Via and Intel claim Vista ready graphics

Most punters have been expecting that they will have to shell out loads to buy a 256Mb graphics card to run Voles flash Aero Glass interface in Windows Vista.

Via says it has announced a new integrated graphics chipset (IGC) that supports Vista on Core Duo platforms. Intel says that the chipset for the upcoming Core 2 Duo can use Aero Glass. He is not related to INQ correspondents and sisters Eva and Harta Glass.

Via's P4M900 will have a Chrome 9 graphics core, which offers DirectX 9.0 and Pixel Shader 2.0 functionality. A spokesVia claimed that the chipset is powerful enough to display video in 1080p resolution and access all animations in Windows Vista. It is compatible with DDR2 memory up to 667 MHz and supports processors up to FSB 1066.

Intel says that it is increasing the performance of its next-generation graphics chipset as well. The next IGC based on the Q965 chipset and ICH8-DO southbridge has 128 MB of memory and will run all Aero Glass features, Chipzilla claims.

All these claims are fairly ambitious, particularly as Vole has not released its final required spec for Aero.

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