[AuckLUG] Buying a Laptop - it's all about quality

[Ravi Chemudugunta]

I have noticed compiz works great OOTB on my compaq with an intel chipset;
where as with nvidia (on my desktop) I need to download drivers.  Also what
interests me is that intel does not / has limited support for pixel shaders
(someone correct me if I am wrong on this one, only ati and nvidia are
mentioned when ever gpgpu topics pop up) but ... it still works really well
without stressing the cpu! ... the anti aliasing could be a bit better
though ;|


On 5/22/07, Martin Bähr <mbaehr at email.archlab.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 09:31:59AM +1200, Marcel wrote:
> > A laptop with an Nvidia graphics card is a good idea. I've heard bad
> > things about the ATI drivers for linux and the intel integrated graphics
> > cards are just plain rubbish (the driver support is also a bit flakey
> > for the later models)
>
> huh?
> what defines "later models"?
>
> last i heared intel employs a kernel or X developer to write free
> software drivers for their graphics card.
> as a result intel are currently the only ones who have free drivers that
> support 3d hardware acceleration for current cards.
>
> i would not call that rubbish.
> until there are free software drivers for ati or nvidia, i'd always go
> for intel graphics.
>
> greetings, martin.
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