Windows 7 Aero Question?

I need my video card to be WDDM-compatible for Aero on Windows 7.

My video card: intel(r)865g graphics chip accelerated vga bios



Where do I get the compatible driver?|||Let's stick with the simple answer.



Your integrated graphics chip is just too slow to run Aero. You would have to upgrade to a video card (almost any current video card will do) to run Aero on a desktop.



If you're on a laptop. Forget it. You'll never run Aero on that system.|||You do have to be kidding, right? Discrete chips like that Intel will never run Aero. YOu have to have a video card to do that, at least Direct X 9.X compatible, and sizeable enough RAM. YOu will have to buy a PCIe X 16 video card with enough on board memory to handle the Aero graphics.



Note this:



Microsoft has listed the following requirements for what they call a Vista Premium Ready PC. A PC that meets or exceeds these requirements will be able to use the new Aero technologies.[7]



Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Enterprise (Aero is not available in Windows Vista Home Basic and Windows 7 Starter. The Aero interface in Windows 7 Home Basic doesn't have the transparent effects).

a 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor

1 GB of system memory (512MB sometimes works)

a DirectX 9 compatible graphics processor with a Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) driver, Pixel shader 2.0 in hardware, and a minimum of 128 MB of Video RAM

32 bits per pixel

40 GB hard drive with 15 GB free space

DVD-ROM Drive

Audio output and Internet access (preferably broadband)

The minimum requirements for graphics cards from the major vendors include the Radeon 9500 from ATI Technologies, the GeForce FX series from NVIDIA, and even the Intel GMA 950. Intel GMA 900 theoretically supports Aero as it fulfills all hardware requirements but Intel does not offer a WDDM driver, therefore making it incompatible. Though the last driver from NVIDIA to support the GeForce FX series on Vista was 96.85 [1],[8] Microsoft's WDDM drivers for NVIDIA graphics continue to support the GeForce FX series;[9] NVIDIA's current WDDM drivers support the GeForce 6 and later series. Though some of XGI Technology's Volari GPUs supported DirectX 9, no Microsoft WDDM drivers shipped with Vista and XGI has exited the graphics card business, so Volari cards apparently will not work with Windows Aero.



Note that though Microsoft has listed 128 MB of Video RAM as a requirement for "Premium Ready" PCs, it does not mean a 128 MB integrated graphics processor is required to run the Aero glass theme. A 64 MB integrated graphics processor, combined with at least 1 GB of system memory, will be able to run Aero at certain resolutions, however, the visual effects will be slower and less smooth.[10] However, a Vista-specific WDDM driver for any given graphics processor is also required to run the Aero glass theme;[11] these drivers may or may not be available. Users who believe their hardware meets Aero's minimum graphics requirements are encouraged to check their graphics processor manufacturer's website for a Vista-specific driver if they are unable to run the theme.|||Go to Intel website and download update for your graphics card (win 7 driver) in their customer support.