Will the g3260 support windows vista?

[OBucb]

Hey i would like to know if intel pentium g3260 supports windows vista, because I've been told otherwise but couldn't find any information about this online.

Thanks

[ppara5]

The processor does, but the graphics are a question. I'd transition to 7 or Linux given that Microsoft drops support for Vista on April 11, 2017.

http://ark.intel.com/products/87356/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G3260-3M-Cache-3_30-GHz Intel® Pentium® Processor G3260 (3M Cache, 3.30 GHz) Specifications

And it will definitely support Vista if you use a video card instead of on-chip graphics.

[idata]

Hello, omribuch:

According to the supported operating system document, http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/graphics-drivers/000005526.html Supported Operating Systems for Intel® Graphics Products, this processor supports Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 only. You could try installing Windows Vista; however, there are no drivers available from our end.

Regards,

Amy.

[ppara5]

The chart you referenced does not include a column for Vista, at all, even for processors which do support Vista, for example, 2nd Generation Core. And 6-series boards support both 2nd and 3rd Generation Core processors, with those boards supporting Vista, so I think 3rd Generation Core processors in general support Vista. Haswell, the next generation, is the question, but that chart won't give us the answer.

[idata]

I believe that installing the operating system should not be a problem, the only thing that you have to bear in mind is that from our end there are no driver available for newer platforms and Windows® Vista.

Thank you for your feedback.

Regards,

Amy.