I just need to walk into an ordinary computer shop and purchase a graphics card. I'm not very technical, but I can see that I have an IBM THinkCentre, purchased October 2006 brand new. It has a 3GHz CPU, 1GB RAM and just been upgraded to WinVISTA from WinXP SP2. AERO does not work. HELP.
2007-08-22 21:55:14 · 3 answers · asked by themajic 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
check if your VGA VideoCard slot is AGP or PCI-E
better if ull remove your Videocard and take it to the shop
so they can check what type.
to run aero ull need a 256 mb VGA card or better
cheapest card for vista aero
ATI RADEON 9550
or
NVIDIA fx 5500
2007-08-22 22:20:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get something like this:
:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150229
Try to get an Nvidia based 8000 series card so you can run directx10. Tell the clerk you want a card that runs DX10. You don't have to have DirectX10 to run Aero but since you have Vista with DirectX10 you might as well get a DirectX10 card because they don't cost any more and if you ever play a game with directX10 you'll be set. it was made for vista and aero and if you buy it online you get a $20 rebate and a free DX10 game!
2007-08-23 05:32:13 · answer #2 · answered by s j 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cheap but good= Geforce 8400GS
Better = Geforce 8500GT
2007-08-23 09:53:18 · answer #3 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋