turn aero

When I installed Vista Beta 2 few days ago, I had 512Mb of RAM. I first thought that the Aero mode is activated, but since things like Flip 3D were not available, I was probably using standard mode. Today I upguarded to 1GB of RAM, and still Aero isn't turned on. So is there any way to turn it on, or do I have to reinstall Windows? I am preety sure that the ammount of RAM was the problem, since I have preety powerful graphic card.

What video card do you have as that is more important than the amount of system RAM you have. ---------- Mark Dietz PROnetworks <http://www.pro-networks.org>
Mishad7 wrote:

When I installed Vista Beta 2 few days ago, I had 512Mb of RAM. I first thought that the Aero mode is activated, but since things like Flip 3D were not available, I was probably using standard mode. Today I upguarded to 1GB of RAM, and still Aero isn't turned on. So is there any way to turn it on, or do I have to reinstall Windows? I am preety sure that the ammount of RAM was the problem, since I have preety powerful graphic card.

That's two good questions I have been wondering myself . . .How does one know Aero is on at full capacity or not? I have 2Gigs Ram with a 251 ATI Hyper Memory PCI-Express X16 Radeon X600 SE graphics card. Is this enough to get all of Aero? Furthermore, Iv'e noticed when I click on the cards properties off the desktop, the features of the card are not listed, like they were on XP Media Center, it's just a generic Microsoft driver, but it's obviously working . . . Any thoughts?
"Mark Dietz" wrote:

What video card do you have as that is more important than the amount of system RAM you have. ---------- Mark Dietz PROnetworks <http://www.pro-networks.org
Mishad7 wrote: When I installed Vista Beta 2 few days ago, I had 512Mb of RAM. I first thought that the Aero mode is activated, but since things like Flip 3D were not available, I was probably using standard mode. Today I upguarded to 1GB of RAM, and still Aero isn't turned on. So is there any way to turn it on, or do I have to reinstall Windows? I am preety sure that the ammount of RAM was the problem, since I have preety powerful graphic card.

manufacturer's vista drivers. the defaults may not recognize the card as being that awesome
"mikwiz@socal" wrote:

That's two good questions I have been wondering myself . . .How does one know Aero is on at full capacity or not? I have 2Gigs Ram with a 251 ATI Hyper Memory PCI-Express X16 Radeon X600 SE graphics card. Is this enough to get all of Aero? Furthermore, Iv'e noticed when I click on the cards properties off the desktop, the features of the card are not listed, like they were on XP Media Center, it's just a generic Microsoft driver, but it's obviously working . . . Any thoughts?
"Mark Dietz" wrote:
What video card do you have as that is more important than the amount of system RAM you have. ---------- Mark Dietz PROnetworks <http://www.pro-networks.org
Mishad7 wrote: When I installed Vista Beta 2 few days ago, I had 512Mb of RAM. I first thought that the Aero mode is activated, but since things like Flip 3D were not available, I was probably using standard mode. Today I upguarded to 1GB of RAM, and still Aero isn't turned on. So is there any way to turn it on, or do I have to reinstall Windows? I am preety sure that the ammount of RAM was the problem, since I have preety powerful graphic card.

Have you thought about using ATI's Vista drivers? Just a thought. -- AMD-FX-60 2gb OCZ Plat. memory ATI 1800 AIW 2x74gb Raptors in RAID-0 2x400gb WD HDD in RAID-1 Epox Nvidia-4 Ultra M/B Senior Member Overclockers.com
"mikwiz@socal" wrote:

That's two good questions I have been wondering myself . . .How does one know Aero is on at full capacity or not? I have 2Gigs Ram with a 251 ATI Hyper Memory PCI-Express X16 Radeon X600 SE graphics card. Is this enough to get all of Aero? Furthermore, Iv'e noticed when I click on the cards properties off the desktop, the features of the card are not listed, like they were on XP Media Center, it's just a generic Microsoft driver, but it's obviously working . . . Any thoughts?
"Mark Dietz" wrote:
What video card do you have as that is more important than the amount of system RAM you have. ---------- Mark Dietz PROnetworks <http://www.pro-networks.org
Mishad7 wrote: When I installed Vista Beta 2 few days ago, I had 512Mb of RAM. I first thought that the Aero mode is activated, but since things like Flip 3D were not available, I was probably using standard mode. Today I upguarded to 1GB of RAM, and still Aero isn't turned on. So is there any way to turn it on, or do I have to reinstall Windows? I am preety sure that the ammount of RAM was the problem, since I have preety powerful graphic card.

I have an nForce 6150 onboard my motherboard, using 128 MB of system memory, and while I do get all the opacity settings and things look lovely, I too would like to know if I should be seeing more (or, if there is more to see). BTW, I am using 64-bit beta Vista drivers from nVidia.
"Mishad7" wrote:

When I installed Vista Beta 2 few days ago, I had 512Mb of RAM. I first thought that the Aero mode is activated, but since things like Flip 3D were not available, I was probably using standard mode. Today I upguarded to 1GB of RAM, and still Aero isn't turned on. So is there any way to turn it on, or do I have to reinstall Windows? I am preety sure that the ammount of RAM was the problem, since I have preety powerful graphic card.

In article , jhansman@discussions.microsoft.com says...

I have an nForce 6150 onboard my motherboard, using 128 MB of system memory, and while I do get all the opacity settings and things look lovely, I too would like to know if I should be seeing more (or, if there is more to see). BTW, I am using 64-bit beta Vista drivers from nVidia.
If you are seeing the transparent "glass" effect then you probably have

the full Aero Glass enabled. Take a look at some of the many screen captures available on the web. If you're seeing what they show then that's it. It could be that you're just not that impressed with the new UI.

Oh, I'm impressed alright. It's just that I can't get the 3D Alt-Tab thing going on. Isn't that supposed to be part of the new visuals? Seems like I read in a thread hereabouts that there is a setting for the 3D? If so, where is that? TIA.
"wgd" wrote:

In article , jhansman@discussions.microsoft.com says... I have an nForce 6150 onboard my motherboard, using 128 MB of system memory, and while I do get all the opacity settings and things look lovely, I too would like to know if I should be seeing more (or, if there is more to see). BTW, I am using 64-bit beta Vista drivers from nVidia.
If you are seeing the transparent "glass" effect then you probably have the full Aero Glass enabled. Take a look at some of the many screen captures available on the web. If you're seeing what they show then that's it. It could be that you're just not that impressed with the new UI.

Oh, I'm impressed alright. It's just that I can't get the 3D Alt-Tab thing going on.

Press Windows Key and Tab instead of Alt-Tab :)
- JB

Doh! Thanks.
Now, should the representations of each open window be so jaggy on the edges? Only the desktop window is smooth all around.
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

Oh, I'm impressed alright. It's just that I can't get the 3D Alt-Tab thing going on.
Press Windows Key and Tab instead of Alt-Tab :)
- JB

Now, should the representations of each open window be so jaggy on the edges? Only the desktop window is smooth all around.

Yea, it looks pretty terrible right now (once you get passed the coolness factor), but I hear they are working to get this anti-aliased and smooth before final release. On my screen, it is very dim and washed out :(. Luckily, some testers are reporting that the current techbeta build has some improvements in this area, so *fingers crossed*
- JB