does win 7 work smooth on via processor?

[amir aljaberi]

Hi all I hope all are fine
I m new to forum
I have laptop msi vr321 based on via and these are spec:
processor 1.6 VIA C7-M (ULV) L1 128 L2 128
RAM 4 GB ddr2
HD 320
graphics VIA chrome9 HC IGP / total memory 64.0 MB
DAC type: internal
DirectX 9.0c

Now I'm running XP and it runs smooth and also boot fast in 25 sec but i m thinking to install win 7 dual boot with xp so will it work smooth like xp on my laptop ?

10x in advance

 

[antt]

cant see why not. the via is at least x86 compatible, so windows 7 should run no problem

 

[amir aljaberi]

hi there
i heard that aero theme not working with video memory 64 MB
IS THAT RIGHT ?

 

[antt]

aero should work. my gf has the original hp mininote which has via cpu and chipset and it runs aero fine. u can always run the windows 7 upgrade advisor to check and make sure: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/upgrade-advisor.aspx.

and that 64MB will be shared memory, so you can always dedicate more from the 4GB of ram that you have. its a BIOS setting

 

[zigzag3143]

via

hi there
i heard that aero theme not working with video memory 64 MB
IS THAT RIGHT ?

It probably has more than 64. 64 is whats built in and it probably shares reg ram as well.

Ken

 

[amir aljaberi]

thx for ur replies
plz how can i know if my video memory is shared?
and these are all my sys info :

 

[antt]

ok so you dont actually have 4GB of ram, you have 3GB. Your Chrome9 Graphics is 64Mb shared memory, so that means it takes 64Mb out of the 3GB that you have.

You can change the amount that is allocated to the graphics through your BIOS settings page, which is accessed by pressing a certain key when your computer starts up (it will say on the screen something like: 'press DELETE to enter BIOS'. In the BIOS, you should be able to change the amount of ram allocated to your video card (have a look around in the menus).

I think Windows 7 should run fine on your computer.

 

[amir aljaberi]

hi there
windows xp only detect 3GB ram and also i checked my bios but nothing mentioned about video memory

 

[grouchpunk08]

hi there
windows xp only detect 3GB ram and also i checked my bios but nothing mentioned about video memory

Xp would only detect 3 gigs of ram becuase of it being 32bit i believe

 

[amir aljaberi]

yes i know but anyone know how to increase video memory ?

 

[grouchpunk08]

yes i know but anyone know how to increase video memory ?

I'm pretty sure the only way to increase video memory is to get a new graphics card. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you can do anything else for VRam.

 

[amir aljaberi]

so if i installed win 7, aero theme will not be enabled

 

[antt]

try it and see. as i said, my girlfriend has the original hp mininote with the via cpu and chipset, and it runs fine. aero on and everything.

 

[grouchpunk08]

try it and see. as i said, my girlfriend has the original hp mininote with the via cpu and chipset, and it runs fine. aero on and everything.

Yup. you won't know for sure unless you give it a try

 

[amir aljaberi]

yeah u r right. anyway tomorrow I'll receive the dvd and I'll try it . hopefully it will work
thx