> Have you visited the Nvidia site for the last(Oct 86)and only Vista driver for the FX5200 series ?
>
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_96.85.html>
> Since it predates Vista RTM(last fall) and commercial release(Jan 07) it may not have all the features available when used on an XP system.
>
> "Jerilyn" <Jerilyn[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7AB88702-2C92-450F-8F2C-1EC1A62448CC[ at ]microsoft.com...
> : BTW, I have a Sony Vaio PCV-1132 with 1gb of RAM. I bought it about 2 years
> : ago with Windows XP already loaded. It has two hard drives. I installed
> : Vista on the 2nd hard drive so I could boot with either Windows XP or Vista.
> : It works great so far but I was surprised by Sony's comment as mentioned
> : before. The graphics card is an NVIDIA GeForce FX5200. I understand it has
> : 128mb of memory and I understand that this supports Aero. What now?
> :
> : "Jerilyn" wrote:
> :
> : > Thanks for all the help guys! Ronnie, thanks to you especially. I suspected
> : > the same thing re: dealing with an inept person. Who has ever heard of a
> : > major computer company not supporting Vista or any version of Windows for
> : > that matter on "any" of their computers? It's ludicrous. Anyway, I haven't
> : > had any problems so far. It works great except for the Aero thing. I'll
> : > figure that one out eventually.
> : >
> : > "Bruce Chambers" wrote:
> : >
> : > > Jerilyn wrote:
> : > > > I have been trying to get the Windows Aero feature to work with my Sony
> : > > > desktop. Contacted Sony Support and they told me ALL Sony computers are not
> : > > > compatible with Ultimate.
> : > >
> : > >
> : > > Nothing unusual about that. Most computer manufacturers' legacy
> : > > computers aren't fully Vista-compatible. Only the very newest,
> : > > particularly those bearing the "Vista Ready" or "Designed for Vista"
> : > > logos, computers can be reasonably expected to fully support Vista
> : > > out-of-the-box.
> : > >
> : > >
> : > > > I was shocked since Sony is one of the world's
> : > > > largest suppliers of computers.
> : > >
> : > >
> : > > Sony made great stereo equipment in the '70s, and still make great TVs
> : > > and fairly good game consoles, but I'd never own one of their computers,
> : > > no matter how many they sell. The few I've had to service for other
> : > > people were horribly "unimpressive," shall we say. Of course, your
> : > > tastes and needs may vary, so a Sony may well be adequate for your purposes.
> : > >
> : > >
> : > > > I have a Sony Vaio desktop. Just installed
> : > > > Ultimate. So far so good. I can live without Aero if I have to. Anyone
> : > > > have any thoughts on this?
> : > >
> : > >
> : > > Upgrade your video adapter (and possibly system RAM) if you want Aero.
> : > > We can't really provide anything more specific, as you've told us
> : > > nothing about your system's specifications.
> : > >
> : > >
> : > > --
> : > >
> : > > Bruce Chambers
> : > >
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> : > >
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> : > >
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