per pixel alpha working only at 1024x768 on wb5

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on my system wb5 works great at a resolution of 1024x768 but when i try at 1280x1024 the troubleshooting says my card does not support per pixel alpha. someone could help?

this is the troubleshooting at 1024x768:

WindowBlinds 5 BETA Troubleshooting Report:

STATUS : WB+ SRV+ HLP+ UI+

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

You have one monitor in total.

(Monitor Plug and Play) 1 is attached to Gigabyte RADEON 9200SE SERIES
'RADEON 9200 SE SEC' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAY2', but is not attached to the desktop.
'NetMeeting driver' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV1', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
'RDPDD Chained DD' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV2', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.

and this is the one at 1280x1024:

WindowBlinds 5 BETA Troubleshooting Report:

STATUS : WB+ SRV+ HLP+ UI+

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine does not support per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

This is because :

Your computer graphics hardware does not support acceleration of per pixel alpha.  WindowBlinds requires this for per pixel alphablended borders as without it performance would be poor.  Please see if you can obtain new drivers for your graphics hardware.  Recent ATI & NVIDIA boards should support this feature.  Onboard graphics tend not to.

You have one monitor in total.

(Monitor Plug and Play) 1 is attached to Gigabyte RADEON 9200SE SERIES
'RADEON 9200 SE SEC' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAY2', but is not attached to the desktop.
'NetMeeting driver' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV1', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.
'RDPDD Chained DD' also exists as device '\\.\DISPLAYV2', but is not attached to the desktop and is a mirror driver.

 

thanks

 

windowblinds
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

If the drivers stop reporting it at higher resolutions then the drivers must have decided the card is either too slow to support it at those resolutions, or it has too little video ram, or its a bug.

It might be worth your while trying newer & older drivers and possibly contacting Gigabyte for assistance.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

actually if I install the original driver i don't have problems with wb5 and per pixel alpha at that resolution but each time i try to change something concerning the graphics my pc restarts automatically



for example : wb5 is loaded alpha blending is working resolution is set at 1280x1024 but if I start up a computer game the system restarts!



the drivers i'm using are already updated maybe it's a bug



 note: ram is 1 gb and the card has a built in 128 mb ram



 

Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
mariposa55
I had the same sort of trouble with my ATI Radeon 9200 pro 256mb, I reverted back to the original drivers that came with the card minus the ATI control panel and it works fine at any res, not sure what the affects will be on your games though.
Hope this helps
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
jonep strange but true i've found an older driver from microsoft for this card and everything works now..
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
can you post where you got the driver? obviously the ATI ones do not work... nothing above 1024x768 displays pixel borders