Vista on T42 with 32 MB ATI?

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hamoudi · #1 Post by **hamoudi** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:19 am

hi guys,

ive been reading for a while about the chance of OS Vista working on a T42 with 1,7 Dothan and a 32MB ATI and ive heard sometimes that it wont work.

Has anyone tried it on his T42 with the same Graphics card? id be really thankful guys for any info.

#2 Post by **GomJabbar** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:02 pm

I have a T42 with the ATI 9000, 64Mb VRAM. I was able to load Vista RC1 and I had limited Aero features in the Sidebar. I did not have full Aero. I also loaded RC1 on a desktop with an ATI 1300x, 256Mb VRAM and I had full Aero there.

kf_man · #3 Post by **kf_man** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:50 pm

Which ATI is it? I believe that Vista supports only Radeon 9600 and above for full Aero effects. My current laptop (Radeon 9000/9200 64MB) couldn't handle it, but my new one (Radeon X1400 128MB) should be able to handle it fine.

hamoudi · #4 Post by **hamoudi** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:12 pm

hi guys.....

ok now ive decided to get rid of my T42 ATI 32MB, ill buy a T43 with X300 64MB instead.

ive read a list showing the graphics cards that supports Vista and X300 was one of them. My friend too has X300 and got Vista on it and it worked though i didnt see it.

so what do u say about the X300? is it newer than the 9600? will Aero work completely or just part of it?

any hints, tips ,infos?

thanks

kf_man · #5 Post by **kf_man** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:57 pm

The x300 is newer and should be about the same class as the 9600 series. I know that the x300 fully supports DirectX 9 and that is a major factor in the Vista decision. Also, as far as I know the regular ATI drivers for Vista support the x300 series as well. Although it won't be the best performance, it will definitely run Aero pretty well.

ariadgr · #6 Post by **ariadgr** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:40 am

kf_man wrote:The x300 is newer and should be about the same class as the 9600 series. I know that the x300 fully supports DirectX 9 and that is a major factor in the Vista decision. Also, as far as I know the regular ATI drivers for Vista support the x300 series as well. Although it won't be the best performance, it will definitely run Aero pretty well.

According to the Microsoft Update advisor, Ati Mobility Radeon X300 will NOT run Aero.
However some users report that they have managed to have Aero working.
So not really sure about what will happen...

kf_man · #7 Post by **kf_man** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:19 am

I'm a little surprised actually, I would have though that any of the ATI X-series could power Aero. I realize that the X300 is the lowest model, but it is a DirectX 9 card (The 9600 and 9800 were) and usually comes packaged with at least 64MB of RAM. Maybe there is such a step back from previous performance with this model that Microsoft rates it too low to run Aero effectively?

#8 Post by **GomJabbar** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:43 am

The following ATI site shows which ATI GPU's are supported under Vista. http://ati.amd.com/technology/WindowsVi ... ducts.html

kf_man · #9 Post by **kf_man** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:07 am

GomJabbar, thanks for the very informative list. That's about what I thought would be supported. What they don't say either way is whether Aero should work on each one, but with the use of performance testing in Vista to make that determination, maybe they aren't 100% sure yet? The biggest problem with Vista is that you can't really tell what will be supported without running some sort of tool on the machine. Luckily mine is new enough that I don't have to worry about that!

pianowizard · #10 Post by **pianowizard** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:54 pm

It depends on the screen resolution. See this page.

JHaislet · #11 Post by **JHaislet** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:32 pm

Remember, if you have one of the newer bios updates for your T43, it enables ATI Hypermemory and thus makes it possible to run really high resolutions.

I'm running Vista on my T43 with the X300 and its tiny 64MB of on-board ram @ 1920 x 1200

(plus it uses Hypermemory).

With 1GB of system ram, it uses about 255MB of Shared System Ram for graphics.
With 2GB of system ram, it uses 767MB of Shared System Ram for graphics.

bopchie · #12 Post by **bopchie** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:33 pm

i have vista on my T43 with a x300 64MB and with 512MB ram it shares 64MB for a total of 128MB vram, I get full aero @ 1400x1050 and it runs nice and snappy. Games play good but not at 1400x1050 i play games @ 1024x768, I'm a little late here but just sharing my experience with vista on my t43

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turbolium · #13 Post by **turbolium** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:34 pm

have t42 with 7500 ati

works fine with out aero
tried it wiht 500mb ram thought will never go back again

installed another gig and it works flawlesly with out aero

bopchie · #14 Post by **bopchie** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:11 pm

over the weekend i installed vista home premium on a buds t42 with a 7500...samn deal no aero, fonts seemed a lil blurry but got it to look ok, he also has 512MB mem. After sliming down the services a hair and seting a static PF it ran it just fine.

simscitizen · #15 Post by **simscitizen** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 1:32 pm

vista aero works fine on a t43 with x300 out of the box. installed official ATI drivers and can get aero on a 1680x1050/1400x1050 dual screen setup as well.

Vista on T42 with 32 MB ATI?

Vista on T42 with 32 MB ATI?

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