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    Vista and Video Ram

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by seiichi, Feb 20, 2006.

  1. seiichi

    seiichi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Has anyone been able to install Vista Beta on a notebook with 64 MBs of VRam? I'm buying a new notebook and stuck between getting a notebook with 64 MBs or 128 MBs of Discrete VRam
     
    seiichi, Feb 20, 2006
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    You'll likely be fine with 64 and definitely okay with 128. The final build is not done yet, but we've seen it running on notebooks with integrated cards.
     
    Brian, Feb 20, 2006
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  3. Brigand21

    Brigand21 Notebook Consultant

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    I was sure I recognised your sig seiichi, and i've just remembered! Ghost in the shell was an awesome movie and was honestly the first DVD I ever purchased :) did you draw the pic yourself?
     
    Brigand21, Feb 20, 2006
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  4. seiichi

    seiichi Notebook Enthusiast

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    nah, I found on someones website but I can't remember it now. knowing about that will help me decide with the notebook I'm looking at, thanks for the input
     
    seiichi, Feb 20, 2006
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  5. Lil Mayz

    Lil Mayz Notebook Deity

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    Waht about laptops with integrated graphics? Will they be compatible with Vista? I'm glad my Geforce 2 will be compatible, although I'm probably gonna get a laptop soon. Apparently, my GeForce 2 Go with 64 Mb was the first mobile GPU. I'm not quite sure what nVidia means by this!? Was it the first Graphics Card to have dedicated memory?

    http://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce2go.html

    My GPU is a bit dated however, with the nVidia Ge Force Go 7 Series out. I wonder if I can get an upgrade to the latest nVidia GPu's. If I could I won't get a new laptop. I love my screen with a native resolution of 1600 x 1200.

    I'm guessing a new laptop with a similar screen would cost a lot. My laptop is very much left down by the CPU however, hammering in at 1.3Ghz.......
     
    Lil Mayz, Feb 20, 2006
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  6. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    Yes, I said it works on integrated cards now, but we don't know what the final will require.
     
    Brian, Feb 20, 2006
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    ccbr01 Matlab powerhouse! NBR Reviewer

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    It could always run on integrated because that Aero Glass theme was only for high end computers. The low end GUI and practically the same as the Windows XP.
     
    iOsiris, Feb 20, 2006
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  9. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    Again, since we don't know the final build requirements, anything is speculation, like that Extreme Tech piece. I saw Aero Glass running on several machines though, all with integrated graphics. Any machine bought today will run Vista, it's just the GUI elements that are not known.
     
    Brian, Feb 20, 2006
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  10. Darbyjack

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    Yeah windows vista is all 2d graphics which shouldn't strain integrated cards at all. I've read in magazines that computers would need to have good graphics cards to run all the visual effects smoothly which i think is a bunch of rubbish
     
    Darbyjack, Feb 20, 2006
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  11. tullnd

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    Actually...MS just recently started a team who's job is to finalize Vista's actual interface appearance. So any information you have now is probably not entirely accurate(but may or may not be). I'd agree with what Brian says though...it'll still run on integrated solutions. If MS wants people to buy Vista...it has to run on computers that are a year or two old. They don't want to lock themselves out of the market cause consumers don't have a computer than can run it.
     
    tullnd, Feb 20, 2006
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