Hi Carey,

Please don't take this the wrong way but I see your response a lot in the
user groups. I would replace the Graphics chip if I could but, Dell and so
many other manufacturers have gone with integrated (cheap) soultions.

My 915 graphics chip (like millions of others) is soldered into the mother
board. I would have to replace the motherboard to get a new graphics chip.

Of course going forward I will never buy another LapTop or DeskTop that does
not have an "upgradeable" graphics board. I am also telling everyone I know
that is looking at a new PC, if you can't upgrade the graphics board, "Just
say NO".


Mark


"Carey Frisch [MVP]" wrote:

> Go out and purchase a good 256MB video card that is WDDM compliant
> and install it. Onboard video is just basic and consumes system resources
> that could be better utilized running applications.
>
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> Carey Frisch
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows - Shell/User
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>
>
> "Julie" wrote:
>
> Since Intel is being ignorant and refusing to create WDDM drivers for the
> millions of us who have the standard Intel 915 shared 128mb video card, does
> anyone know a good alternative to getting the aero transparency effects on
> the border? I'll even take a third party app. Because Lord knows I didn't
> pay for Home Premium to get stuck with Home Basic. This is really crap, you
> would think they'd make the driver and we would have the choice of whether we
> want to run Aero or not. If we're not happy with the performance we'll just
> disable it. But this way, noone gets to run Aero. I've got a score of 4.0
> on everything else except for my card because its not WDDM/ LDDM. Anyone
> also know a way to override the settings and allow Aero to run? I've tried
> all the regedit cracks for the betas but they don't work. THERE MUST BE A
> WAY. I swear man, makes me wish I had a mac with all this upgrading bs. No
> computer can even last 6 months in the world of microsoft.
>