nope, my old system will not run New Vegas. The system test in the link from my first post is from bethesda blogs. theres a little installer (remove from the control panel or disable in the browser if you must)
the system i just finished (beside the one bad stick of ram, talk about panic! lol)...
up to this point all the specs seemed to be pointing to "if you can run F3 you can probally play NV. i preordered and already planned to build a new system so i can play this on high. the new parts are on the table behind me, 3 core amd, ati5770, as rock mb.... budget but effective. while i was...