Vista, Aero, & my graphics card?

[Bazooka-Joe]

Will I be able to run aero features with an Nvidia GeForce TI-4400
(128MB, AGP) graphics card? Other current specs are: 1.5GB system
RAM, 2.4Ghz Pentium 4 (32-bit, single core).

Thanks.

:Bazooka-Joe

 

[Guest]

Your system specs: CPU 2.4Ghz, 1.5GB RAM and 128MBs graphics is OK to run Aero
BUT, you will have to check Nvidia to see whether it is Vista compatible, or
if there is a vista compatible Driver for it.

 

[James Moffitt]

I believe that your Graphics Driver has to be WDDM compatible. The graphics
card I have on my home computer is adequate to run Vista but it is not
adequate enough to turn on the Aero feature. That means you will need a
high end video card that has that type of driver capability.
Good Luck.

 

[James Moffitt]

In order to display Aero Glass, your computer must meet the following
requirements:

a.. DirectX 9 video card
b.. Pixel shader 2.0 support
c.. AGP 4x or better or PCI Express video cards are recommended, although
some others may work
d.. At least 64 MB of video memory, more may be needed for higher
resolutions or multiple monitors
e.. A special WDDM video driver

 

[Roy Coorne]

I believe that your Graphics Driver has to be WDDM compatible. The
graphics card I have on my home computer is adequate to run Vista but it
is not adequate enough to turn on the Aero feature. That means you will
need a high end video card that has that type of driver capability.

....

That means one needs a video card with a WDDM driver - not necessarily
a high end one: A GeForce 6200 with 128 MB VRAM (preferably not
shared), e. g., is sufficient.

Roy

 

[Keith Patrick]

For a point of reference, my ATI Radeon 9600 runs Aero Glass fine (my big
bottleneck is the 1GB of system memory...not enough). the only caveat: I
don't have as much video memory as you, so certain web pages (www.chase.com,
for instance) have enough on the page to force the desktop to temporarily
revert to Aero Basic.

 

[Tiberius]

I have the nvidia 4200 Ti on my second machine and its not GLASS AERO
capable.

it runs vista... but you get aero basic only, without the glass effects...

 

[Bazooka-Joe]

I have the nvidia 4200 Ti on my second machine and its not GLASS AERO
capable.

it runs vista... but you get aero basic only, without the glass effects...






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Sounds like if I want the full UI experience, I'd have to bite the
bullet and get a new video card. Means new motherboard probably. And
that likely means new CPU. My pocketbook dictates that means basic
Aero or continue w/XP. Fine by me.

:Bazooka-Joe

 

[Kurt Herman]

Just get an AGP video card. There are a ton of them out there and there
cheap now! You don't need to get a PCIE card (and motherboard).

Any Nvidia card 6000 series and above will do Aero great.

My card is 2 years old 6600GT and runs Aero great (in fact it gets the
highest possible desktop video experience rating. 5.9)

Your 4200 would be fine if Aero didn't require DX9 acceleration. ANY card
with DX9 acceleration, and Pixel shaders 2.0 and up will work.

Kurt

 

[Bazooka-Joe]

Just get an AGP video card. There are a ton of them out there and there
cheap now! You don't need to get a PCIE card (and motherboard).

Any Nvidia card 6000 series and above will do Aero great.

My card is 2 years old 6600GT and runs Aero great (in fact it gets the
highest possible desktop video experience rating. 5.9)

Your 4200 would be fine if Aero didn't require DX9 acceleration. ANY card
with DX9 acceleration, and Pixel shaders 2.0 and up will work.

Kurt








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Thanks Kurt. That helps a lot.

:Bazooka-Joe

 

[Doris Day - MFB]

Sounds like if I want the full UI experience, I'd have to bite the
bullet and get a new video card. Means new motherboard probably. And
that likely means new CPU. My pocketbook dictates that means basic
Aero or continue w/XP. Fine by me.

:Bazooka-Joe

Or install Ubuntu and Beryl and get a 3d desktop that blows Aero away and
will run fine and fast and with stability/security on your box.

Love and Kisses,
Doris

 

[Kurt Herman]

You're quite welcome!

Kurt