video board for Windows Vista

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aaronep

if I install Windows Vista that has the Aero function, I am told that
a new video board is necessary. Does anyone have a suggestion as to
which would be the least expensive board that would be compatible?

best, Aaron
 
Ryan Bearfield said:
It may be necessary depending on what card you currently have, essentially
the card needs to be directx 9 capable with pixel and vertex shaders. If
you dont here's a cheap one on newegg that will work if you have agp port:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127181 and if you
have pci-e: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127243
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Ryan - I was under the impression that for Aero display a Nvidia card should
be a 6*** series and upwards?
I switched from a ATI Radion 9250 to a Nvidia 6200 (AGP8) card and that
seems to do the trick but I am not sure if the
5*** series card you recommend here would be ok?

ron b.
 
You basically need a Radeon 9500+, or a GeForce 5+, or any fairly modern IGP
(that's Integrated Graphics Processor for you first-timers). Any machine
hovering around the minimum for Vista is not going to have the chutzpah to
run the Aero interface. If you've got an AGP 4X/8X slot, you're in good
company.

Midrange cards from ATI can be had for between $100-150

I myself haven't priced nVidia cards lately, but 6's are quite good. 7's
are outstanding.
 
I just checked on the Nvidia site -- a bit of a surprise regarding
driver availability:

GeForce and TNT -- Vista x86 and x64
GeForce 8800 Series -- Vista x86 and x64
GeForce Go7 Series -- nothing for Vista

I guess I'd be hoping that the first listing is across the board and
does include support fore GeForce 7xxx series adapters.

I did note that if you walk through the site you can download a new
beta driver for GeForce 6 and 7 series GPU's - available as of 1/31.
 
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