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New Post 8/20/2007 10:40 AM
User is offline Parul
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Why Vista needs a high-end graphics card 

Why is Vista’s graphics card requirement so high? To be able to run Vista’s new Aero user interface, you need a lot more graphics card power than you do for the standard interface. This is because Aero uses DirectX and this means that the majority of the work is carried out by the GPU on the graphics card as opposed to the CPU. You can choose to run Windows without Aero (business systems need not ever use it), but it's good to have the option to run it if you want.

 While it is indeed possible to run Aero when your PC is equipped with a graphics card that has 64MB of RAM, not all cards can do this and the experience is sluggish at best. Microsoft recommends having 128MB of memory on the graphics card, but I think that given the price of cards now, 256MB should be what you aim for.

source- help.cnet.com

 
New Post 8/20/2007 10:53 AM
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Re: Why Vista needs a high-end graphics card 

aero is one greedy fellow


 
New Post 8/20/2007 6:47 PM
User is offline Piyush Gupta
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Re: Why Vista needs a high-end graphics card 

yups


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New Post 9/14/2007 10:19 AM
User is offline Choto Cheeta
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Re: Why Vista needs a high-end graphics card 

One Comment...

Personaly I have seen Vista or its Areo will not need High End Card... Onboard ATi x1250 / x1200 which comes with AMG 690G / 690v and Nvidia 6100 or 6150 is more than enough to run Vista Areo with bellow of 128 MB Share...

On intel Platform, GMA 950 and avobe like x3000 / x3100 will be able to run Vista Areo with ease...

If you have none of these, still a Card of Rs. 1400/- or Rs. 1200/- like XFX 6200 LE will be able to run Vista with ease...

Thank you...


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New Post 9/14/2007 1:28 PM
User is offline Manan
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Re: Why Vista needs a high-end graphics card 
my fx 5200 is rock solid for vista's gfx only my 512 ram is the reason y need to the animations to a minimum :(

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