Improve Flip3D Performance On Slower Graphic Cards In Vista

Flip3D is the most liked graphical feature in Vista, but the hardware requirements for pulling this off is really great in Vista and requires a good Graphic Card.In case you have a lower end Graphic Card the flipping could be choppy, If many windows are open then the choppiness is more evident because of the frame rates drop.

You can make Flip 3D to perform much better by limiting the number of windows it draws on your screen by a simple registry hack.

Steps

1. Go to Start> Type regedit and hit Enter.

2. Navigate through HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, Microsoft, Windows and DWM.

3. Now, create a new DWORD and call it Max3DWindows.

4. Set the value of this to something between 4 and 9 depending on the performance of your card. Experiment with the values to find the best value for your hardware.

5. Restart the DWM interface by running net stop uxsms and net start uxsms at an administrative level command prompt.

Warning : Editing your registry is dangerous, do make a back up of your registry before trying to edit it.

If you are using Windows XP you can try out some freeware that can do the same thing like WinFlip. Read more about WinFlip in our past post.

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