Aero Display

Hello

I've vista ultimate and NVIDIA GeForce MX 440 (Microsoft Coeporation - XDDM)
dispaly adapter.
Can I get to work dreamscene - aero display ? What is glass effect windows
and how do I enable it ?

Where can I get this icon in Quick Launch where I can select and switch
between many windows ?

hash

> I've vista ultimate and NVIDIA GeForce MX 440 (Microsoft Coeporation -
> XDDM) dispaly adapter.
> Can I get to work dreamscene - aero display ? What is glass effect
> windows and how do I enable it ?

I regret your MX 440 video card is not capable of displaying Aero graphics.

The various hardware requirements for Vista are described here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/919183

As noted in that article, Aero requires a graphics card that:
- Supports a Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) driver
- Has a DirectX 9-class graphics processor unit (GPU) that supports
Pixel Shader 2.0
- Supports 32 bits per pixel

The MX 440 does not have any Pixel Shader.

> Where can I get this icon in Quick Launch where I can select and switch
> between many windows ?

You won't get that icon unless Vista is running Aero. Since your graphics
card can't support Aero, you don't see the icon.

If you really want to get the full Aaero graphics interface, you will need
to buy a more modern/powerful graphics card.

Sorry for the bad news,
--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au

You will have to upgrade your video card to get Aero.

--
I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!


"hash" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Hello
>
> I've vista ultimate and NVIDIA GeForce MX 440 (Microsoft Coeporation - XDDM)
> dispaly adapter.
> Can I get to work dreamscene - aero display ? What is glass effect windows
> and how do I enable it ?
>
> Where can I get this icon in Quick Launch where I can select and switch
> between many windows ?
>
> hash

hash wrote:
> Hello
>
> I've vista ultimate and NVIDIA GeForce MX 440 (Microsoft Coeporation -
> XDDM) dispaly adapter.
> Can I get to work dreamscene - aero display ? What is glass effect
> windows and how do I enable it ?
>
> Where can I get this icon in Quick Launch where I can select and switch
> between many windows ?

In order to support AERO, glass, flip 3D and the rest of the similar UI
features in Vista you need a video card with at least 128 MB of graphics
memory. The GeForce MX 440 only has 64 MB graphics memory so AERO is
not supported.
--
Tom Porterfield

Thank you for the replies. Which graphics card to go for ? I've 2.8Ghz
Pentium 4 cpu and 1 gb RAM.

hash


"Tom Porterfield" <> wrote in message
news:e$...
> hash wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I've vista ultimate and NVIDIA GeForce MX 440 (Microsoft Coeporation -
>> XDDM) dispaly adapter.
>> Can I get to work dreamscene - aero display ? What is glass effect
>> windows and how do I enable it ?
>>
>> Where can I get this icon in Quick Launch where I can select and switch
>> between many windows ?
>
> In order to support AERO, glass, flip 3D and the rest of the similar UI
> features in Vista you need a video card with at least 128 MB of graphics
> memory. The GeForce MX 440 only has 64 MB graphics memory so AERO is not
> supported.
> --
> Tom Porterfield

"Tom Porterfield" <> wrote in message
news:e$...
> hash wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> I've vista ultimate and NVIDIA GeForce MX 440 (Microsoft Coeporation -
>> XDDM) dispaly adapter.
>> Can I get to work dreamscene - aero display ? What is glass effect
>> windows and how do I enable it ?
>>
>> Where can I get this icon in Quick Launch where I can select and switch
>> between many windows ?
>
> In order to support AERO, glass, flip 3D and the rest of the similar UI
> features in Vista you need a video card with at least 128 MB of graphics
> memory. The GeForce MX 440 only has 64 MB graphics memory so AERO is not
> supported.


It's not just the amount of memory that is important, and you can even get
Aero running on cards with less memory. The important thing is DirectX 9
support on the gfx card. Aero relies on DirectX 9 instructions.

ss.

hash wrote:
> Thank you for the replies. Which graphics card to go for ? I've 2.8Ghz
> Pentium 4 cpu and 1 gb RAM.

An extensive list of hardware, including video cards, that is compatible
with Windows Vista can be found at http://winqual.microsoft.com/hcl/.
--
Tom Porterfield

"hash" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Thank you for the replies. Which graphics card to go for ? I've 2.8Ghz
> Pentium 4 cpu and 1 gb RAM.


Any current nVidea GeForce 8xxx series or ATi Radeon Xxxxx series cards with
DirectX9 and 128MB memory is fine.

ss.

"hash" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Thank you for the replies. Which graphics card to go for ? I've 2.8Ghz
> Pentium 4 cpu and 1 gb RAM.
>


Oh, another thing..

You will need to find an AGP graphics card. This will restrict the amount
of cards available to you quite a lot, so make choosing easier. Most cards
you will find these days are PCIe.

ss.

nVidia's new 8500 256MB series (direct x 10) go for less than $US 100.00.

What is your graphics interface, PCI, AGP, or PCI-X?

--
I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!


"hash" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Thank you for the replies. Which graphics card to go for ? I've 2.8Ghz
> Pentium 4 cpu and 1 gb RAM.
>
> hash
>
>
> "Tom Porterfield" <> wrote in message
> news:e$...
>> hash wrote:
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I've vista ultimate and NVIDIA GeForce MX 440 (Microsoft Coeporation - XDDM)
>>> dispaly adapter.
>>> Can I get to work dreamscene - aero display ? What is glass effect windows
>>> and how do I enable it ?
>>>
>>> Where can I get this icon in Quick Launch where I can select and switch
>>> between many windows ?
>>
>> In order to support AERO, glass, flip 3D and the rest of the similar UI
>> features in Vista you need a video card with at least 128 MB of graphics
>> memory. The GeForce MX 440 only has 64 MB graphics memory so AERO is not
>> supported.
>> --
>> Tom Porterfield
>