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18 Aug 2008, 8:13 am

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64MB vram (sucks 64MB of system ram which is why i have 960MB ram)

I got this computer with vista but never bothered to install since i put mandriva on it the second it i bought it.


Considering the fact that your video card shares system memory, I really don't think that a deficiency of 64MB for Vista will hurt it's performance that much. It will probably run about the same as it would on a computer that utilises the full 1024 MB of system memory. --This being said though, I'm still not a fan of Vista.


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18 Aug 2008, 6:44 pm

if you turn off the start menu search function and tranparent windows then it will, thats comparable to my laptops specs


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18 Aug 2008, 10:11 pm

Vista doesn't need 1 gig of Ram to run smooth. My sister's comp has 768 megabytes of RAM and my other sister's comp had 512 megs of RAM. Both computers run great.


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18 Aug 2008, 10:47 pm

It's more GPU orientated if you ask me, especially when you turn on Aero.

Bit of off-topicness: The problem is that PC manufacturers never give their PCs an even half-decent GPU, usually a really sh***y low-end GPU that's usually can't fully handle even DX9 or integrated graphics. For example, I seen one recently that went for €1600 in a shop, had 2GB RAM, dual-core CPU etc. and.... had integrated graphics. Mine has a quad-core CPU with 4GB RAM and a nice GPU that'll keep it running for a couple of years game-wise; built all by myself for €1000. Add my monitor, speakers and the usual mouse 'n keyboard = €300 extra. A bloody bargain.



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18 Aug 2008, 11:28 pm

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It's more GPU orientated if you ask me, especially when you turn on Aero.

Bit of off-topicness: The problem is that PC manufacturers never give their PCs an even half-decent GPU, usually a really sh***y low-end GPU that's usually can't fully handle even DX9 or integrated graphics. For example, I seen one recently that went for €1600 in a shop, had 2GB RAM, dual-core CPU etc. and.... had integrated graphics. Mine has a quad-core CPU with 4GB RAM and a nice GPU that'll keep it running for a couple of years game-wise; built all by myself for €1000. Add my monitor, speakers and the usual mouse 'n keyboard = €300 extra. A bloody bargain.


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19 Aug 2008, 6:41 am

It's only fun when your build runs smoothly, mine had faulty RAM at the beginning though.



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19 Aug 2008, 5:51 pm

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It's only fun when your build runs smoothly, mine had faulty RAM at the beginning though.


I've had that happen before. Thankfully it was an eBay auction where the guy had a return policy that included refunds. If you buy used RAM on eBay, insist the vendor test it with MemTest86+ - it is by far the most thorough test out there and it's free.


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19 Aug 2008, 6:06 pm

Paddy789 wrote:
It's more GPU orientated if you ask me, especially when you turn on Aero.

Bit of off-topicness: The problem is that PC manufacturers never give their PCs an even half-decent GPU, usually a really sh***y low-end GPU that's usually can't fully handle even DX9 or integrated graphics. For example, I seen one recently that went for €1600 in a shop, had 2GB RAM, dual-core CPU etc. and.... had integrated graphics. Mine has a quad-core CPU with 4GB RAM and a nice GPU that'll keep it running for a couple of years game-wise; built all by myself for €1000. Add my monitor, speakers and the usual mouse 'n keyboard = €300 extra. A bloody bargain.



GPU has nothing to do with requirements. If you have a video card with 128MB Memory you'll be fine. You'll still be fine if you don't you just can't enable Aero.



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19 Aug 2008, 8:02 pm

My laptop has trouble with Aero, but Vista runs fast enough to do my required needs. With the latest drivers for NVIDIA's GPUs, they're implementing CUDA into the Vista enviroment I think, according to latest rumors. Probably crap, but I do see a massive performance boost lately after I updated my GPU drivers on my PC.

Compiz runs slower on my laptop at the moment than Aero. :?