About Vista System requirements

[Guest]

Hello,
Checking the system requirements for Win Vista, it shows-for the HOme
Premium/Business/Ultimate-that support for DirectX 9 graphics is required,
specifically: WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory, Pixel Shader 2.0 in
hardware, and 32 bits per pixel.
Is all of this really necessary? How do I check my system to see if each
item is present?
Thanks,
Van

 

[David Dickinson]

Checking the system requirements for Win Vista, it shows-for the HOme
Premium/Business/Ultimate-that support for DirectX 9 graphics is required,
specifically: WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory, Pixel Shader 2.0 in
hardware, and 32 bits per pixel.
Is all of this really necessary? How do I check my system to see if each
item is present?

You're talking about the specifications of your graphics card (or
motherboard, if the graphics interface is built in to it). You can look
them up to find out if yours measures up.

Pixel Shader 2.0 is necessary only if you want to use the Aero interface
(not for the Vista Basic display scheme) -- and optional but nice for many
modern games. If you're not a gamer, you could live without it. But if
your graphics card doesn't support at least DX9, you may have problems using
some newer video codecs or programs. Finally, while 128MB and 32-bit color
is pretty standard (and 128MB is probably the minimum that you can get
nowadays), your card should have a driver for Vista (if Vista doesn't
already have one). However, I have gotten a couple of old 64MB pre-DX9 ATI
chipset cards to work using Vista's "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter" driver.

The fact is, Vista requires a significant hardware upgrade for the
processor, memory, and graphics over XP and older operating systems. Spend
the money if you want Vista. Otherwise, you'll be disappointed.

Or, you can upgrade to modern hardware, keep XP, and watch it ZOOM!

 

[Jon]

Hello,
Checking the system requirements for Win Vista, it shows-for the HOme
Premium/Business/Ultimate-that support for DirectX 9 graphics is required,
specifically: WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory, Pixel Shader 2.0 in
hardware, and 32 bits per pixel.
Is all of this really necessary? How do I check my system to see if each
item is present?
Thanks,
Van

None of those are absolutely essential. You'll just miss out on a few
features like Aero, Games and Movie Maker they're not there.

 

[Guest]

Thank you David and Jon for your input. God bless
Van

 

[Tiberius]

avoid vista

 

[Guest]

Why do you say that? I mainly need to test my software application under Vista.
Thanks,Van

 

[Tiberius]

try vista for 30 days in a virtual machine:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...37-d4d1-4b9b-926d-86493c7da1aa&displaylang=en

you need virtual pc that is free...


test your apps there in a virtual machine on top of your current os.

 

[Frank]

try vista for 30 days in a virtual machine:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...37-d4d1-4b9b-926d-86493c7da1aa&displaylang=en

you need virtual pc that is free...


test your apps there in a virtual machine on top of your current os.

Never, ever take capin' crunchs advice. He a linux troll. He does not
have Vista installed. He is a brain dead moron who also happens to be an
idiot.
Kill file his stuck-on-stupid ass and be done with him.
Frank

 

[Rock]

Hello,
Checking the system requirements for Win Vista, it shows-for the HOme
Premium/Business/Ultimate-that support for DirectX 9 graphics is required,
specifically: WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory, Pixel Shader 2.0 in
hardware, and 32 bits per pixel.
Is all of this really necessary? How do I check my system to see if each
item is present?

One thing to do is run the Vista Upgrade Advisor. It gives you an idea, but
it's not a guarantee.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx

Vista Ultimate runs fine on this nearly 5 yr old P4 with 1GB PC800 RAM. The
only change I made was the video card. The original was AGP 1.0 and did not
support Aero. And it was dying anyway. Vista is installed in a multi-boot
configuration with two XP Pro installations. I almost never boot into XP
anymore.

 

[Tiberius]

I have vista and know more about it that this FRANK troll

don't listen to him... he doesn't speak much the human language anyway..
mostly grunts, barfs, belches, and snorts

 

[Tiberius]

I have vista and know more about it that this FRANK troll

don't listen to him... he doesn't speak much the human language anyway..
mostly grunts, barfs, belches, and snorts

 

[Frank]

I have vista and know more about it that this FRANK troll

don't listen to him... he doesn't speak much the human language anyway..
mostly grunts, barfs, belches, and snorts

Uhhh...who are you trying to convince?
No lying allowed!
Everyone already knows the truth about you.
Frank

 

[Tiberius]

go away troll...... you are but noise in this newsgroup.