Vista Video Cards

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Rudyman

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Good day.

I was wondering if anyone has put together a MS Vista compatibility list of video cards and the expected level of MS Vista support with that product.

I build machines on the side and want to try to put video cards in that allow users most of the MS Vista display abilities if they decide to upgrade to it next year.

I have noticed some onboard video will run, but just with basic display options. Some however will not work at all.

if someone could point me in the right direction on more information regarding this it would be appreciated.

Rudyman.,
 
Well i know the 7900 series can run on vista, the box of my brothers card.. says designed for windows vista.
 
Any DX9 video card will be able to display all the fancy OS features in Vista, provided there are drivers. ATI and NV have drivers, so any DX9 ATI and NV card should work fine in Vista.
 
Tigerblade said:
From what I've read you need a 256mb DX9 based gfx card to run in 3d mode.
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No. MS "Premium-Ready specs" state:

DirectX 9.0-Capable Graphics Processor, with 128MB graphics memory. *

* from the footnotes link:
64MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor less than 1,310,720 pixels (up to 1280x1024 or 1440x900)
128MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions from 1,310,720 to 2,304,000 pixels (up to 1920x1200)
256MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions higher than 2,304,000 pixels (over 1920x1200)

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capablefootnotes.mspx

People with TC/HM and integrated NV/ATI chipsets have reported that Aero Glass works fine. Even GMA950 gets Aero Glass support, which shows the bar is pretty low.
 
I believe SM2.0 was also a major requirement to run the better vista GUI. Which should be just about any card out there right now. Anything in 3D will depend on if you want DX9 or DX10. Obviously we haven't seen any cards labeled DX10 compliant so I doubt anyone can do that yet and I don't believe DX10 features any partial support for the featureset.
 
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