windows vista

**Jun aka Pekto** · December 21st, 2006 05:41 AM

Originally Posted by mikmik316

It will take a year I guess for clones to remove the low-end parts that are not windows vista capable... Para mabawasan ang stress bumili ng branded with Home Premium or Vista Ultimate...

The graphics chip is the component that may give the most problem. But, even the crappiest of all current graphics chipsets, the Intel 950, can handle Aero so long as you allocate enough ram to it.

**mikmik316** · December 21st, 2006 07:51 PM

FYI: madami pang built-in graphics sa Pinas na gumagamit ng Unichrome at Sis Mirage... that makes it really really sad kasi obsolete kaagad sila kahit nasa new PCs... anyway may option naman na discreet graphics card... yun nga lang AGP usually ang mga to...

I'm not sure kung may T&L na ginagamit sa Windows Aero pero kung puro Pixel Shaders lang pwede ng pumasa ang Intel GMA...

I think Geforce 6100 and Radeon Xpress will at least provide you some upgrade path in the future considering they are PCI-e already....

**hubertq34** · December 21st, 2006 08:11 PM

to run vista smoothly it is better to invest in a nice GPU para walang hassle.

**Jun aka Pekto** · December 21st, 2006 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by hubertq34

to run vista smoothly it is better to invest in a nice GPU para walang hassle.

Not really. So long as it is a recent GPU, Vista should be ok. Of all the recent video chipsets, the Intel GMA 950 is probably the crappiest. Yet, it should handle Aero just fine.

**GlennSter** · December 22nd, 2006 01:17 AM

Originally Posted by Jun aka Pekto

Not really. So long as it is a recent GPU, Vista should be ok. Of all the recent video chipsets, the Intel GMA 950 is probably the crappiest. Yet, it should handle Aero just fine.

darn..my laptop has this one.

could you expound on this?

thanks..

my full specs:
intel core 2 duo T5200
(1.6ghz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache)

INtel graphics media accelerator 950

120gb hdd

1gb DDR2

san pa ako pwede magka problema?

suggstions?

thanks!

**Jun aka Pekto** · December 22nd, 2006 05:47 AM

Originally Posted by GlennSter

darn..my laptop has this one.

could you expound on this?

thanks..

my full specs:
intel core 2 duo T5200
(1.6ghz FSB, 2MB L2 Cache)

INtel graphics media accelerator 950

120gb hdd

1gb DDR2

san pa ako pwede magka problema?

suggstions?

thanks!

1mb of ram is ok. But it's better to go with 2gb (just to be safe). Make sure you set the allocated ram for your video to at least 128mb. You do know the GMA 950 gets its ram from your system ram unlike dedicated video cards which comes with their own. So, the more ram, the better.

I'm not sure if Vista RC1 will still be a ram hog. But there was an improvement from Build 5600 to Build 5728 here. Perhaps, the retail product won't be too bad.

Otherwise, you're set.

**Jun aka Pekto** · December 22nd, 2006 06:03 AM

Vista Ultimate RC1 without the ATI beta drivers revert back to Vista Basic. That is, without Aero. It's not too bad, I suppose. But, clicking the "Switch Between Windows" button gives this. Pretty much standard XP behavior.

**GlennSter** · December 22nd, 2006 01:06 PM

thanks manong pekto.

im really planning to upgrade my ram since i use photoshop alot now.

thanks!

**Jun aka Pekto** · December 22nd, 2006 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by GlennSter

thanks manong pekto.

im really planning to upgrade my ram since i use photoshop alot now.

thanks!

Way to go. Trying to make me look old, eh?

It sounds so strange......

I'm not well-versed in PS. But, does it still use a "scratch disk"? If it does, then you'll need as much ram as you can throw at it.

**mikmik316** · December 23rd, 2006 02:05 AM

Sir Pekto I use WDDM ATI Drivers for X1600 sa RC2... mukhang ok naman... old version ba to sobra compared sa mga Catalyst drivers sa ATI? O you just want more control????