I should also note, the requirement of DX9 is one part; but it's 128MB of "dedicated" Video RAM, but if you are using UMA (say an Nvidia 6150 Motherboard, etc.) you will need 256MB mapped to onboard video by their recommendation.
CW -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 6:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [H] I'm convinced, Vista is garbage. I also agree that Vista is bad, more bloat, more requirements, more confusion and not much extra functionality.....although I am kind of forced to upgrade to it as I dual-boot MCE2005 and XP64 (and its becoming an annoyance), which Vista will roll into one product for me. The 512MB memory requirement I am in no way surprised at, the requirements always go up and 1GB is entry-level for most people these days. The 128MB graphics card for Aero is surprising though, I just can't imagine what they could put in a UI that would seriously require that much video card memory......the mind boggles on that one. Perhaps they cannot judge a cards 3D performace too well and are saying all cards with 128MB or more are generally powerful enough for the features they are implementing? Regards, Jason Tozer Database Analyst London Ext 1131 - 3SC.5 ******* This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. For further information about Clifford Chance please see our website at http://www.cliffordchance.com or refer to any Clifford Chance office. This firm is not authorised by the Financial Services Authority. However, we are included on the Register maintained by the Financial Services Authority so that we can carry on insurance mediation activity in the UK, which is broadly the advising on, selling and administration of insurance contracts. This part of our business, including arrangements for complaints or redress if something goes wrong, is regulated by The Law Society. The Register can be accessed via the Financial Services Authority website at www.fsa.gov.uk/register.
