See Computer #2 in my sig?

It's now running win8pro x86 using..

Catalyst 10.2 for vista in compatibility mode.

Audigy2 drivers from Creative.

MOBO and all else installed flawlessly.

I can even play L4D, CSS, CS1.6, Serious Sam 1.  That's all I've tried as it's not meant to be a gaming machine anymore.

I post this as there's only a few days left at the 40.00 price mark for digital download. Windows Media Centre is still free until end of month too.

#1: Phenom II C2 955BE @ 3.6, Antec Kuhler 920, Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5, Asus 5870/V2, ASUS Xonar D2X, 4 x 1gig OCZ2N1066SR2GK @800, Antec Truepower New 750, Arc Midi, Win8pro x64 upgrade
#2: Athlon 64 X2 4200+, AGP 1950pro, Audigy 2, Asus A8V-D, 2gig ram,  Enermax 465P, Antec900. Now on Win8pro cat 10.2

The non-HD Radeon drivers for Vista and later are complete garbage, especially the OpenGL part. You'd get a very nice fps boost by downgrading to XP. Though I know it's also quite enjoyable installing new OS's onto ancient machines and vice versa. I too do it often.

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 810 @ 3250MHz | RAM: Kingmax 2x2GB DDR2 800 @ 833MHz| MoBo: MSI K9A2 CF v1.0 (BIOS: 1.D)| GPU: Asus HD 6850 1024MB (DirectCu) @ 850/1100MHz | Display: L24FHD | PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad | OS: MS Windows 95 x64 Edition, Lubuntu 13.04

CPU: Pentium 4 Northwood S478 @ 3200MHz | RAM: 1,5GB DDR 400| MoBo: Gigabyte GA-8S661FXMP-RZ | GPU: Abit Geforce Ti 4200 | Display: Dimarson 19" CRT | PSU: Noname 400W | OS: MS Windows XP Pro, Lubuntu 12.04