Jody Thornton
Power User
My system is an HP xw8200 Workstation (nice dual-CPU machine actually). My PCI-e slot is pooched though (was ever since I received it second hand). I used to run Windows XP x64 Edition with an nVidia Geforce 6200 PCI card. For workstation use this was just fine.
Then I moved to Vista x64 Ultimate. I only use Basic and not Aero. Drivers are included for my nVidia card and are also available on Windows Update, but the card leaves artifacts when moving windows around, and has a jittery behaviour. There is a way to make the card work perfectly (even in Aero), and that's by going into the Bios and defeating the memory remapping feature. But then Vista is only limited to 4 gb of RAM, and that's a shame.
So now I am using a Radeon 9200 Pro PCI card, and I accomplish this by using XP x64 drivers from the Catalyst 6.4 series (upgrade to the next revision and you get BSODs on shutdown). These drivers work in Windows Basic and there are no artifacts, but the acceleration of menus and visual web content seems slow.
Are there any good working PCI cards for Vista, for just workstation use and for Basic only? It need not support Aero (if it does, fine; but it's not a requirement)
I anticipate your responses. Cheers All!
Jody
Then I moved to Vista x64 Ultimate. I only use Basic and not Aero. Drivers are included for my nVidia card and are also available on Windows Update, but the card leaves artifacts when moving windows around, and has a jittery behaviour. There is a way to make the card work perfectly (even in Aero), and that's by going into the Bios and defeating the memory remapping feature. But then Vista is only limited to 4 gb of RAM, and that's a shame.
So now I am using a Radeon 9200 Pro PCI card, and I accomplish this by using XP x64 drivers from the Catalyst 6.4 series (upgrade to the next revision and you get BSODs on shutdown). These drivers work in Windows Basic and there are no artifacts, but the acceleration of menus and visual web content seems slow.
Are there any good working PCI cards for Vista, for just workstation use and for Basic only? It need not support Aero (if it does, fine; but it's not a requirement)
I anticipate your responses. Cheers All!
Jody
My Computer
System One
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- Operating System
- Windows 8 Pro x64
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP xw8600 Workstation
- CPU
- Two Intel Xeon Core2 Quad 3.2 GHz Processors
- Motherboard
- Proprietary
- Memory
- 16 GB DDR2 800 MHz
- Graphics Card(s)
- nVidia Quadro FX 3800 PCI-E
- Sound Card
- Realtek HD Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung SyncMaster 213T 21" 4x3 Flat Screen
- Screen Resolution
- 1600x1200
- Hard Drives
- Two Seagate Cheetah 300 GB SAS Disks
- PSU
- Proprietary
- Case
- HP xw8600 Workstation Case
- Cooling
- Two CPU Fans and One Larger Cooling Fan
- Keyboard
- PS/2 Keyboard
- Mouse
- Microsoft USB Optical Mouse
- Internet Speed
- 7 mbps
- Other Info
- Storage Interface: Two LSI 3000 SAS Adapters
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