Newbie Question: Video Card for Aero


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hey,

Im wanting to upgrade the video card in my HP Pavilion a1007w w/ AMD 64 processor so that it will support the transparency in vista beta 1. What card would you guys suggest? One that will oviously work well with vista/transparency. Also could u list the estimated cost of the ones you guys suggest?

Thanks!

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ATI Graphics Cards

FRIENDLY NAME DEVICE ID

RADEON 9500 Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4144

RADEON 9500 Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4149

RADEON 9500 SEC Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4164

RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700 Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E45

RADEON 9500 PRO / 9700 SEC Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E65

RADEON 9500 SEC Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4169

RADEON 9500 XT Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4148

RADEON 9500 XT Secondary Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4168

RADEON 9600 PRO Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4150

RADEON 9600 Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4152

RADEON 9600 Series PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4151

RADEON 9600 Series PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E51

RADEON 9600 Series Secondary PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4171

RADEON 9600 PRO SEC Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4170

RADEON 9600 SEC Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4172

RADEON 9600 Series Secondary PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E71

RADEON 9600 TX Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E46

RADEON 9600 TX SEC Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E66

RADEON 9700 Family PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E44

RADEON 9700/9500 SERIES PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E45

RADEON 9700/9500 SERIES PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4144

RADEON 9700/9500 SERIES PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4145

RADEON 9700/9500 SERIES PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4146

RADEON 9700/9500 SERIES PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4164

RADEON 9700/9500 SERIES PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4148

RADEON 9700/9500 SERIES SEC PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E64

RADEON 9700/9500 SERIES SEC PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E65

RADEON 9700/9500 SERIES SEC PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4164

RADEON 9700/9500 SERIES SEC PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4168

RADEON 9800 SERIES PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E49

RADEON 9800 SERIES SEC PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E69

RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E68

RADEON 9800 PRO PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E48

RADEON 9800 XT PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E4A

RADEON 9800 XT Secondary PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E6A

RADEON X800 PRO PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4A49

RADEON X800 PRO Secondary PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4A69

RADEON X800 XT PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4A4B

RADEON X800 XT Secondary PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4A6B

RADEON X800 SE PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4A4A

RADEON X800 SE Secondary PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4A6A

RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4A50

RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition Secondary PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4A70

FireGL X1 PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E47

FireGL X1 Secondary PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E67

RADEON X300 Series PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5B60

RADEON X300 Series Secondary PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5B70

FireGL V3100 PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5B64

FireGL V3100 Secondary PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5B74

RADEON X600 Series PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_3E50

RADEON X600 Series Secondary PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_3E70

RADEON X600 Series PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5B62

RADEON X600 Series Secondary PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5B72

RADEON X700 PRO PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5E4B

RADEON X700 PRO Secondary PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5E6B

NVidia Graphics Cards

FRIENDLY NAME DEVIDE ID

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0301.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0302.1

NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0308.1

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_034E.1

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0309.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0311.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0312.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600XT PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0314.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0320.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0321.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0322.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200SE PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0323.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0326.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5100 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0327.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0330.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0331.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0332.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0333.1

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0338.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0341.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0342.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700LE PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0343.1

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700VE PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0344.1

Future Device Support

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0040.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0041.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0042.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_0045.1

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4000 NVIDIA_NV40.DEV_004E.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C1.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 LE NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00C2.1

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00CE.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0140.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0141.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6610 XL NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0145.1

NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_014E.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_014F.1

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750 NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FA.1

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900 NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FB.1

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5300 NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00FC.1

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400 NVIDIA_NV41.DEV_00CE.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE NVIDIA_NV43.DEV_0142.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 NVIDIA_NV44.DEV_0221.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F1.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6600 NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F2.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F3.1

NVIDIA Quadro FX 3400/4400 NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F8.1

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Series GPU NVIDIA_BR02.DEV_00F9.1

Nvidia mobile support will be added by end of Beta 2

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thank you for the replies! Can anyone who has got aero working on vista 1 please tell me exactly what card you have? Im trying to buy one in the next day or two and wanna be 100% sure itll work with aero.

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if you are on budget get a 6800gt since you can find them at less that 300$ for AGP flavors or its 300$ for PCI-e

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on a buget get a 6800gt- you are havin a laugh right?

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I have the ATI X800 XL PCIe and since Aero was enabled after my installation was complete I didn't bother to use the beta drivers from ATI's website. Your milage may vary...

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If you are on budget get a Radeon 9550, it works with Vista Aero out of the box. I got this card on Friday specifically for Vista. I bought Gecube branded for $AUD 96. (Currency converter says $USD 72)

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So whats happens if i were to install Vista on a system running just a Radeon 9000 Pro?

Would it run the O/S just without thr glass effects or what?

Cheers.

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So whats happens if i were to install Vista on a system running just a Radeon 9000 Pro?

Would it run the O/S just without thr glass effects or what?

Cheers.

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basically, i have a 9000 basic right now and i havent gotten around to installing the beta.

btw, im upgrading to a Geforce FX5500 for about $57 at new egg. it should do fine with vista and its fairly cheap.

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or a 9800 pro on newegg for 100$ with shipping

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The 9800Pro's are dirt cheap nowadays! I remember shelling out $400CAD+

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i have a Geforce 4 Ti 4200 128mb, it cost me about ?150 2-3 years ago and i'm in no hurry to upgrade it as it plays most current games perfectly adequately for me

is this going to be unsupported in Vista as its only a direct x 8.1 card? pretty annoyed that i cant see all the shiny effects just because my card is not a dx 9

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