Vista ready graphics cards

Officially, you can run a stripped-down version of Vista without a video card in a PC or a stand-alone graphics processor in a laptop -- but you might not want to. For a PC that is Windows Aero ready, the requirements are more stringent.

Vista's graphically intensive features worked well and the operating system's glasslike windows and icons were nice to look at, but in this writer's opinion, a 3-year-old version of SuSE Linux's operating system is just as beautiful. However, the TV-recording function of Windows Media Center did not work during our tests, which might represent one of the bugs Microsoft hopes to fix before Vista's release in January.

InformationWeek's Dave Methvin noted that a longer beta probably would not have solved the problem, as vendors weren't going to get serious about making their stuff work with Vista until they were sure that it was really going to ship. From InformationWeek :. The question to be answered by the court is one of willful negligence.

It seems to me that the whole discussion of display drivers, while intriguing, is merely an avoidance of the real issue. What are your thoughts? The Vista Capable fiasco: to hell with system recs! Ars Technica.

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Show Comments. Hide Comments. PCs meeting the Windows Vista Premium Ready requirements can deliver the Windows Aero user experience that includes additional benefits:. Now that you have the basic hardware requirements for Vista, take a look at some ideas for your next super computer. Click here for Compatible Nvidia Cards.

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