Windows Vista Discussion

[mikee]

will the non glass look like this (see pic) if I don't get a new video card?

 

[KSoD]

Yes that is how it is going to look on unsupported cards.

But from what M$ is saying Vista will only support DX10 which is still in development and the hardware that can handle it wont be out till around the same time as Vista.

So i wouldnt go out and buy a new Video Card just yet. Not until a few details get totally cleared up on the whole DX9-DX10 issues.

 

[EricB]

how will it look with a new card?

 

[KSoD]

Those are some of my old screenshots of Vista build 5231. That is how Vista looks with the Glass Effect active.

 

[maroon1]

Does my video card nvidia 6600 (not GT) support glass Effect ??

 

[TheMajor]

Below a list of cards supported by the 32bit drivers from Nvidia. I don't know if the support is limited by the drivers or the cards. I have a TI4200 wich is not supported. But I also have an FX5200, wich is. But the card sucks.

GeForce FX 5100
GeForce FX 5200
GeForce FX 5200LE
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
GeForce FX 5500
GeForce FX 5600
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
GeForce FX 5600SE
GeForce FX 5600XT
GeForce FX 5700
GeForce FX 5700VE
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
GeForce FX 5700LE
GeForce FX 5800
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
GeForce FX 5900
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
GeForce FX 5900XT
GeForce FX 5900ZT
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
GeForce PCX 5300
GeForce PCX 5750
GeForce PCX 5900
GeForce 6100
GeForce 6150 LE
GeForce 6150
GeForce 6200
GeForce 6200 with TurboCache
GeForce 6200SE with TurboCache
GeForce 6500
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6600 LE
GeForce 6600 VE
GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce 6610 XL
GeForce 6800
GeForce 6800 LE
GeForce 6800 XE
GeForce 6800 XT
GeForce 6800 GS
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 7300 LE
GeForce 7300 GS
GeForce 7800 GS
GeForce 7800 GT
GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce 7800 GTX 512
Quadro FX 350
Quadro FX 500
Quadro FX 540
Quadro FX 600
Quadro FX 700
Quadro FX 1000
Quadro FX 1100
Quadro FX 1300
Quadro FX 1400
Quadro FX 2000
Quadro FX 3000
Quadro FX 3000G
Quadro FX 3400
Quadro FX 3450
Quadro FX 4000 SDI
Quadro FX 4400
Quadro FX 4500
Quadro NVS 285
Quadro NVS 440

 

[KSoD]

Those are the same cards that were originally supported by nVidia and the ones that are supported by the newest driver that was released for the Feb CTP.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_87.15.html

 

[TheMajor]

What do you mean by originally? Many old cards are missing. No geforce 1-4, no TNT's.

 

[KSoD]

There were Beta Drivers released by nVidia back in July of 2005 when Beta 1 of Vista hit. They had the same cards supported back then as they do now.

Basically if your card is not DX9 (note i dont mean DX9 compatable) then you probably wont be able to get the "Glass Effects" without some kinda workaround.

I was able to find the workaround for build 5231. There was a registry hack that i did. There are ways to get the glass effects to work on some non-supported cards. I just dont know them all off hand.

 

[mikee]

someone will probably create a patch to enable glass on old cards shortly after vista comes out.