Is Intel processor pentium 4cpu2.8ghz fast enough to run windows 7

Stan Johnson

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At the present time I have Windows XP, I need to find out if Intel processor pentium 4cpu2.8ghz is fast enough to run Windows 7. If not would it be fast enough to run Visa?
 
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it'll run it. I recommend installing it on an SSD though to alleviate some of the stress off the old CPU though. It's a single core with hyperthreading, I found one of those type of pc's in the dumpster and left it there before, was going to try to fix it up before I found out how old it was.

an SSD would make stuff relatively fast, and a 120gb ssd is around ~$70 now.
"If you want to run Windows 7 on your PC, here's what it takes:

1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)

16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)

DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver"

taken from the Win 7 system requirments so yes your cpu will run it
 

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it'll run it. I recommend installing it on an SSD though to alleviate some of the stress off the old CPU though. It's a single core with hyperthreading, I found one of those type of pc's in the dumpster and left it there before, was going to try to fix it up before I found out how old it was.

an SSD would make stuff relatively fast, and a 120gb ssd is around ~$70 now.
 
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if you are going to use a pentium 4 on windows 7 something you really need if you are going to play videos is a 512mb gpu it will probably be an agp mobo you have i would recommend a nvidia geforce 7600 as with integrated graphics from that long ago are really bad playing todays videos you would also be able to play games such as postal 2 with geforce 7600 gpu
 

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Windows 7 is less extensive on resources over Vista, so you'll have better luck running Windows 7 rather than Vista. Yes, you'll be able to run Windows 7 on your Pentium 4; my old Pentium 4 (2.8GHz Prescott and later a 3.06GHz Northwood) ran Windows 7 no problem.

However when installing Windows 7 on a Pentium 4, I also had 2GB RAM and a NVIDIA GeForce 6800; hence allowing Aero effects. So if you're going to run Windows 7, I'd recommend the maximum RAM your motherboard supports, or at least 2GB and a Nvidia 6000 series GPU or better. You don't need a GPU, but it will make your Windows 7 experience more smoother.

Also from my view point, personally I think you'd far better from a new system, even if it's a cheap build with no GPU. Pentium 4's are weak and have a high TDP. If you buy a cheap motherboard, let's say a used socket 1155 and a cheap Sandy/Ivy Bridge Pentium processor, you'll easily run Windows 7 without a graphics card, whilst having Aero effects. Pentium 4's are ancient and they were first released in 2000, we have come a long way since then. You can even go AMD with APU if you want a cheap upgrade. This whole paragraph is simply my view on Pentium 4's.

Regardless, all the best. :)