Comments on: Aero will run fine http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/04/07/aero-will-run-fine/ I'm a mere, tiny, insignificant cog in a whole clockwork of stupidity. I'm the tiny cog that wants to break free. Seriously. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:15:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Calvin http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/04/07/aero-will-run-fine/#comment-2108 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:02:38 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/04/07/aero-will-run-fine/#comment-2108 Blur doesnt work because it uses DX9 shaders to do it. I tried Vista on my Dell Laptop (Inspiron 5150 2.8GHz @ 1.6GHz, 512MB PC2700 DDR RAM, GeForce FX Go5200) and blur worked flawlessly (albeit a little slow because drivers for the FX Go series are severely gimped... say 1/2 clock speeds and no overclocking >. Blur doesnt work because it uses DX9 shaders to do it. I tried Vista on my Dell Laptop (Inspiron 5150 2.8GHz @ 1.6GHz, 512MB PC2700 DDR RAM, GeForce FX Go5200) and blur worked flawlessly (albeit a little slow because drivers for the FX Go series are severely gimped… say 1/2 clock speeds and no overclocking >.

]]> by: KCorax http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/04/07/aero-will-run-fine/#comment-720 Tue, 23 May 2006 17:29:22 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/04/07/aero-will-run-fine/#comment-720 The reason you don't get blurry windows borders is that the blur itself is done with a pixel shader -- a programmable stored procedure that lives on the graphics card. It would be interesting to see if you system generates GDI errors while executing. In xp these are suppresed but appear in the system monitoring snappin for the mmc . The reason you don’t get blurry windows borders is that the blur itself is done with a pixel shader — a programmable stored procedure that lives on the graphics card.
It would be interesting to see if you system generates GDI errors while executing. In xp these are suppresed but appear in the system monitoring snappin for the mmc .

]]> by: Surya De http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/04/07/aero-will-run-fine/#comment-616 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 20:25:44 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/04/07/aero-will-run-fine/#comment-616 And hopefully when Vista gets released nLite will be available for it and so it will be running just as fast as my streamlined uber XP setup. I dont remember but I think I am coming upon 6 months of that install and I have yet to see any slowdowns despite installing and uninstalling a bazillion bits of software. And hopefully when Vista gets released nLite will be available for it and so it will be running just as fast as my streamlined uber XP setup. I dont remember but I think I am coming upon 6 months of that install and I have yet to see any slowdowns despite installing and uninstalling a bazillion bits of software.

]]> by: Eugenia http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/04/07/aero-will-run-fine/#comment-615 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:44:33 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/04/07/aero-will-run-fine/#comment-615 Thom wanted to show how Aero is working fine, not the applications themselves. Aero won't be slow after 6 months, while the system might. And besides, Linux doesn't really run well on 128 MB either. It needs 256 MBs as a minimum. I have a bare bones Arch Linux installation on my 128 MB RAM laptop (maxed out), and it crawls like hell, because the swap kicks in all the time. BeOS flies on the same laptop. Thom wanted to show how Aero is working fine, not the applications themselves. Aero won’t be slow after 6 months, while the system might.

And besides, Linux doesn’t really run well on 128 MB either. It needs 256 MBs as a minimum. I have a bare bones Arch Linux installation on my 128 MB RAM laptop (maxed out), and it crawls like hell, because the swap kicks in all the time. BeOS flies on the same laptop.

]]> by: Richard Stellingwerff http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/04/07/aero-will-run-fine/#comment-614 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:35:36 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/04/07/aero-will-run-fine/#comment-614 With this Video you have proven that on a Clean installation of Vista, running a few explorer windows and firefox simulatanious works reasonably well. How does Vista work after a month, when you've installed all sorts of software and are working with Photoshop & Dreamweaver, while browsing the web and chatting with MSN Messenger. Seriously, the stuff you just showed... Explorer windows, Firefox... That would work on a machine running Windows XP with 128MB RAM. But hardly anyone would say XP runs fine on 128MB RAM. You proved nothing. With this Video you have proven that on a Clean installation of Vista, running a few explorer windows and firefox simulatanious works reasonably well.

How does Vista work after a month, when you’ve installed all sorts of software and are working with Photoshop & Dreamweaver, while browsing the web and chatting with MSN Messenger.

Seriously, the stuff you just showed… Explorer windows, Firefox… That would work on a machine running Windows XP with 128MB RAM. But hardly anyone would say XP runs fine on 128MB RAM.

You proved nothing.

]]> by: Keith http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/04/07/aero-will-run-fine/#comment-612 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:04:59 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2006/04/07/aero-will-run-fine/#comment-612 What are the registry hacks and what driver did you use for the video card... I have the same hardware in my laptop and never got the effects to work. What are the registry hacks and what driver did you use for the video card… I have the same hardware in my laptop and never got the effects to work.

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