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Old 02-11-2009   #1 (permalink)


Windows Vista Home Basic 32bit
 
 

is this graphics card compatible with vista ultimate?

hey. i currently have vista home basic, and i'm getting ready to upgrade to vista ultimate. can somebody check to see if the mobile intel(r) 4 series express chipset family graphics card is compatible with windows vista ultimate? thanks.

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Old 02-11-2009   #2 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 32bit and Ubuntu 9.10 32bit
 
 

Re: is this graphics card compatible with vista ultimate?

ok laptop?
and should be
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Old 02-12-2009   #3 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate w/SP1 (32-bit) and Windows 7 Build 7000 (64-bit)
 
 

Re: is this graphics card compatible with vista ultimate?

It's compatible. All integrated graphics cards will "work" on Windows Vista, unless you're running a laptop that's 5+ years old.

This should help you out a little:
http://www.intel.com/support/graphic.../CS-029450.htm
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Old 02-12-2009   #4 (permalink)


Windows Vista Home Basic 32bit
 
 

Re: is this graphics card compatible with vista ultimate?

that's good. only one problem though. when i ran the windows vista upgrade advisor, everything else checked out except for the graphics card. if it's compatible, then there's got to be a problem. i while back i was trying to uninstall and reinstall the graphics driver and i may have messed something up in the process. if there's a problem, is there some way i can fix it? oh, yeah. heres my laptop:

toshiba satellite L305 S5915

and my graphics driver:

intel(r) graphics media accelerator driver for mobile
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Old 02-12-2009   #5 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate w/SP1 (32-bit) and Windows 7 Build 7000 (64-bit)
 
 

Re: is this graphics card compatible with vista ultimate?

The upgrade adviser just lets you know if your GPU is powerful enough to run Aero, yours is not so you'll be forced to run the Windows Vista "Basic" theme. You can still install and use Windows Vista, though it may not be recommended.
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Old 02-12-2009   #6 (permalink)


Windows Vista Home Basic 32bit
 
 

Re: is this graphics card compatible with vista ultimate?

my gpu is powerful enough to run vista. i just need to know why the upgrade advisor is saying that my graphics card won't work on any version of vista despite the fact that it's running on vista home basic.
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Old 02-12-2009   #7 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 32bit and Ubuntu 9.10 32bit
 
 

Re: is this graphics card compatible with vista ultimate?

because windows aero takes more gpu yo run your laptops card will prolly not be able to handle it
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Old 02-12-2009   #8 (permalink)


Windows Vista Home Basic 32bit
 
 

Re: is this graphics card compatible with vista ultimate?

but freelancer said the mobile intel(r) 4 series express chipset family graphics card was compatible. therefore, it should be able to run vista if not aero. what i'm trying to figure out is if it's compatible, how come the upgrade advisor is saying that it won't work with vista despite the fact that it's on a computer that already has vista on it?
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Old 02-16-2009   #9 (permalink)


Windows Vista Home Basic 32bit
 
 

Re: is this graphics card compatible with vista ultimate?

anybody there? i'm still trying to figure out why my vista upgrade advisor is saying my
mobile intel(r) 4 series express chipset family graphics card won't work on vista despite the fact that my computer already has vista on it. can somebody please help me with this?
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