Will ATI Radeon 9550SE (128 MB) suffice?

[Sabine Panislowski]

Hello,

we are about to test some of our older Software on Vista, as soon as it
becomes available on MSDN. Our test machine needs to be upgraded with a more
current video card to do tests with the aero interface. Microsoft's "get
ready" site is a little unclear, so here's my question: Will ATI Radeon
9550SE (128 MB) suffice, or do we need some newer video card? Since the
machine has no PCIe slots we really need to stick with AGP cards.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

Sabine

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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| Hello,
|
| we are about to test some of our older Software on Vista, as soon as it
| becomes available on MSDN. Our test machine needs to be upgraded with a more
| current video card to do tests with the aero interface. Microsoft's "get
| ready" site is a little unclear, so here's my question: Will ATI Radeon
| 9550SE (128 MB) suffice, or do we need some newer video card? Since the
| machine has no PCIe slots we really need to stick with AGP cards.
|
| Any suggestions?
|
| Thanks in advance
|
| Sabine

 

[Andre Da Costa [ActiveWin]]

Just as long as it meets the following pre-requisites:

WDDM driver
Direct X 9 compliant

 

[Rick Lipkin]

Sabine

Just bought a ATI Radon x1300 pci ( plain ole pci ) with 256 mg of memory
packaged by VisionTek .. card was 120.00 usd with a 20 dollar rebate ..
works great.

Rick Lipkin

 

[Kerry Brown]

I have used Vista with a 9550. Not sure if it was an SE. It has 256 MB of
RAM. It worked great with Aero Glass. 128 MB should also work fine.

 

[I.P. Nichols]

we are about to test some of our older Software on Vista, as soon as it
becomes available on MSDN. Our test machine needs to be upgraded with a
more current video card to do tests with the aero interface. Microsoft's
"get ready" site is a little unclear, so here's my question: Will ATI
Radeon 9550SE (128 MB) suffice, or do we need some newer video card? Since
the machine has no PCIe slots we really need to stick with AGP cards.

Several months ago I stuck a 128MB 9550 card ($50 clone using ATI chips)
into the 4x AGP slot on an old machine with a P3-800Mhz and 512MB and it
runs Aero like a champ. Go for it...

 

[Guest]

Hello,

we are about to test some of our older Software on Vista, as soon as it
becomes available on MSDN. Our test machine needs to be upgraded with a more
current video card to do tests with the aero interface. Microsoft's "get
ready" site is a little unclear, so here's my question: Will ATI Radeon
9550SE (128 MB) suffice, or do we need some newer video card? Since the
machine has no PCIe slots we really need to stick with AGP cards.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

Sabine

Sabine - FYI - I have installed an ATI Radeon 9250 - 256Mg on-board
AGP 4x card (with heat fan) and it works fine, more than fine.
I wouldn't suggest anything below that
Cost wise - $130.00 Australian. After testing you can use it
elsewhere.
Good luck

regards
(my) Last Word

 

[Sabine Panislowski]

Sabine - FYI - I have installed an ATI Radeon 9250 - 256Mg on-board
AGP 4x card (with heat fan) and it works fine, more than fine.
I wouldn't suggest anything below that
Cost wise - $130.00 Australian. After testing you can use it
elsewhere.
Good luck

regards
(my) Last Word

Yeah, but you can't have Aero with Radeon 9250, can you?

Sabine

 

[Travis King]

A 9550 should run Aero Glass. The 9500 series on up should. I don't think
the 'SE' matters much. It doesn't matter if it uses PCI, AGP, or
PCI-Express, it's the GPU and video RAM that counts for meeting the
requirements. Glass is running fine here on an Ati Radeon (by Sapphire)
X1600 PRO AGP 8x 256MB GDDR2 video card.

 

[Guest]

Sabine - Sorry I misunderstood you. The ATI 9250 DOES NOT allow AERO.
I misunderstood, thought you were only testing programs.
My apologies.

regards and good luck
(my) Last Word
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