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    Nvidia and Vista-Readiness

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by tianx, May 8, 2006.

  1. tianx

    tianx Notebook Geek

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  2. Notebook Solutions

    Notebook Solutions Company Representative NBR Reviewer

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    Ah please sorry but what kinda ...

    A FX5200 which is ready for Vista!? Man you cant even play Pacman on that thing. I think this is nothing but marketing. Only the 7-series with 128 MB are ready for Vista in my opinion.

    Charlie-Peru :)
     
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  3. ProphetX

    ProphetX Notebook Evangelist

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    Vista is DX10. I think its false advertising to claim any card not DX10 is vista ready.
     
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  4. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Be wary of the "Vista Ready" sticker - that means that the computer can run the Home Basic version. There's no graphical GUI in that.

    And you don't need DirectX 10 to run Vista. The graphics interface is DirectX 9.
    The 6-series are as well, in addition to other DirectX 9 cards.
     
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