Rating Bug?

[Guest]

I have a Radeon 9600 256MB card, 512MB RAM and a P4 HT 3.0GHz.

Vista has rated my graphic card with 1.0 making me base score 1.0. With this
score it's impossible to use Aero.

What seams to be the problem? I have tried ATI's RC1 and RTM/RC2 drivers and
updated the score but nothing. The Score doesn't change.

Any sugestions?

PS: Sorry about any error. English is not my primary language.

 

[Guest]

Hi,
It's not the card it's the fact that you only have 512Mb of memory. Try this:

1/ Ensure that you have the following registry value set to :

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\Composition set to 1 (32-bit DWORD)

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM\CompositionPolicy set to 2 (32-bit
DWORD)

2/ Restart DWM by opening a command prompt with administrative privileges :

- Type 'net stop uxsms'
- Then 'net start uxsms'

 

[Guest]

Paul is correct. By default we disable desktop composition on systems with
512 Mb of RAM.

This can be overridden by choosing the Windows Aero color scheme in Control
Panel > Personalization > Window Color and Appearance > Open Classic
Appearance Properties for More Color Options.

Ivo