Can i run windows with 700mhz processor

philip95 · 07 Dec 2012

caperjack · 07 Dec 2012

philip95 said:

Can i run windows with 700mhz processor

winxp, and maybe win7 ,it will run,but what it would be good for is another question ,if you want to use it on the internet ,then that would be a different story ,

FuturDreamz · 07 Dec 2012

What is the full specifications of your system? Windows 7 may run on a 700Mhz processor, but not if the video card is unsupported.

yowanvista · 07 Dec 2012

philip95 said:

Can i run windows with 700mhz processor

Yes, but you'll likely encounter a lot of lags especially if you have less than 512MB of RAM.

but not if the video card is unsupported.

Windows 7 will use the standard VGA driver if the card doesn't support WDDM.

whs · 07 Dec 2012

Run maybe not, but walk could be possible.

bobafetthotmail · 07 Dec 2012

If you have 512 mb of RAM or more, it's doable, heck, DocBrown installed Win7 on friggin dual pentium II at 400 mhz, so why not?

Now, it will be very very frustrating to use, even a netbook will fly circles around it, but hey.

Lovus · 07 Dec 2012

Yes you can run but is impossible to use it :P

Alejandro85 · 08 Dec 2012

I probably will run, but even if it works, it would be REALLY slow, as that system is well below the minimum requirements for Win7.
XP will run fine most likely.

bobafetthotmail said:

If you have 512 mb of RAM or more, it's doable, heck, DocBrown installed Win7 on friggin dual pentium II at 400 mhz, so why not?

Now, it will be very very frustrating to use, even a netbook will fly circles around it, but hey.

Have a look here: Windows 7, running on Pentium II 133 Mhz / 96Mb RAM - YouTube
Doc's PC is a dream in comparison

philip95 · 10 Dec 2012

but will work enough to find out the processor socket and yes i need to get more ram for it but fist i want to konw if there any point

caperjack · 10 Dec 2012

philip95 said:

but fist i want to know if there any point

hard one to answer ,whats the point indeed ,i have 2 tower in my room right now, people gave me for free ,one a 900 intel and one a 1.4 amd ,full working tower and unless i use them myself ,my only other options is to take them to the recycle depo ,or give them away ,but nobody wants them ,i live in an area where even poor people on welfare want what everyone else has ,like i3 and i5 intel, you cant even get 5 dollars for an older style monitor or older tv's

is it a brand name tower ,if so what is the make and model #
you should be able to open the tower and remove the cpu fan and the socket type should be written on the white plastic around the cpu ,if its a intel ,it will likely be a socket PPGA 370