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Technical requirements of Windows 7 aero desktop, What are they ?

Anonymous
2009-12-24T13:38:48+00:00

Hi, was hoping someone would know what are the technical requirements of graphics cards core clock frequency for windows 7 aero desktop, i.e what is the minimum clock frequency required to run Aero theme, also the minimum memory frequency of the graphics cards memory.

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-01-01T22:10:29+00:00

    HI Hyperst,

    Below are the areo hardware requirements.

    • 1-gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
    • 1 gigabyte (GB) of random access memory (RAM)
    • 128-megabyte (MB) graphics card

    Aero also requires a DirectX 9 class graphics processor that supports a Windows Display Driver Model Driver, Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware, and 32 bits per pixel.

    For best results, you might also want to follow these graphics processor recommendations:

    • 64 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution that is less than 1,310,720 pixels (for example, a 17–inch flat panel LCD monitor that has a 1280 × 1024 resolution)
    • 128 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution from 1,310,720 to 2,304,000 pixels (for example, a 21.1–inch flat panel LCD monitor that has up to a 1600 × 1200 resolution)
    • 256 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor with a resolution greater than 2,304,000 pixels (for example, a 30–inch wide-screen flat panel LCD monitor that has up to a 2560 × 1600 resolution)

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-12-24T15:27:23+00:00

    See:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/What-is-the-Aero-desktop-experience

    All answers and suggestions are provided by an enthusiastic amateur and are therefore without warranty either explicit or implicit. Basically you use my suggestions at your own risk.

    not helpfull, thanks

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-12-24T15:26:55+00:00

    there must be a minimum requirment though for the clocks, i know what cards should work with aero , but that is not what i was asking, thankyou

    i.e theres must be some specifications for clock and frequency as there are requirments on clock speeds for some applications/games to work correctly

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-12-24T14:58:24+00:00

    See:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/What-is-the-Aero-desktop-experience

    All answers and suggestions are provided by an enthusiastic amateur and are therefore without warranty either explicit or implicit. Basically you use my suggestions at your own risk.

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-12-24T14:28:45+00:00

    The clock frequency is not the requirement to have Aero Glass. Your card must be a DirectX9 card (nVIDIA Geforce FX5200 and newer; ATI Radeon 9500 and newer) which supports PixelShaders 2 and WDDM1.0 drivers.

    André

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