New-Hello All- Need Help

[ExileKiller]

Let me just start off by saying that I am 17 years old and have been looking at the forums for a few weeks now. Finally got the time to join and stuff. In a few hours I will be going to get Vista and Halo 2 Hopefully.

Now here our the few questions.

1. When I get Vista(probably just basic) can I dual boot my computer and should I or is Vista stable enough to run like World of Warcraft and most everything?

2. Here are my computer specs:

Pentium 4 HT Processor clocked to 3.3ghz
1.5GH of Ram
Nvidia Geforce 5900Fx(something to that effect)

I know everything is good except the Graphic card. I will be getting a new one in about a month but will I still be able to run Halo 2 on this one on the lowest settings?

If I think Of anymore questions I will post

Thank you for your help

ExileKiller

[Timo]

I really don't think your graphics card will cut it. Vista should be able to run mostly everything, just make sure you have up to date drivers and such.

[InnerGoat]

Lowest settings might work on that card, but that's a pretty big might. :v

[Roostervier]

Wow, on that card, low might just barely run at 20 fps, more likely lower. Get a new one, and it should be ok.

[korori]

You need at least a geforce 6100 inorder to run halo 2 vista. Even that i would recomend in the 7/8 series.

[Dr Nick]

I'd set up a dual boot. Vista has a lot of bugs still and you might miss some of the features of XP.

Here, you can test your PC specs for any decently popular game!
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

[ExileKiller]

So Guys I got everything.

Only VIsta Basic and Halo 2 of course

WHo ever said 6100 of higher was wrong cause I was doing just fine with my 5900. hahaha. Ill post a screenshot of what one of the guys looks like.

I think I was lagging becuase it was d/ling in the background so I will see tomarrow if its choppy or not.

[korori]

Hey was was just reading what the box for H2V said.

[Melterx12]

get AT LEAST another 512mb of ram (~$15-20), and get a new card, the 7900 is relativly cheap at newegg.com (~$130).

[ExileKiller]

My computer is like 4 years old now. So I cannot use any PCIe cards. I will be buying a AGP 7900 card in a few weeks.

I would get another 512 but all my slots are filled?

I could replace the 2 256mb slots with 1gb chips and have like 3gb of ram.