GMA900 - Linux AIGLX vs No WDDM for Vista

[tavella]

I would like to question the fact of why AIGLX functionality in Linux can do ALL of the pretty graphical things that Aero/Vista does but no WDDM driver exists for Vista? If AIGLX can perform to an excellent level of graphic rendering and no system performance issues exist, why can't the same be done for Vista? Is it a low level of care? Does it all come down to money (probabily the answer) because someone is trying to push newer hardware? Is it bad code from Microsoft? Is bad coding from Intel? I just find it all very funny......

[javahelpers]

Quoting - ncm500@cs.york.ac.uk

The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) runs Aero but Vista 6000 build ships with only some crippleware drivers which don't appear to allow OpenGL and WDDM.

Conversely some newer GMA chipsets are offered full support for Windows by Intel.

I suspect that the reason is that Intel has decided, that because many GMA chipsets were added to laptops with a meagre amount of memory, set to run at slow speeds or in linear rather than dual-channel mode, it is better to disable all of the features in software rather than have Microsoft Vista run laughably slow*. The important point to conclude is that owners of the GMA are not being treated like customers, it is therefore not advisable to act like customers. Think very carefully before buying more Intel equipment.

Although interestingly, Intel has better support for the GMA on Linux than on Windows!

I would recommend to you all to download Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn, 7.04) and simply run the LiveCD without installing it; You can then enable "Desktop Effects" which is an old version of Beryl running on Intel OpenGL drivers. It is equivalent to Windows Aero... Although it is difficult to claim that it makes up for a lack of Direct3D drivers, which are required for all but the rarest of multi-platform games (e.g. Unreal Tournament).

I concur that we're being shafted as idiots by Intel, despite having invested in Intel platforms. I also wonder how 90,000 employees can be so busy that they don't have time to do their jobs, for example to work in partnership with customers.

*Windows Vista is very slow compared to Windows XP anyhow.

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