Video Card memory

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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
 
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...
 
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.
 
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