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Microsoft's Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor

01:46 - Monday 26 February 2007 by Patrick Schmid

The Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor 1.0 was designed to help determine whether or not it makes sense to install Windows Vista on an existing machine. The software can be downloaded

In the case of a socket 939 Athlon 64 X2 4800+ with ATI Radeon X850X graphics, the upgrade advisor recommends an upgrade, because this graphics card does not support Shader Model 2 (DirectX 9.0c). Yet it's certainly fast enough.

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In the case of a socket 939 Athlon 64 X2 4800+ with ATI Radeon X850X graphics, the upgrade advisor recommends an upgrade, because this graphics card does not support Shader Model 2 (DirectX 9.0c). Yet it's certainly fast enough.

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