Video Card memory

[Guest]

Hi. I have an HP Laptop Pavilion zv6000. The Windows Upgrade Advisor said
i'm good to go. Of course, this computer is not "certified" by HP as being
"vista-ready," so they aren't supporting any driver updates for this. Gee,
thanks.

Anyway, i have an ATI Radeon Xpress 200M graphics card with 128 MB dedicated
RAM. I guess my concern is whether the minimum graphics memory required (128
MB) is really enough to handle the aero part of vista. A lot of games will
list minimum requirements, but if you really want them to run well, you
really need the recommended requirements. 128MB is the minimum required. is
there a recommended amount? any recommendations or thoughts?

Like i said, the windows vista upgrade advisor checked out my card and said
it was fine. i just don't want to upgrade only to slow my computer down to
the 386 days!

Thanks in advance for your help/thoughts!

jeffc4442

 

[BigJim]

you will need drivers for your motherboard as well, if vista has them it
will work.
Don't expect vista to have drivers for your modem, network card etc...

 

[Guest]

okay...if vista doesn't have them, will i be able to roll back to xp pro?

what are your thoughts on the graphics card?

i don't know about the motherboard, but i'll be able to get drivers for
everything from the component manufacturer, except for the graphics
card...ATI doesn't support it--only HP.

so, just b/c the upgrade advisor says everything will work, it just means
that the hardware is sufficient, and makes no judgment or claims about the
drivers? What kind of drivers does a motherboard need? i've not ever heard
about that before.

thanks.

 

[Jane C]

ATI do have Vista drivers for your card. The Radeon Xpress 200M is one of
the options on their support site.

For 32 bit Vista:

http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/vista32/common-vista32.html

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Jane not plain! Be thankful your braincell is only on vacation.
mine died.