Aero glass

[duker]

Aero Glass . Running 5744 but dont have aero. what do I need in a video card
to get it? Duker

 

[Guest]

For starters, your graphics card should have approx. 256MB mem.

 

[Tom Ziegmann]

For Aero glass to work you need a video card with at least 128MB of onboard
ram.

 

[dev]

/Tom Ziegmann/ said:

For Aero glass to work you need a video card with at least 128MB of onboard ram.

Confirmed in practice here. AG runs nicely, but for the times that an
incompatible app toggles it off.

 

[Robert Firth]

What are you guys talking about? You only need 64 mb of video memory for
glass to work...

Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org

 

[Bill Frisbee]

According to Microsoft:

Support for DirectX 9 graphics with a WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory
(minimum)2, Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32 bits per pixel.

Yes you can get it to work with 64MB via a registry hack, but the Microsoft
offical recommendation is listed above.


Bill F.

 

[Lang Murphy]

Well, isn't the truth of the matter that one CAN run Aero on a 64MB vid
card? Regardless of whether it's offered through the UI or through a reg
hack? It was offered through the UI up to and including 5728. That they
removed it from the UI in 5744 but left the reg hack in... don't know what
to make of that. Maybe the reg hack won't work in RTM code.

Lang

 

[Guest]

Having problem getting aero glass to work on RC2 and no problem with RC1.

P4 3.0, FX5900 DX9 128mb graphic card.

Installed Nvidia vista beta drivers.

 

[Roy Coorne]

Aero Glass . Running 5744 but dont have aero. what do I need in a video
card to get it? Duker

Make your selection:

<http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_Hardware_Compatibility_List>

<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/vistarpc.mspx>

rOy

 

[PaulM]

Same here, just installed RC2 and Aero does not work.. Worked in RC1.