Vista Premium Specs and Graphics IHVs

[Geo]

According to Dailytech, MS has finally released the specs to qualify hardware for the "Premium" labeling.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2411

• Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware
• 32 bits per pixel
• 64 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor less than 1,310,720 pixels
• 128 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions from 1,310,720 to 2,304,000 pixels
• 256 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions higher than 2,304,000 pixels
• Meets graphics memory bandwidth requirements, as assessed by Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor running on Windows XP

I have no idea how squishy that last requirement is, whether it is well understood what that means in a practical mb/s sense, and/or how that compares to the pcie bandwidth for IGP implementations.

Anyway, the question is, will current IGP parts from NV/ATI be able to meet this spec? If not, will the next generation?

Anyone else surprised to not see some h.264 minimum requirement there?

 

[Fruitfrenzy]

The WHQL requirements specify DXVA 2 and a minimum set of profiles but I don't think H.264 is included in the list.

 

[Kombatant]

...and to think my 82865G integrated gfx at work performs much more advanced eye-candy stuff than Vista's, with the help of Linux and AIGLX.. talk about efficient coding from MS

 

[Razor1]

...and to think my 82865G integrated gfx at work performs much more advanced eye-candy stuff than Vista's, with the help of Linux and AIGLX.. talk about efficient coding from MS

Just wait for the next next version of Windows to come out