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Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
how do i find out what directx my card supports? i know from dxdiag that i have directx 9 installed tho, but not what the card supports?
By far the easiest way is to look up what your chipset is (SiSM760GX) and then Google up the specifications of the chipset.
In this case, I had to look in several different places, because I couldn't easily find conclusive answers. My final opinion is that your chipset does not meet requirements for Aero Glass.
SiS states the graphics portion of it (which they call Mirage 2) supports Direct3D 8.1 specification in hardware and 9.0 "in software", which is not a very clear answer for us. However, further research reveals that it only supports pixel shader version 1.4, so it is not likely to work -- regardless of the amount of RAM you put in it.
TReKiE, an esteemed member of this forum, and I had some private discussions about laptops, Vista readiness and Glass, now over a year ago. It is interesting to note that none of the models we then considered capable actually meet the final Glass requirements that are published now. I suspect most current offerings in value, ultraportable, thin and light segments of the laptop market do not meet these requirements and will continue to not meet them for some time. Today, I'd only expect desktop replacement and gaming laptops to actually pack the sort of 3D graphics capability Glass requires.
