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Originally Posted by The Matt I recently updated my XP home to Vista Home Premium. I did use the upgrade advisor and the only thing recommended was that I upgrade my RAM (512) to 1 GB. Something that I plan on doing very soon.
Right now my notebook (Alienware) is running with the 512 MB of RAM, and running Vista pretty slow. My notebook is also currently running with a video card that my computer defines as this...
Caption: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600
Adapter RAM: 128MB
DriverVersion: 6.14.10.7810
From what I understand this video card is at least above average. But still, my vista does not load with the complete Aero theme, nor will it allow me to use the windows 3d Flip (Alt-tab) feature. When I go into the control panel and go to performance information, my graphics and gaming graphics both got scores of 1.9 and 1.0 respectively. Is it my video card or the lack of RAM that is making my computer not run these features and be "inferior" in the graphics department. I thought I had a good video card at least.
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I think you do have a good Video card, but Vista has upped the ante. As you know, 128 MB, with WDDM is the minimum for full Aero. It is possible that you will need to obtain a beta driver from NVIDIA. The betas are easy to find on the company's site, but let me know if you have problems.
Others have noted that your problem also may be a function of not having enough RAM, although your card score is too low too. A work around, which would not be considered to be a crack or contrary to the MS EULA and is supposed to allow machines with 512 to run full Aero has been posted various places, including here I think. I will search for it and get back to you if I find it. Again, I am not sure if the mod works, in general, or would work for you specifically.
Edit: I have searched, but no luck so far. It looks like I can't go far enough back in time.