Intel 915GM WILL do 3D window effects...

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Tim Payne

....in Linux. Both Gnome Compiz and KDE Beryl 3D desktops work great on the
915GM chipset. Full 3D desktop effects including transparent window frames,
spinning cube workspaces and springy window transitions. The chipset is
perfectly capable.

So why doesn't Intel write a WDDM driver for this chipset to give us the
full Aero effect? I think I know why - $$$ in 945GM upgrades.

Sad Intel, sad.
 
Another reason could be the architectures, Linux is different from Windows
Vista. So, instead of having lousy performance, with a pretty interface,
Intel chose not to provide a driver that enables the full AERO effects and
visuals.
 
Minus the blurr and your windows are going to be very diffcult to decipher.
 
While I agree that the 915 chipset could probably support a wddm driver and
the decision not to support it was a marketing decision by Intel I don't
agree that Microsoft should have supported older graphics cards with Aero.
When designing an OS you have to look forward not backward. For marketing
reasons you have to look back a certain amount but at some point you have to
draw a line and say this is it. The specifications for Aero are not that
onerous. Almost all graphics chipsets produced in the last couple of years
meet the specifications. Some chipset manufacturers have better support than
others with drivers. This is a decision by them not Microsoft. Do the latest
games work with all the graphics features enabled with older video cards? As
hardware improves software must change to take advantage of it.
 
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