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Windows Vista recommended video card

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by Jack57, 2007/04/11.

  1. 2007/04/11
    Jack57

    Jack57 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    Looking to purchase a new computer with Vista Home Premium. Located what seems to be a nice one at Sams Club with everything I am looking for, 22 inch widescreen, 2 GB ram, 320 HDD except I seem to remember that Vista recommends a 256 MB video card and the Gateway I was considering only has a 128 MB card. How important is the difference? It will be mostly used for business accounting and web surfing and some of the kids video and photo editing stuff. Thanks in advance. Jack
     
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    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    I've been running Vista on a pc with built in video and it runs just fine...It's just one of those "the more the merrier" situations. The 128 meg card should work well.
     
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    Arie

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    Vista will work with 64MB Video RAM...

    To enable Windows Aero, PC systems must meet the following criteria for graphics hardware:

    1. DirectX 9 class graphics hardware that supports WDDM and Pixel Shader 2.0
    2. A minimum of 32 bits per pixel
    3. Appropriate graphics memory for specified monitor resolutions:
      • 64MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolution equivalent to 1280 x 1024 or less
      • 128MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions less than or equal to 1920 x 1200
      • 256MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions higher than 1920 x 1200
    4. Graphics memory bandwidth, as assessed by Windows Vista's built in system assessment tool WinSAT.EXE, of at least 1,800MB/s at following resolution:
      • Desktop PC: at a monitor resolution equivalent to 1280 x 1024
      • Mobile PC: at the native resolution of built-in display
     
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