Pci Vista
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Window Vista’s new graphic interface (GUI) named Aero is very graphically intensive especially when you enable the glass effect, as a result, like a game it will lag or refuse the run all together on outdated graphics solutions. It is important to note that Vista is very resource intensive as a whole, so even if you disable the Aero Glass interface, your computer will still lag if you do not have sufficient RAM, CPU power or graphical performance. If you have a decent CPU and RAM then chances are you have decent graphics, however if you have an integrated graphics solution, as in you do not have a dedicated graphics card, then upgrading to Vista is not recommended. All of the new integrated solutions released during 2007 would run Vista, but for anything before that you would have to install it and see. You can tell if you have integrated graphics or not, by going into system information, the fastest way to do so is to press the “windows logo” key and the “pause and break” key at the same time. It will bring up your computer system information which includes your CPU, RAM capacity, current operating system, etc etc.
First of all, drivers, most people are worried that their graphics card would not have drivers that support Vista, well if you are the 99.9% of people out there that have either a Nvidia or ATi graphics solution then you have nothing to worry about. Although ATi is still ironing out some bugs, both companies have working drivers for both the 32 and 64 bit versions of Vista. Plus there are generic drivers for Nvidia and Ati cards built into Vista that support cards as far back as the MX440. So the software side is covered.
A question that is of bigger concern is whether or not your graphics card has the grunt to pump out those pixels in a timely fashion as to not impede your vista experience. Fortunately for all those who own budget graphics solutions, Vista’s GUI is not as intensive as a game, it is nowhere near it, and as long as you have a dedicated graphics card, you would be ok generally speaking. I have tried Vista with all its bells and whistles enabled on a P4 3.2Ghz with a FX5200 and it worked fine, there was no lag whatsoever on both the AGP and PCI versions of the card. I tested it on a PCI version because the 5200 PCI graphics card is one of the most popular PCI cards on the market, it is at a reasonable price and has enable grunt for light gaming. If you have an integrated solution then you should tread carefully because there is a high chance that Vista’s GUI will lag on your computer. I went to the extreme and tried to run Vista on a P4 with TNT graphics, and it was not very pleasant at all. Even with the GUI disable (by default, the setup recognised the slow graphics) it still lagged.
The general rule would be if you have a dedicated graphics card from the two major chip makers then Vista will run fine on your machine provided you have sufficient RAM and CPU power as well. For all those who are running on integrated graphics it is a good idea to do some research, go on computer forums and try to find other people with your same graphics who may have upgraded to Vista already, and get some idea as to how Vista runs from there. Windows Vista is designed to dish out the eye candy, so therefore a decent graphics card is needed. I have found that for the average user, Windows Vista offers very little other than eye candy, so if your computer is on the borderline in terms of specs, then stick with Windows XP, because it will run faster as it is not as resource intensive as Vista.
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