Re: [Pc_Support] Re: [OT] One more time … Windows Vista system requirements

[Damien McKenna]

On Jun 8, 2006, at 2:45 PM, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 11:52 -0400, Damien McKenna wrote:
>> You said yourself that a DirectX9-compatible video card will work, so
>> basically anything from a Radeon 9200 onwards
>
> Er, I think you mean Radeon 9500 (R300-series), the 9200 is the same
> series as the 8500 (R200-series).

My mistake, the 9200 is only DX8.1.  The 9550 can be have for $45 off  
NewEgg, ditto for the Geforce 5000/6000 series which are DX9 compatible.

>> or a Geforce 6000 series onwards, which puts the price well under  
>> $100
>> for even new cards.  Even $150 will give people plenty of video
>> speed.  Heck, you can even get those cards in PCI flavors for people
>> without AGP or PCI-e slots.  Am I missing something?
>
> Yes, you're missing a huge point.

Nope.

> A NV4x/R3xx is the minimum to run Vista in _legacy_ GDI/Explorer mode.
> I.e., it runs _much_slower_ to show the _exact_same_ as you have  
> with XP
> already!  You're _not_ using the new Avalon system at all.

I know that, but it is at least enough to run the darn thing, which  
is all most people (who aren't interested/willing to pay for a whole  
new POS) want.

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