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@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:462f4934$0$11286$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
>> Not my experience at all. Did you make any other changes? Different
>> drivers for example?
>>
>> Faster processor on the video card?
>>
>>
>> "BigJim" <bigjim@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:xbWdnTJs5OeCAbDbnZ2dnUVZ_tyinZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>> 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@mail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:d90Xh.33494$254.18220@bignews7.bellsouth.net. ..
>>>>
>>>> "BigJim" <woody10277@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:n8OdnTa2wZiMyLHbnZ2dnUVZ_gSdnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>>>>> 2 gigs of ram helps but a fast video card will help even more.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (snip/paste)
>>>>
>>>> 256 Nvidia GT vid card...
>>>>
>>>> (end)
>>>>
>>>> It appears he has a card.
>>>>
>>>> -Stew
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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