Windows Aero

bigmck

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My graphics card is a Mirage 3 onboard and does not support Aero. I read up on what I have to do to disable the Mirage and install the new one. I am not thrilled about going into the Bios to disable it, so I was wondering just how good is Aero. Is it some ground breaking video or is it just a bit better? Thanks,
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
CPU
Intel Core i3-2120 3.30Ghz
Motherboard
Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 Socket H2 ATX
Memory
Kingston 4 GB DDR3 1333 mhz
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon HD6670
Sound Card
Sound Blaster Audigy SE 24-Bit
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Asus VE228
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1440 X 900
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OCZ Vertex 3 120 GB Sata 3 SSD ==
Kingston SH103/S3 120 G Hyper X 120 GB SSD ==
Western Digital 500 GB Caviar Green 7200 RPM ==
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Corsair CX600M == 600 Watt
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NZXT Apollo - Silver with Clear Side Panel
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Three 120 mm Fans
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Microsoft Natural 4000
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Microsoft Custom Optical 3000
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AT&T Fiber Optic Wireless Network
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Microsoft Security Essentials
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Chrome
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120 mm Blue LED Fan -- Three Blue LED Lazer Light Sticks
You need Aero. It really is simple as that. Great compared to not having.

Going into bios is nothing. Don't be scared. You won't hurt anything if you read about it and use very basic common sense. You will be safe. Disabling onboard is no tough task.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
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Cybertronpc, it glows blue
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stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
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1792/448 kbits/sec
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SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
Usually if your bios/motherboard is recent just installing a new PCI-E/AGP graphics card will disable onboard VGA and enable the PCI-E/AGP one.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
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Me
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
AMD Bulldozer FX-8 8120 Black Edition @ 4GHz
Motherboard
Asus Crosshair V Formula 990FX
Memory
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
Graphics Card(s)
MSI nVidia Geforce GTX 670 OC 2048MB GDDR5
Sound Card
Sound Blaster X-Fi 2 MB 2
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster SA350 22" LED HDMI
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Seagate Barracuda SATA II 500GB 16MB Cache 7200.12
PSU
Corsair Professional Series Gold AX1200 (1200Watts)
Case
Antec 1200 Ultimate Gaming Case
Cooling
Antec Kuhler H20 620
Keyboard
Logitech G510
Mouse
Microsoft Wireless 3000
Internet Speed
Upto 40Mb/s Fibre Optic Broadband
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