Cheapest card for Vista

I want to know which cheapest Graphics card model from both ATI and nvidia which will support Vista Aero. Also quote it's price. And suggest for both AGP and PCIe

the cheapest would be the FX5200 ... but i'd suggest u to invest for a 6200 ..

U Can Buy...a 6200 For Less Than 3000 Bucks...and A 6600 Non-gt..for 3600..i Think..this ..two Will Do..

Fx5200 is the last card to support Vista.....and its only in the AGP....6200 seems to be enough....its in both PCIe and AGP.....

6600LE or 6600 is better than 6200 ....but really if u r not into gaming then a 6200 (64bit) (try 128bit) should be more than enough......

Fx5200 is the last card to support vista, but i would advice u 2 go 4 a 6200 or a 6600

U will need at least a 7300 to enjoy vista's eye candies. But an FX thing would do if u just wanna use Vista.
Heard that vista makes use of dual cores greately. nd also upcoming games like UT07 nd Crysis.

U will need at least a 7300 to enjoy vista's eye candies

A 32 bit SM2.0 supporting card will be enough to run Aero .. i.e. will handle Vista with all the visuals ....

^^will a FX5200 do fine??

Stalker said:
^^will a FX5200 do fine??

FX5200 is old card not sure that it supports some capabilities of vista.

FX5200 will do eekam ok ... just for the OS i.e. if u want Aero , and want it cheap

Will there be any diff. in aero with FX5200 or a 6200 and a 6600.........not 'bout the gaming....

On gf7 series only its given as 'Vista Ready' nd only seen in that series. Whys it so? Even GF6 doesn't seems to have it. If u can run aero on even a 5200 then whats the need for a 7 series?[ nd the word Vista ready]?

get a 7300 GT

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samrulez said:
Will there be any diff. in aero with FX5200 or a 6200 and a 6600.........not 'bout the gaming....

You might as well get the 6200 over the 5200 considering there's practically no price difference between the two.

On gf7 series only its given as 'Vista Ready' nd only seen in that series. Whys it so? Even GF6 doesn't seems to have it. If u can run aero on even a 5200 then whats the need for a 7 series?[ nd the word Vista ready]?

Only the later 7 series i.e namely 7800GT and beyond are said to be truly Vista ready as they have HD hardware support .. which is missing for the other cards ..

But as long as u keep the HD part out ... any SM2.0 compliant card is said to be vista ready .. starting from a FX5200 ..

Now for Vista , as its actually utilising the card , the UI effects will actually be better on the 6200 than the FX5200 , as the former has better dx9.0c support ..

As far as I know both 7300 nd a 7800 has same features nd nothin more in a 7800. Its only bout perfomance.

CAN anyone tell me which PCI(not PCIe) based Graphic cards supports VISTA(if any). Please tell the price of cheapest one. I just need it for aero.

^^the pci version of FX5200........

Heard somewhere that ATI is releasing its top line x1300 256mb in a PCI version. It si the visiontek brand thats makin this card.
source:
*www.ntcompatible.com/VisionTekT_In...300_256MB_PCI_First_ATI_based_PCI_s71921.html

but it will be almost impossible to find the product in India, so get some 5200.
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nvidia has released the cheapes 7 series card for them who just want all the visuals of Vista with the most affordable price nd its SLI ready too:
The all new GF 7100 GS
*www.nvidia.co.in/page/pg_20060905500750.html
it hasn't got HDR support. nd the mem interface is 64 bit. Butnits a SM3 nd has DDR2.
But it will be of no use for gamin as it would perfomance if not better tha a 6200TC.

@arvind & stalker: Thanks

does Intel 915 with 512/1024 MB RAM supports areo in vista

Ya it an be installed on a PC with 915 disp, but its not 100% vista ready. Ya u can enjoy aero atleast.

nishant_nms said:
does Intel 915 with 512/1024 MB RAM supports areo in vista

No problem as far as AERO is concerned.

Have u got Aero working on 915 if yes then How much RAM is required for it.

Btw plz quote the price of above mentioned GFX too

a 7300GS PCIE would cost u 4500/-nd as a 7100 is much lower han that in features nd perfomance it could no way cost more than 3k.
X1300pro PCIE performs like a 7300GS nd would be similarly priced.