video board for Windows Vista

if I install Windows Vista that has the Aero function, I am told that
a new video board is necessary. Does anyone have a suggestion as to
which would be the least expensive board that would be compatible?

best, Aaron

It may be necessary depending on what card you currently have, essentially
the card needs to be directx 9 capable with pixel and vertex shaders. If you
dont here's a cheap one on newegg that will work if you have agp port:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127181 and if you
have pci-e: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127243

<aaronep@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:1170558221.719670.60090@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> if I install Windows Vista that has the Aero function, I am told that
> a new video board is necessary. Does anyone have a suggestion as to
> which would be the least expensive board that would be compatible?
>
> best, Aaron
>

"Ryan Bearfield" <blanky@blanked.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:7F06B8F0-1655-4E6F-9E10-9FFE9109A639@microsoft.com...
> It may be necessary depending on what card you currently have, essentially
> the card needs to be directx 9 capable with pixel and vertex shaders. If
> you dont here's a cheap one on newegg that will work if you have agp port:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127181 and if you
> have pci-e: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127243

Ryan - I was under the impression that for Aero display a Nvidia card should
be a 6*** series and upwards?
I switched from a ATI Radion 9250 to a Nvidia 6200 (AGP8) card and that
seems to do the trick but I am not sure if the
5*** series card you recommend here would be ok?

ron b.

>
> <aaronep@pacbell.net> wrote in message
> news:1170558221.719670.60090@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> if I install Windows Vista that has the Aero function, I am told that
>> a new video board is necessary. Does anyone have a suggestion as to
>> which would be the least expensive board that would be compatible?
>>
>> best, Aaron
>>
>

You basically need a Radeon 9500+, or a GeForce 5+, or any fairly modern IGP
(that's Integrated Graphics Processor for you first-timers). Any machine
hovering around the minimum for Vista is not going to have the chutzpah to
run the Aero interface. If you've got an AGP 4X/8X slot, you're in good
company.

Midrange cards from ATI can be had for between $100-150

I myself haven't priced nVidia cards lately, but 6's are quite good. 7's
are outstanding.


On 2/3/07 9:58 PM, in article
CD9988C8-EA24-420F-9E35-938AE700329D@microsoft.com, "Ron Bartle"
<bartle.berlin@spamthisoff.freenet.de> wrote:

>
> "Ryan Bearfield" <blanky@blanked.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:7F06B8F0-1655-4E6F-9E10-9FFE9109A639@microsoft.com...
>> It may be necessary depending on what card you currently have, essentially
>> the card needs to be directx 9 capable with pixel and vertex shaders. If
>> you dont here's a cheap one on newegg that will work if you have agp port:
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127181 and if you
>> have pci-e: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127243
>
> Ryan - I was under the impression that for Aero display a Nvidia card should
> be a 6*** series and upwards?
> I switched from a ATI Radion 9250 to a Nvidia 6200 (AGP8) card and that
> seems to do the trick but I am not sure if the
> 5*** series card you recommend here would be ok?
>
> ron b.
>
>>
>> <aaronep@pacbell.net> wrote in message
>> news:1170558221.719670.60090@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> if I install Windows Vista that has the Aero function, I am told that
>>> a new video board is necessary. Does anyone have a suggestion as to
>>> which would be the least expensive board that would be compatible?
>>>
>>> best, Aaron
>>>
>>
>

I just checked on the Nvidia site -- a bit of a surprise regarding
driver availability:

GeForce and TNT -- Vista x86 and x64
GeForce 8800 Series -- Vista x86 and x64
GeForce Go7 Series -- nothing for Vista

I guess I'd be hoping that the first listing is across the board and
does include support fore GeForce 7xxx series adapters.

I did note that if you walk through the site you can download a new
beta driver for GeForce 6 and 7 series GPU's - available as of 1/31.



--
Barry Schnur