Intel's 915G chipset (I believe this was codename Grantsdale) will not have
a WDDM driver (this is the new video driver architecture in Windows Vista).
A WDDM driver is require for you to be able to run Aero. Your only option
would be to add a discrete graphics card.
Since you were already using integrated graphics, I would suggest buying a
card around $90.00, with 128 Megs of video memory. I believe your
motherboard is PCI Express (PCI-E) so, something like an ATI X600 or a
nVidia GeForce Fx 5500 (these are just examples - I use a lot of different
cards at work and at home, but can not recommend any in specific because of
my working relationship with all the graphics companies). Check the
manufacturers web sites to make sure that they will develop WDDM drivers for
the model you pick:
http://www.ati.com/technology/window.../Products.html http://www.nvidia.com/page/technology_vista_home.html
-Pablo
You best option is to get a
"JustinL" <JustinL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:28B7AB6C-E9E0-4E33-9298-401D39254B0D@microsoft.com...
> I've heard that you have to have a rating of 3 or more for the glass to be
> enabled. all my ratings except the graphics are above 3. My graphics
> (Intel 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset family) have a rating of 2. Is
> there
> anything i could do to upgrade those graphics to perhaps get them to a
> rating
> of 3. Thanks
>
> "Zack Whittaker" wrote:
>
>> Sorry... let me try that again...
>>
>> Minimum requirements for Windows Aero:
>> http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.p...inimumreqglass
>>
>> Nvidia drivers:
>> http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.p.../nvidiadrivers
>>
>> ATI drivers:
>> http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.p...ics/atidrivers
>>
>> Enable Windows Aero in 5381 and above:
>> http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.p...cs/glassin5381
>>
>> --
>> Zack Whittaker
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>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
>> not
>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
>> that up!
>>
>> --: Original message follows :--
>> "JustinL" <JustinL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:75BD20AC-4B4A-4C79-B4B6-018C47EC66EE@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello, i recently used the windows vista upgrade advisor beta, and it
>> > told
>> > me
>> > that i would be able to use aero on my pc. I installed vista beta 2,
>> > and
>> > there's no aero. Is there anything i can do? Aero is the best part of
>> > vista!!! 
>>
>>
>>