Where's Aero?

[Vince53]

Okay, my Windows Experience rating gives me a 2, because of my graphics card. Is there a place where you turn Aero on or off? I found the place on Systems where I can optimize appearance, but selecting it does not change anything (It had been set to "Let Windows decide for me").

 

[SIW2]

I will boot back into 8 and have a look.

 

[GMan]

If Aero is already on and working well, the message I'm talking about will not appear. (so looking with a "good" system it can't be seen)

Right click desktop | Personalize

At the bottom it will say Troubleshoot Aero or something similar. Click it and it will turn it on for you.

Make sure the AMD driver is installed first though.

 

[SIW2]

These are the options on mine if that is any help:

 

[Vince53]

GMan and SW2, I have already tried that, but I tried both suggestions again. It tells me that transparency is enabled, but I don't see it anywhere.

 

[Calico]

Okay, my Windows Experience rating gives me a 2, because of my graphics card. Is there a place where you turn Aero on or off? I found the place on Systems where I can optimize appearance, but selecting it does not change anything (It had been set to "Let Windows decide for me").

That seems awfully low. I just installed CP in a VM, on an old Radeon 4850 - I don't have a 5000 series - I get a WEI of 4.5 and that's low because it's in a VM. Can you post the WEI results please. Also, can you:

1. Right click on the desktop and select Screen resolution
2. Select Advanced settings
3. Select Adapter Type/Properties/Driver and post the details.

 

[Vince53]

[FONT=Arial, serif]SiSoftware
Sandra[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Video
Adapter[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Display
: \\.\DISPLAY1[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]VGA
Compatible : No[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Official
Device Name : ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series (Engineering Sample
- WDDM v1.20)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Hardware
ID : PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68E1&SUBSYS_30001787&REV_00[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]OEM
Device Name : ATI (AMD) Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Device
Name : Hightech Information System Radeon HD 5400 Series[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Chipset[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Model
: RV810M[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Type
: Mobile[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Unified
Shaders : 80 Unit(s)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Raster
Operation Units (ROP) : 4 Unit(s)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Texture
Mapping Units (TMU) : 8 Unit(s)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Maximum
Power : 15.000W[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Logical/Chipset
Memory Banks[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Total
Memory : 512MB DDR3[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Channels
: 1[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Width
: 32-bit[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Graphics
Adapter Power Management[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]500MHz
/ 500MHz / 800MHz : 15.000W[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Bus[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Type
: PCIe[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Version
: 2.00[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Width
: x16 / x16[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Speed
: 2.5Gbps / 2.5Gbps[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Maximum
Bus Bandwidth : 3.9GB/s[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Video
BIOS[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Date
of Manufacture : Tuesday, April 19, 2011[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Direct3D
11 Device(s)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Interface
Version : 11.00[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]CS
- Compute Shader Support : Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]DP
- Double (Floating-Point) Support : No[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Model
: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series (Engineering Sample - WDDM
v1.20)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Physical
Memory : 512MB[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Texture
Memory : 1.75GB[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Direct3D
10 Device(s)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Interface
Version : 10.01[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Library
Version : 8.17.10.1114[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Model
: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series (Engineering Sample - WDDM
v1.20)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Physical
Memory : 512MB[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Texture
Memory : 1.75GB[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Direct3D
9 Device(s)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Interface
Version : 9.00[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Model
: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series (Engineering Sample - WDDM
v1.20)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Video
Driver : aticfx64.dll[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Library
Version : 8.17.10.1114[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]3D
Hardware Acceleration : Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Hardware
Transform and Light : Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Heads
: 1 Unit(s)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Pixel
Shaders Version : 3.00[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Vertex
Shaders Version : 3.00[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Accelerated
Video Decoders[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]MPEG2
IDCT : Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]H264-E
(H264 VLD NoFGT) : Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]{4245F676-2BBC-4166-A0BB-54E7B849C380}
: Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]{6719B6FB-5CAD-4ACB-B00A-F3BFDEC38727}
: Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]VC1-D
(VC1 VLD) : Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]{CA15D19A-2B48-43D6-979E-7A6E9C802FF8}
: Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]H264
MoComp ATI Avivo : Yes[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Accelerated
Video Processors[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Pixel
Adaptive Device : Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Bob
Device : Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Progressive
Device : Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Software
Device : Yes[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Video
Driver[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Expected
Windows Version : 4.00[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Screen
Saver Active : No[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Low
Power Saving Active : No[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Power
Off Saving Active : No[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode
: 1600x900 32-bit[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Refresh
Rate : 60Hz[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Virtual
Desktop Size : 1600x900[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Video
Modes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode
2 : 640x480 32-bit 60Hz 72Hz 75Hz[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode
10 : 720x480 32-bit 60Hz 60Hz 72Hz 72Hz 72Hz 75Hz 75Hz 75Hz[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode
19 : 720x576 32-bit 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz 72Hz 72Hz 72Hz 75Hz 75Hz 75Hz[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode
28 : 800x480 32-bit 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz 72Hz 72Hz 72Hz 75Hz 75Hz 75Hz[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode
31 : 800x600 32-bit 60Hz 72Hz 75Hz[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode
40 : 1024x600 32-bit 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz 70Hz 70Hz 70Hz 75Hz 75Hz 75Hz[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode
43 : 1024x768 32-bit 60Hz 70Hz 75Hz[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode
45 : 1152x864 32-bit 60Hz 75Hz[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode
47 : 1280x720 32-bit 59Hz 60Hz[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode
51 : 1280x768 32-bit 60Hz 60Hz 60Hz 75Hz[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode
53 : 1280x1024 32-bit 60Hz 75Hz[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode
54 : 1400x1050 32-bit 60Hz[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Mode
55 : 1600x900 32-bit 60Hz[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Device
Mode Characteristics[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Physical
Medium Width : 440 mm / 17 in[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Physical
Medium Height : 250 mm / 10 in[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Recommended
Display Size : 24 in[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Maximum
Resolution : 120x120 dpi[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Colour
Bits/Planes : 32-bit / 1-bit[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Colour
Resolution : 24-bit[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Pixel
Width/Height/Diagonal : 36 / 36 / 51[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Enhanced
Video Settings[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Animation
Effects Enabled : Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Full
Windows Drag Enabled : Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Font
Smoothing Enabled : Yes[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]High
Contrast Enabled : No[/FONT]





[FONT=Arial, serif]Performance
Enhancing Tips[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Tip
2221 : Driver is not certified.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Tip
319 : A refresh rate of at least 100Hz is recommended. Increase it if
possible.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, serif]Tip
2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more
information about the tip.[/FONT]

 

[Calico]

Unfortunately, I can't work out from your post which driver you're using. Could you please use the method I described above. Thanks.