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I can't find the drivers for ati mobility radeon 9000 igp. I tried google and it failed me. Can any one please tell me where I can find them? By the way, it's the final version of Vista Business, so the rtm drivers won't work. Thanks in advance.

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Short answer and why: ATI/AMD did not publish a Vista-era (WDDM) driver package that includes the old Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP, so the only practical drivers available from that era are the older XP/XDDM drivers. That explains why was able to run Vista with XP drivers but not get Aero; Aero requires a WDDM driver plus a DirectX‑9 GPU with Pixel Shader 2.0. (drivers.amd.com)

If you plan to buy a new card: for a desktop the GeForce 6800 GTS has ForceWare/GeForce drivers that were made Vista‑compatible (GeForce 6-series received Vista support), so a 6800 GTS/256MB would enable Aero and be a workable upgrade for a desktop. If this is a laptop, you usually cannot swap a desktop card into it — most notebook GPUs are soldered or proprietary; only a few MXM‑based models are upgradable or you can use an external GPU solution on systems with the right ports. Check whether your system is a notebook or a desktop before buying. (nvidia.com)

About your proposed system (Sempron 1.81GHz, 1GB RAM, 6800 GTS 256MB): Vista Business will install, but 1GB is the practical minimum for the 32‑bit OS; real‑world reports recommended 1.5–2GB for comfortable Aero/desktop responsiveness. If you want smooth UI and general use under Vista, increase RAM to 2GB if possible; the 6800 GTS card itself meets the video‑memory/DirectX requirements for Aero. (computerworld.com)

Practical workarounds and next steps: (1) If you must stay with the Mobility 9000, install the latest XP driver and accept that Aero/DWM features won’t work (use Device Manager -> Update Driver -> Have Disk, or run the vendor XP installer in Compatibility Mode/run as Administrator). (2) If you can buy only one upgrade, add RAM first — it yields the biggest improvement. (3) If you have a desktop, a used GeForce 6800 GTS will solve the driver gap; if a laptop, consider a newer laptop or an eGPU path where supported.

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Member Avatar for cgrubbe

Hate to tell you this, I'm in the same boat you are, there are no drivers available. You need to have a Mobility Radeon 9500 or better for Vista drivers from ATI. I've got Vista Business up and running on a Mobility Radeon 7500 using the XP drivers, but without any of the fun new Aero stuff.

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on amds website they only have vista drivers for 9600-9800

Member Avatar for Dortz

start here:
They have just about everything.

Member Avatar for franz_matthaus

I just saw this from the PC Mag reporter Bryan Gardiner : "it might be worth mentioning that the site will be a sort of repository of Vista drivers. Although Vista is shipping with thousands of driver updates, those who are upgrading a self-built machine from XP to Vista might find they are missing at least a few component drivers not included with the new OS. So the site should be useful for at least a little while..." The site is at http://www.radarsync.com/vista

Member Avatar for TheNNS

start here:
They have just about everything.

That's just one of those spam websites.
I'm just using xp drivers.

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That's just one of those spam websites.
I'm just using xp drivers.

I think it just died recently. I used it myself when i needed drivers in the beta versions of vista... Sorry for leading you off in the wrong direction.

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that's alright. I think I'll just buy a new video card. I'm think i'll get nvidia 6800 gts. I also have a question. What do you guys think of my setup for vista.
cpu 1.81GHz sempron 3000+

1GB memory

80GB hdd, 40GB hdd

and hopefully an nvidia 6800 gts with 256MB ram

would this be a good computer to run vista business?

Member Avatar for jbennet

yep

but semperons and celerons are generally kinda crappy

Ive got a similar (Pentium 4) PC and vista with 1gb is like XP on 512 so some more ram is a must if you want games games, otherwise it should be suficcient for office tasks

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