and wanted to go Win7 x64, it's a clean install too, that's coz, x64 is completely different to x32.
 
I would upgrade the Ram and OS to win 7 64, but thats about it, that system will easily last you another year.
 
everything from scratch for x64 edition :-/
but only thing i would put more in is RAM atm :) everthing else will last u 2yrs np
 
I'm suprised that no-one has yet replied
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So was I :)

Anyway, so the "from scratch" thing is precisely what I didn't want to hear - man it's going to be a fun day reinstalling everything. I mean, super fun.
By the way, I do have 2 harddrives - if that would make a difference?

As for the specs, good to hear things are still OK(ish) I was actually most worried about my CPU being the weak link in the chain.
 
what motherboard do you have ?
also how much are you looking to spend ?
if its performance you want , get a motherboard that supports raid and set up striping with 4 drives , ive done it on my rig , comparable to speeds only seen on Solid State Drives :)
Doesnt even have to be big drives either , if u have a couple of 80 gig drives , its great performance , keep in mind you don't want to store your mission critical data here as 1 drive failure would mean a clean install. The performance increase far out performs the risk if you save your important stuff on a separate disk.
 
Murph said:
So was I :)

Anyway, so the "from scratch" thing is precisely what I didn't want to hear - man it's going to be a fun day reinstalling everything. I mean, super fun.
By the way, I do have 2 harddrives - if that would make a difference?

As for the specs, good to hear things are still OK(ish) I was actually most worried about my CPU being the weak link in the chain.
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Yes, going from 32bit to 64bit would already mean a clean install... also there is no direct upgrade path from XP to Windows 7.
They refer to it as a Custom installation.

They do have a few things that you need to do beforehand... you can download the Advisor tool to see if your XP installation is compatible and they also created an Easy Transfer tool specifically to be able to move your data, settings, etc from your XP installation to your new Windows 7 installation.
It works quite well.

Here is a link to a tutorial, covering specifically Upgrading from XP to Windows 7... it can help you out even more and they supply you with all the links to the tools I mentioned above.
 
Yes, going from 32bit to 64bit would already mean a clean install... also there is no direct upgrade path from XP to Windows 7.
They refer to it as a Custom installation.

They do have a few things that you need to do beforehand... you can download the Advisor tool to see if your XP installation is compatible and they also created an Easy Transfer tool specifically to be able to move your data, settings, etc from your XP installation to your new Windows 7 installation.
It works quite well.

Here is a link to a tutorial, covering specifically Upgrading from XP to Windows 7... it can help you out even more and they supply you with all the links to the tools I mentioned above.
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Wicked :) I still haven't even gotten around to buying 7 yet, probably end of the month..
Thanks for the info lilDeath / Kerby
 
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