Microsoft's New Products

Digital Punk · 4 Jun 2006 at 13:12

gamesaregood said:
That all depends on which graphics card your using now and if you want to take advantage of Aero, and lets face it thats going to be one of the main reasons to upgrade.

Really??

Some fancy 3d graphics isn't going to be the main reason I'd part with my hard earned cash tbh.
Aero comes way down the list for me.

Psyk · 4 Jun 2006 at 13:50

Digital Punk said:
Really??
Some fancy 3d graphics isn't going to be the main reason I'd part with my hard earned cash tbh.
Aero comes way down the list for me.

I don't think you'll need an expensive graphics card. If you think about it, the graphical effects Aero will use are nothing compared to a modern game. Your current graphics card is probably fine. Even Intel graphics might be able to handle it.

SiriusB · 4 Jun 2006 at 13:54

I think the recommended spec is 128MB graphics card... so anything from the last 3 years should be more than capable.

SiriusB

csmager · 4 Jun 2006 at 16:05

Psyk said:
Even Intel graphics might be able to handle it.

Yep, the latest Intel Onboard Graphics do indeed support Aero.

HighlandeR · 4 Jun 2006 at 19:19

Think they said u need pixel shader 2.0+ support for that aero feature...... but could be wrong.

Vista looks good stuff Tis a great shame its not coming this fall though...