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Re: Question - Is DirectX 8.1 H/W + DirectX 9.0 S/W enough?
There are two versions of Aero though, Aero and Aero Glass. The second
requires more graphics capability than the first.
"Mark Dietz" <imnuts@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OPrF9pjlGHA.4512@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Unless there is something new, I only know of Aero Glass, there isn't any
> "basic" glass that isn't Aero. As for 8.1 DX hardware, no, that won't work
> for glass. It needs at least DX9 and Pixel Shader 2
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> Mark Dietz
> PROnetworks <http://www.pro-networks.org>
>
> Pete wrote:
>> Does anyone know whether DirectX 8.1 H/W and Microsoft DirectX 9.0 S/W
>> capability is enough to run the basic (not Aero) Vista glass?
>>
>> FYI, I ran Vista without Aero and it appeared to be working great except
>> for running DVD's in MP11, which were choppy. Everything else is looking
>> good but i want to make sure before I decide to keep or sell this
>> notebook. My Acer notebook has 512MB of RAM and an SiS M760GX chipset for
>> AMD Turion. The chipset description says it is 8.1 hardware compliant and
>> 9.0 software compliant. Is 8.1 for hardware enough?
>>
>> SiS Mirage™ Graphic Engine
>> Powered by SiS Mirage™ 2 Graphic Engine. Microsoft DirectX 8.1 H/W and
>> Microsoft DirectX 9.0 S/W compliant
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