Re: Vista & Ram??

I would not expect any difference at all, except for gaming or CAD applications. The video card is just not that fundamental to the speed of the basic operating system (for example, boot time), and a card that can run Aero and already has 128MB of memory (all that Aero or so-called "Office" applications (e.g. 2D applications)) just isn't holding things up as far as Windows is concerned. Now if we start talking about heavy 3D applications (e.g. gaming & CAD), that's another matter. But the question dealt with basic windows stuff and boot time, and the video card just isn't going to impact that much.


HDRDTD wrote:
'If' he went from a gt 128meg with shared ram and went to a gt 256 that had 256meg onboard the video card, then I would expect a big difference if the system itself only has 1gig or less of ram.

"Tom Scales" <tjscales@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:462f4934$0$11286$c3e8da3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Not my experience at all. Did you make any other changes? Different drivers for example?

Faster processor on the video card?


"BigJim" <bigjim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:xbWdnTJs5OeCAbDbnZ2dnUVZ_tyinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I had a gt 128 meg and upgraded to a gt 256 meg and it was a big difference.
Vista runs smoother and apps load faster. There are more benfits but
nuff said.
"S.Lewis" <stew1960@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:d90Xh.33494$254.18220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"BigJim" <woody10277@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:n8OdnTa2wZiMyLHbnZ2dnUVZ_gSdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
2 gigs of ram helps but a fast video card will help even more.


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256 Nvidia GT vid card...

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It appears he has a card.

-Stew





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