Aero does not run on Vista Home Basic, only on Home Premium or Ultimate.
And it runs easily with 1GB and 1 Core.
"Kunal Shah" <KunalShah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:540A241D-108F-4AAB-8DAB-1528432F764F@microsoft.com...
> yup, right, my mistake.
>
> so in my dell inspiron 640m which i bought recently, i see Mobile Intel(R)
> 945GM/GU Express chipset family.
>
> I have pentium dual core with 2gb ram. Do you think it will work well with
> AERO and glass? It got windows vista home basic OEM so never got chance to
> use AERO with it.
> --
> Kunal Shah
>
>
> "JW" wrote:
>
>> I just went to the Link you posted and page 4 discussed the 945 chipset
>> not
>> the 915 chipset I guess they corrected it.
>> Here is a link to 915 information at the Intel site.
>>
>> http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/cs-023606.htm
>>
>>
>> "Kunal Shah" <KunalShah@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:05894F65-554D-4795-9EEA-BAA90D8BAC8C@microsoft.com...
>> > http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=2&gl=us
>> >
>> > Page 4.
>> > it says that intel has released WDDM drivers for 915GM and no descreat
>> > hw
>> > is
>> > required. Any one tried?
>> > --
>> > Kunal Shah
>> >
>> >
>> > "JW" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I thought that is what I said the card does not provide Vista required
>> >> functions even though it has the GPU power required . However, since
>> >> MC
>> >> only communicates with the card drivers and not to the card itself MC
>> >> does
>> >> not know where the DX9 support is provided from. ATI for example
>> >> provided
>> >> the DX9 support for its 91xx and 92xx cards it its XP Catalyst drivers
>> >> and
>> >> MC never knew the difference.
>> >> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:B608E596-8979-462A-B630-D312B35506AB@microsoft.com...
>> >> > DX9 and Pixel Shader 2.0 must be supported in hardware. Software
>> >> > support
>> >> > is insufficient.
>> >> >
>> >> > "JW" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
>> >> > news:OxPeeoXOHHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >> >>I don't know what you mean by a "Low end card" the card is certainly
>> >> >>powerfull enough the problem is that it is an older card and does
>> >> >>not
>> >> >>have
>> >> >>DX9 and possibly other support functions required by MS for Vista.
>> >> >> "Hertz_Donut" <nowhere@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:%23rkV5XUOHHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> "news.bell.newshosting.com" <armadilloman@sympatico.ca> wrote in
>> >> >>> message
>> >> >>> news:73D98348-0BE8-45D2-8919-0C0D1545AF21@microsoft.com...
>> >> >>>> Anyone have any luck finding a 3D driver for on board Intel
>> >> >>>> 915GM/GMS/910GML
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Or any other suggestions?
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Gerry
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Aero will only support mid to upper level video cards. Your Intel
>> >> >>> video
>> >> >>> is a low end video solution and will not support aero.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Time to upgrade
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Honu.
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