eMachines Windows Vista FAQ

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Hardware Requirements for Aero Feature

To enable Aero Glass your computer must have Windows Vista™ Home Premium or Windows Vista™ Ultimate and meet the following criteria for graphics hardware:

• A DirectX 9 class display adapter that supports Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) and Pixel Shader 2.0.
• A minimum of 32 bits per pixel.
• Appropriate graphics memory for the specified monitor resolutions:
  • 64 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolution of 1280 x 1024 or less.
  • 128 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolution higher than 1280 x 1024 and less or equal to 1920 x 1200.
  • 256 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolution higher than 1920 x 1200.

• Graphics memory bandwidth, as assessed by Windows Vista's built in system assessment tool WinSAT.EXE, of at least 1,800MB/s at following resolution:
  • Desktop computer: at a monitor resolution of 1,310,720 pixels (equivalent to 1280 x 1024).
  • Notebook computer: at the native resolution of built-in display.

  Current GPU Guidelines for Windows Vista Capable computers: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/entpguid.mspx#EZD

Note: This information provided by Microsoft.