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Old November 15th, 2012, 09:20 AM
curtisjg65 curtisjg65 is offline
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My computer is a HP Pavilion a620n running Windows XP Pro
My Main Circuit Board has a clock Bus Clock: speed of 200 megahertz.
I have a VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP [Display adapter]

Would like to upgrade to Windows 8 but am unsure if my computer can handle it. Would like opinions if it could or not. Thank You.
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Old November 15th, 2012, 04:35 PM
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Hello and welcome to the forum!

Microsoft will usually provide advice, discussion, and an 'upgrade assistant' as a download to check your computer for compatibility in switching to a newer OS. I used the Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant to test my Dell VISTA laptop. Check Windows 8 Upgrade for more information - good luck!
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Old November 15th, 2012, 06:40 PM
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As giradman indicated use the tool, I don't think you will find a graphics driver, Windows 7 driver may work.
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Old November 15th, 2012, 10:32 PM
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Looking at the specs of that system, if stock it only support up to 2GB memory. Windows 7/8 will run but will be slow. I believe it has this motherboard:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...name=c00069442
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Old November 16th, 2012, 01:05 AM
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To check whether specific hardware components will work with Windows 8, go to the Windows Compatibility Center, enter the information about the component in question in the Search box.
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Old November 20th, 2012, 08:17 PM
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Unless you have a really good reason to upgrade I wouldnt on that old of a machine. Windows 8 will end up taking up a lot of your computers resources to run and any intensive programs will be intollerably slow.
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