Aero spec question

My son has just installed Home Premium on his PC but doesn't get the
Aero option. What's the minimum spec to get Aero working please?



cheers,
Len

Len Cuff wrote:
> My son has just installed Home Premium on his PC but doesn't get the
> Aero option. What's the minimum spec to get Aero working please?

The video card requirements for AERO are at least 128 megabytes (MB) of
graphics memory and a graphics processor that supports DirectX 9
graphics, the Windows Driver Display Model (WDDM), Pixel Shader 2.0, and
32 bits per pixel.
--
Tom Porterfield

128-megabyte (MB) graphics card

Troubleshoot problems with Windows Aero
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...f1033.mspx#EEE

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"Len Cuff" wrote:

My son has just installed Home Premium on his PC but doesn't get the
Aero option. What's the minimum spec to get Aero working please?



cheers,
Len

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:16:09 GMT, Len Cuff <>
wrote:

>My son has just installed Home Premium on his PC but doesn't get the
>Aero option. What's the minimum spec to get Aero working please?
>
>
>
>cheers,
> Len
He's got a Radeon 9200LE with 256Mb memory is this what's stopping him
getting Aero?

cheers,
Len

Yet, oddly enough, the Aero interface runs just fine on my MacBook
with a 64MB video card. Actually, Visa runs better on my Macbook then
on my desktop PC with a 128MB video card, 3GHz processor and 1GB of
RAM... go figure.

Cary Frisch wrote:
> 128-megabyte (MB) graphics card

Download and install the latest ATI drivers designed for Vista:
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/v...n-vista32.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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"Len Cuff" <> wrote in message news...
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:16:09 GMT, Len Cuff <>
wrote:

>My son has just installed Home Premium on his PC but doesn't get the
>Aero option. What's the minimum spec to get Aero working please?
>
>
>
>cheers,
> Len
He's got a Radeon 9200LE with 256Mb memory is this what's stopping him
getting Aero?

cheers,
Len

Len Cuff wrote:
> He's got a Radeon 9200LE with 256Mb memory is this what's stopping him
> getting Aero?

I believe that card supports Direct X 8.1 (9.0 needed) and pixel shader
1.4 (2.0 needed).
--
Tom Porterfield

"Carey Frisch [MVP]" <> wrote in message
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> 128-megabyte (MB) graphics card
>

Oh yeah? Why doesn't it work on my old Matrox Parhelia 256MB then? Maybe
because it only supports DirectX 8?

ss.

"TheOtherGuy" <> wrote in message
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> Yet, oddly enough, the Aero interface runs just fine on my MacBook
> with a 64MB video card. Actually, Visa runs better on my Macbook then
> on my desktop PC with a 128MB video card, 3GHz processor and 1GB of
> RAM... go figure.
>

Aero needs the memory for the textures, and I believe, it needs 128MB to
ideally be able to cache windows. It just won't work as well with less.
Maybe you might find that the Taskbar thumbnails are blank on those systems?

ss.

Len

That card will not support Aero. I had a 9200 with the same problem. I
believe the minimum in the ATI line is the Radeon 9600.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Len Cuff" <> wrote in message
news...
> On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:16:09 GMT, Len Cuff <>
> wrote:
>
>>My son has just installed Home Premium on his PC but doesn't get the
>>Aero option. What's the minimum spec to get Aero working please?
>>
>>
>>
>>cheers,
>> Len
> He's got a Radeon 9200LE with 256Mb memory is this what's stopping him
> getting Aero?
>
> cheers,
> Len