Vista - Vista Beta Updater Advisory Program

I tried the Updater Advisory Program on my laptop and told it that I would
like to have Windows Aero and the photo and video capabilities. It scanned my
computer, told me everything was fine except: If I want ot run those two
things, I need a better graphics card... I have a Radeon Xpress 200M... Isnt
that card capable of 128mb (64mb dedicated, 64mb shared)? Shouldnt it be
fine? The ADvisory program told me I only have 64 mb dedicated, but 128mb of
memory would be needed.

I'm slightly familiar with graphics cards, but not a wiz.... Ayn help from
more knowledgable people would be appreciated. Thanks.

The amount of memory on the card isn't all that matters. The card has to
support WDDM and have some minimal amount of memory. Don't know if it has to
be dedicated memory or shared. Someone else here probably does.



"thunderstruck_302@hotmail.com"
<thunderstruck302hotmailcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I tried the Updater Advisory Program on my laptop and told it that I would
> like to have Windows Aero and the photo and video capabilities. It scanned
> my
> computer, told me everything was fine except: If I want ot run those two
> things, I need a better graphics card... I have a Radeon Xpress 200M...
> Isnt
> that card capable of 128mb (64mb dedicated, 64mb shared)? Shouldnt it be
> fine? The ADvisory program told me I only have 64 mb dedicated, but 128mb
> of
> memory would be needed.
>
> I'm slightly familiar with graphics cards, but not a wiz.... Ayn help from
> more knowledgable people would be appreciated. Thanks.

thunderstruck_302@hotmail.com schrieb:
> I tried the Updater Advisory Program on my laptop and told it that I would
> like to have Windows Aero and the photo and video capabilities. It scanned my
> computer, told me everything was fine except: If I want ot run those two
> things, I need a better graphics card... I have a Radeon Xpress 200M... Isnt
> that card capable of 128mb (64mb dedicated, 64mb shared)? Shouldnt it be
> fine? The ADvisory program told me I only have 64 mb dedicated, but 128mb of
> memory would be needed.
>
> I'm slightly familiar with graphics cards, but not a wiz.... Ayn help from
> more knowledgable people would be appreciated. Thanks.

What is the question? Don't you believe what the Advisory Program told
you?

<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/vistarpc.mspx>



Roy

Everything is supported by my card (according to the advisory program)... The
only thing it told me would not work is the memory on the card, which it said
is only 64mb dedicated.... It doesnt mention that it can get another 64mb
from the RAM as shared video memory. Does the advisory program REALIZE that I
have 64mb shared?

"Roy Coorne" wrote:

> thunderstruck_302@hotmail.com schrieb:
> > I tried the Updater Advisory Program on my laptop and told it that I would
> > like to have Windows Aero and the photo and video capabilities. It scanned my
> > computer, told me everything was fine except: If I want ot run those two
> > things, I need a better graphics card... I have a Radeon Xpress 200M... Isnt
> > that card capable of 128mb (64mb dedicated, 64mb shared)? Shouldnt it be
> > fine? The ADvisory program told me I only have 64 mb dedicated, but 128mb of
> > memory would be needed.
> >
> > I'm slightly familiar with graphics cards, but not a wiz.... Ayn help from
> > more knowledgable people would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
> What is the question? Don't you believe what the Advisory Program told
> you?
>
> <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/vistarpc.mspx>
>
>
>
> Roy
>

I'm not quite sure i'd believe what the upgrade advisor said. I installed
Vista on my mother's pc which is running a Geforce 6150 integrated video
solution with 64MB dedicated and 64 MB shared and it runs glass just fine.
Granted your actual mileage may vary some from my experience.
"thunderstruck_302@hotmail.com"
<thunderstruck302hotmailcom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Everything is supported by my card (according to the advisory program)...
> The
> only thing it told me would not work is the memory on the card, which it
> said
> is only 64mb dedicated.... It doesnt mention that it can get another 64mb
> from the RAM as shared video memory. Does the advisory program REALIZE
> that I
> have 64mb shared?
>
> "Roy Coorne" wrote:
>
>> thunderstruck_302@hotmail.com schrieb:
>> > I tried the Updater Advisory Program on my laptop and told it that I
>> > would
>> > like to have Windows Aero and the photo and video capabilities. It
>> > scanned my
>> > computer, told me everything was fine except: If I want ot run those
>> > two
>> > things, I need a better graphics card... I have a Radeon Xpress 200M...
>> > Isnt
>> > that card capable of 128mb (64mb dedicated, 64mb shared)? Shouldnt it
>> > be
>> > fine? The ADvisory program told me I only have 64 mb dedicated, but
>> > 128mb of
>> > memory would be needed.
>> >
>> > I'm slightly familiar with graphics cards, but not a wiz.... Ayn help
>> > from
>> > more knowledgable people would be appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>> What is the question? Don't you believe what the Advisory Program told
>> you?
>>
>> <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/vistarpc.mspx>
>>
>>
>>
>> Roy
>>