ATI releases Vista testing tool

ATI MADE a nice tool that can test whether your machine can meet the Vista Premium requirements.

I tested my working machine based on Pentium M 2000 MHz, 1024 MB of memory, Shuttle lunch box and ATI X1600 HDMI card. It turns out that my machine is not good enough for Vista Premium.

Sources at ATI confirmed that seventy per cent of people who took the test are not ready for Premium. The only thing I failed to meet was the minimum disk space - you need to have at least 15GB free and I don't.

But I fail to meet the Vista optimal requirements for the Premium version too. ATI banned its own kid mainstream and the fastest of the HDMI X1600 card. The Radeon X1600 Series (Radeon X1600 Series (0x71C2)) is simply not enough for Vista.

This is what ATI said: "Sorry, your video card does not meet this recommended requirement. Upgrading to a more powerful video card will make all your applications look better. Click the 'We Recommend' button to see some great options." The company recommends a $400 card to make us all happy, something like X1900 XTX. Surprise, surprise.

I am sure that Vista will run on this machine just fine but according to this test this machine is simply not good enough for the mighty Volista. You can try it yourself here and here is a screenshot with my particular score. µ