question directx 8 1 h w directx 9 0 s w enough

Does anyone know whether DirectX 8.1 H/W and Microsoft DirectX 9.0 S/W capability is enough to run the basic (not Aero) Vista glass?
FYI, I ran Vista without Aero and it appeared to be working great except for running DVD's in MP11, which were choppy. Everything else is looking good but i want to make sure before I decide to keep or sell this notebook.
My Acer notebook has 512MB of RAM and an SiS M760GX chipset for AMD Turion. The chipset description says it is 8.1 hardware compliant and 9.0 software compliant. Is 8.1 for hardware enough?
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Unless there is something new, I only know of Aero Glass, there isn't any "basic" glass that isn't Aero. As for 8.1 DX hardware, no, that won't work for glass. It needs at least DX9 and Pixel Shader 2 ---------- Mark Dietz PROnetworks <http://www.pro-networks.org>
Pete wrote:

Does anyone know whether DirectX 8.1 H/W and Microsoft DirectX 9.0 S/W capability is enough to run the basic (not Aero) Vista glass?
FYI, I ran Vista without Aero and it appeared to be working great except for running DVD's in MP11, which were choppy. Everything else is looking good but i want to make sure before I decide to keep or sell this notebook.
My Acer notebook has 512MB of RAM and an SiS M760GX chipset for AMD Turion. The chipset description says it is 8.1 hardware compliant and 9.0 software compliant. Is 8.1 for hardware enough?
SiS Mirage™ Graphic Engine Powered by SiS Mirage™ 2 Graphic Engine. Microsoft DirectX 8.1 H/W and Microsoft DirectX 9.0 S/W compliant

There are two versions of Aero though, Aero and Aero Glass. The second requires more graphics capability than the first.
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Unless there is something new, I only know of Aero Glass, there isn't any "basic" glass that isn't Aero. As for 8.1 DX hardware, no, that won't work for glass. It needs at least DX9 and Pixel Shader 2 ---------- Mark Dietz PROnetworks <http://www.pro-networks.org
Pete wrote: Does anyone know whether DirectX 8.1 H/W and Microsoft DirectX 9.0 S/W capability is enough to run the basic (not Aero) Vista glass?
FYI, I ran Vista without Aero and it appeared to be working great except for running DVD's in MP11, which were choppy. Everything else is looking good but i want to make sure before I decide to keep or sell this notebook. My Acer notebook has 512MB of RAM and an SiS M760GX chipset for AMD Turion. The chipset description says it is 8.1 hardware compliant and 9.0 software compliant. Is 8.1 for hardware enough?
SiS Mirage™ Graphic Engine Powered by SiS Mirage™ 2 Graphic Engine. Microsoft DirectX 8.1 H/W and Microsoft DirectX 9.0 S/W compliant