Minimum graphics card to get graphics WEIs of 3.0? 5.9?

> Anyone know the minimum cost for a DirectX 9 graphics card that can
> achieve a graphics /gaming graphics WEI of 3.0? 5.0? 5.9? To get
> Aero on Vista you apparently need a minimum of 3.0, while 5.9 is the
> current maximum possible. Would an existing "gamer" $200 ($150?
> $120?) DX9 card be able to get a graphics / gaming graphics WEIs of
> 5.9? Any model recommendations?
>
> Thanks,
> Alan
>

>Anyone know the minimum cost for a DirectX 9 graphics card that can
>achieve a graphics /gaming graphics WEI of 3.0? 5.0? 5.9? To get
>Aero on Vista you apparently need a minimum of 3.0, while 5.9 is the
>current maximum possible. Would an existing "gamer" $200 ($150?
>$120?) DX9 card be able to get a graphics / gaming graphics WEIs of
>5.9? Any model recommendations?

>
> No idea of what sort of scores you'd get but the NVIDIA 7600 and ATI
> Radeon X1600 would probably give you good middle of the range scores, and
> would certainly be more than ample for Aero.

> "Robert Moir" wrote

>>
>> No idea of what sort of scores you'd get but the NVIDIA 7600 and ATI
>> Radeon X1600 would probably give you good middle of the range scores, and
>> would certainly be more than ample for Aero.

>
> I get 5.9/5.3 on an EVGA 7500GT 256MB and I paid $109 less $20 rebate. If
> not doing intensive gaming it should do the job quite nicely at a
> relativly low power consumption. Am running the Intel dual core e6300
> overclocked to 2.9GHz.
>
> If you must have DirectX10 support wait a few weeks for the nVidia 8600
> series which is the more affordable version of the 88oo rumored to cost
> perhaps as little as $159 for the low end 8600GS card.
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