Vista - Video Card memory

Hi. I have an HP Laptop Pavilion zv6000. The Windows Upgrade Advisor said
i'm good to go. Of course, this computer is not "certified" by HP as being
"vista-ready," so they aren't supporting any driver updates for this. Gee,
thanks.

Anyway, i have an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M graphics card with 128 MB dedicated
RAM. I guess my concern is whether the minimum graphics memory required (128
MB) is really enough to handle the aero part of vista. A lot of games will
list minimum requirements, but if you really want them to run well, you
really need the recommended requirements. 128MB is the minimum required. is
there a recommended amount? any recommendations or thoughts?

Like i said, the windows vista upgrade advisor checked out my card and said
it was fine. i just don't want to upgrade only to slow my computer down to
the 386 days!

Thanks in advance for your help/thoughts!

jeffc4442

you will need drivers for your motherboard as well, if vista has them it
will work.
Don't expect vista to have drivers for your modem, network card etc...
"jeffc4442" <jeffc4442@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:73B40108-D71E-4CD7-8515-9D0C872D660E@microsoft.com...
> Hi. I have an HP Laptop Pavilion zv6000. The Windows Upgrade Advisor
> said
> i'm good to go. Of course, this computer is not "certified" by HP as
> being
> "vista-ready," so they aren't supporting any driver updates for this.
> Gee,
> thanks.
>
> Anyway, i have an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M graphics card with 128 MB
> dedicated
> RAM. I guess my concern is whether the minimum graphics memory required
> (128
> MB) is really enough to handle the aero part of vista. A lot of games
> will
> list minimum requirements, but if you really want them to run well, you
> really need the recommended requirements. 128MB is the minimum required.
> is
> there a recommended amount? any recommendations or thoughts?
>
> Like i said, the windows vista upgrade advisor checked out my card and
> said
> it was fine. i just don't want to upgrade only to slow my computer down
> to
> the 386 days!
>
> Thanks in advance for your help/thoughts!
>
> jeffc4442

okay...if vista doesn't have them, will i be able to roll back to xp pro?

what are your thoughts on the graphics card?

i don't know about the motherboard, but i'll be able to get drivers for
everything from the component manufacturer, except for the graphics
card...ATI doesn't support it--only HP.

so, just b/c the upgrade advisor says everything will work, it just means
that the hardware is sufficient, and makes no judgment or claims about the
drivers? What kind of drivers does a motherboard need? i've not ever heard
about that before.

thanks.

"BigJim" wrote:

> you will need drivers for your motherboard as well, if vista has them it
> will work.
> Don't expect vista to have drivers for your modem, network card etc...
> "jeffc4442" <jeffc4442@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:73B40108-D71E-4CD7-8515-9D0C872D660E@microsoft.com...
> > Hi. I have an HP Laptop Pavilion zv6000. The Windows Upgrade Advisor
> > said
> > i'm good to go. Of course, this computer is not "certified" by HP as
> > being
> > "vista-ready," so they aren't supporting any driver updates for this.
> > Gee,
> > thanks.
> >
> > Anyway, i have an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M graphics card with 128 MB
> > dedicated
> > RAM. I guess my concern is whether the minimum graphics memory required
> > (128
> > MB) is really enough to handle the aero part of vista. A lot of games
> > will
> > list minimum requirements, but if you really want them to run well, you
> > really need the recommended requirements. 128MB is the minimum required.
> > is
> > there a recommended amount? any recommendations or thoughts?
> >
> > Like i said, the windows vista upgrade advisor checked out my card and
> > said
> > it was fine. i just don't want to upgrade only to slow my computer down
> > to
> > the 386 days!
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help/thoughts!
> >
> > jeffc4442
>
>
>

ATI do have Vista drivers for your card. The Radeon Xpress 200M is one of
the options on their support site.

For 32 bit Vista:

http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/v...n-vista32.html
--
Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
"jeffc4442" <jeffc4442@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8456BAE4-BE3A-4263-AC50-089CBE6B362F@microsoft.com...
> okay...if vista doesn't have them, will i be able to roll back to xp pro?
>
> what are your thoughts on the graphics card?
>
> i don't know about the motherboard, but i'll be able to get drivers for
> everything from the component manufacturer, except for the graphics
> card...ATI doesn't support it--only HP.
>
> so, just b/c the upgrade advisor says everything will work, it just means
> that the hardware is sufficient, and makes no judgment or claims about the
> drivers? What kind of drivers does a motherboard need? i've not ever
> heard
> about that before.
>
> thanks.
>
> "BigJim" wrote:
>
>> you will need drivers for your motherboard as well, if vista has them it
>> will work.
>> Don't expect vista to have drivers for your modem, network card etc...
>> "jeffc4442" <jeffc4442@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:73B40108-D71E-4CD7-8515-9D0C872D660E@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi. I have an HP Laptop Pavilion zv6000. The Windows Upgrade Advisor
>> > said
>> > i'm good to go. Of course, this computer is not "certified" by HP as
>> > being
>> > "vista-ready," so they aren't supporting any driver updates for this.
>> > Gee,
>> > thanks.
>> >
>> > Anyway, i have an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M graphics card with 128 MB
>> > dedicated
>> > RAM. I guess my concern is whether the minimum graphics memory
>> > required
>> > (128
>> > MB) is really enough to handle the aero part of vista. A lot of games
>> > will
>> > list minimum requirements, but if you really want them to run well, you
>> > really need the recommended requirements. 128MB is the minimum
>> > required.
>> > is
>> > there a recommended amount? any recommendations or thoughts?
>> >
>> > Like i said, the windows vista upgrade advisor checked out my card and
>> > said
>> > it was fine. i just don't want to upgrade only to slow my computer
>> > down
>> > to
>> > the 386 days!
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for your help/thoughts!
>> >
>> > jeffc4442
>>
>>
>>

Thanks, Jane not plain! Be thankful your braincell is only on vacation.
mine died.

"Jane C" wrote:

> ATI do have Vista drivers for your card. The Radeon Xpress 200M is one of
> the options on their support site.
>
> For 32 bit Vista:
>
> http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/v...n-vista32.html
> --
> Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
> "jeffc4442" <jeffc4442@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8456BAE4-BE3A-4263-AC50-089CBE6B362F@microsoft.com...
> > okay...if vista doesn't have them, will i be able to roll back to xp pro?
> >
> > what are your thoughts on the graphics card?
> >
> > i don't know about the motherboard, but i'll be able to get drivers for
> > everything from the component manufacturer, except for the graphics
> > card...ATI doesn't support it--only HP.
> >
> > so, just b/c the upgrade advisor says everything will work, it just means
> > that the hardware is sufficient, and makes no judgment or claims about the
> > drivers? What kind of drivers does a motherboard need? i've not ever
> > heard
> > about that before.
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> > "BigJim" wrote:
> >
> >> you will need drivers for your motherboard as well, if vista has them it
> >> will work.
> >> Don't expect vista to have drivers for your modem, network card etc...
> >> "jeffc4442" <jeffc4442@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:73B40108-D71E-4CD7-8515-9D0C872D660E@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi. I have an HP Laptop Pavilion zv6000. The Windows Upgrade Advisor
> >> > said
> >> > i'm good to go. Of course, this computer is not "certified" by HP as
> >> > being
> >> > "vista-ready," so they aren't supporting any driver updates for this.
> >> > Gee,
> >> > thanks.
> >> >
> >> > Anyway, i have an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M graphics card with 128 MB
> >> > dedicated
> >> > RAM. I guess my concern is whether the minimum graphics memory
> >> > required
> >> > (128
> >> > MB) is really enough to handle the aero part of vista. A lot of games
> >> > will
> >> > list minimum requirements, but if you really want them to run well, you
> >> > really need the recommended requirements. 128MB is the minimum
> >> > required.
> >> > is
> >> > there a recommended amount? any recommendations or thoughts?
> >> >
> >> > Like i said, the windows vista upgrade advisor checked out my card and
> >> > said
> >> > it was fine. i just don't want to upgrade only to slow my computer
> >> > down
> >> > to
> >> > the 386 days!
> >> >
> >> > Thanks in advance for your help/thoughts!
> >> >
> >> > jeffc4442
> >>
> >>
> >>
>