Vista - Aero glass

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

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

"duker" wrote:

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

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

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"Bobd104" <Bobd104@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> For starters, your graphics card should have approx. 256MB mem.
>
> "duker" wrote:
>
>> Aero Glass . Running 5744 but dont have aero. what do I need in a video
>> card
>> to get it? Duker
>>

/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.

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

Robert Firth
http://www.winvistainfo.org


"dev" <dev@null.invalid> wrote in message
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> /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.

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.

"Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
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> What are you guys talking about? You only need 64 mb of video memory for
> glass to work...
>
> Robert Firth
> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>
>
> "dev" <dev@null.invalid> wrote in message
> news:euVayzy6GHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> /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.
>

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

"Bill Frisbee" <wfrisbeeX@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:547D9A4D-7C74-44C8-AE9D-73796DDEFFEC@microsoft.com...
> 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.
>
> "Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
> news:u7pjX6y6GHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> What are you guys talking about? You only need 64 mb of video memory for
>> glass to work...
>>
>> Robert Firth
>> http://www.winvistainfo.org
>>
>>
>> "dev" <dev@null.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:euVayzy6GHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> /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.
>>
>

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.

"Bill Frisbee" wrote:

> 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.
>
> "Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
> news:u7pjX6y6GHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > What are you guys talking about? You only need 64 mb of video memory for
> > glass to work...
> >
> > Robert Firth
> > http://www.winvistainfo.org
> >
> >
> > "dev" <dev@null.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:euVayzy6GHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> >> /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.
> >
>

duker schrieb:
> 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

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

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www.paulsxp.com
"Terence" <Terence@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA02F6C2-FCA4-410B-9361-891C33598D91@microsoft.com...
> 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.
>
> "Bill Frisbee" wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> "Robert Firth" <webmaster@winvistainfo.org> wrote in message
>> news:u7pjX6y6GHA.1248@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> > What are you guys talking about? You only need 64 mb of video memory
>> > for
>> > glass to work...
>> >
>> > Robert Firth
>> > http://www.winvistainfo.org
>> >
>> >
>> > "dev" <dev@null.invalid> wrote in message
>> > news:euVayzy6GHA.2120@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> >> /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.
>> >
>>