Vista - Good card for Aero Glass

Got the computer built tonight. Runs pretty good so far.
"darius" <noone@here.invalid> wrote in message
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>> We're building a new computer for mother as her four-year-old
>> computer is getting tired. Is the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB
>> DDR (PCI Express 16x) a good choice for Aero Glass at 1280x1024? We
>> really don't want to spend more than we have to because we're
>> already spending $800 towards this computer itself. Thanks.
>>
>>
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> I know someone who uses Aero Glass running on a 6150 (integrated video)
> at 1680x1050. It's fine. Tiny lag when full window dragging.
>
> We're not talking about Doom3 here

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> Got the computer built tonight. Runs pretty good so far.
> "darius" <noone@here.invalid> wrote in message
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>> "Travis King" <Anonymous@none.com> wrote in
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>>> We're building a new computer for mother as her four-year-old
>>> computer is getting tired. Is the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB
>>> DDR (PCI Express 16x) a good choice for Aero Glass at 1280x1024?
>>> We really don't want to spend more than we have to because we're
>>> already spending $800 towards this computer itself. Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I know someone who uses Aero Glass running on a 6150 (integrated
>> video) at 1680x1050. It's fine. Tiny lag when full window
>> dragging.
>>
>> We're not talking about Doom3 here
>
>

I'd also add that we're talking about alpha video driver on an alpha OS,
so unless MS decides to load up even more eye candy, it shouldn't be a
concern except for older, non-gaming rigs.

If you don't know how to compare the Athlon 64 x2 (dual-core) 3800+ to an
AMD Athlon XP 2400+, I will. In WMP10, running the blazing colors - firey
colors visualization, it eats about 50-60% of my CPU (XP 2400+). On the A64
x2, it eats 3% - yes, 3. The same visualization and the visualization is
just as fast. The A64 also has no problem running that visualization full
screen, where it slows down with the XP 2400+. I thought the A64 might have
been 5 times the power, but it seems to be more than that, at least in this
case.
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>> Got the computer built tonight. Runs pretty good so far.
>> "darius" <noone@here.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:63930422204.8554256396.38804@msnews.microsoft.com...
>>> "Travis King" <Anonymous@none.com> wrote in
>>> news:#WDiv7IUGHA.5172@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>> We're building a new computer for mother as her four-year-old
>>>> computer is getting tired. Is the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB
>>>> DDR (PCI Express 16x) a good choice for Aero Glass at 1280x1024?
>>>> We really don't want to spend more than we have to because we're
>>>> already spending $800 towards this computer itself. Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I know someone who uses Aero Glass running on a 6150 (integrated
>>> video) at 1680x1050. It's fine. Tiny lag when full window
>>> dragging.
>>>
>>> We're not talking about Doom3 here
>>
>>
>
> I'd also add that we're talking about alpha video driver on an alpha OS,
> so unless MS decides to load up even more eye candy, it shouldn't be a
> concern except for older, non-gaming rigs.