Test PC

[Sir Timbit]

Hi there,

Can anyone tell me if the current Intel boards with the 945 chipset will run
Vista with the Aero Glass interface? Intel's site says it will meet the
requirements for the "Vista Capable PC program", but a PC doesn't have to
run Aero Glass to be capable of running Vista.

Thanks,
Sir_tim

 

[Guest]

It's mainly your video card that determines Aero use.
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[HDRDTD]

My Dell dimension E510 uses the Intel 945G chipset, and both Vista-32 and
Vista-64 install by default, an Intel Lakeside WDDM driver for the
intergrated video that does support Glass.

However, in both versions of Vista, it will leave a video device as an
'unknown' device.

If you use windows Update to look for a driver, Vista-32 will find and
download a video driver specifically for the 945G video, but that driver
does NOT support Glass. re-setting the driver back to using the Microsoft
WDDM drive (Intel Lakeside) returns the sys back to supporting Glass.

Vista-64 will not find an Intel specific driver for the 945G and it will
continue to run using the Microaost WDDM drive for Intel Lakeside video.

Systems that are using the 945Gm chipset however do not support Glass.

 

[Tom Scales]

Which is exactly what he is asking. The Intel 945 IS his video card.

From what I've read here, the drivers that come with the beta WILL work with
Aero Glass, but if you install Intel's updated/beta drivers, it breaks glass
(oh, didn't mean to make such a bad pun).

Tom

 

[HDRDTD]

My mistake then Tom,

usually when people refer to 'Intel boards with the 945 chipset ' I think
they are referring to the Intel motherboard that uses the Intel 945 chipset
and which usually contains integrated video and audio.

 

[Conor]

Hi there,

Can anyone tell me if the current Intel boards with the 945 chipset will run
Vista with the Aero Glass interface?

No. THe 965 barely manages.

 

[Sir Timbit]

Thanks for the update. Yep, the test PC has on board Intel 945-based
graphics. It also has a PCI Express x16 slot, so if all else fails I can try
that too.

Hmm...is that broken Glass, or is that broken Windows?

Sir Timbit