[lug] laptop video card Q

[Kevin Burns]

Yeah, I second this.  I'd try to get an nvidia card in your laptop if
possible.  Intel video drivers are generally hit or miss, and ATI's laptop
cards tend to have problems and need workarounds to run in linux.

On 5/19/06, mohadib <mohadib at openactive.org> wrote:
>
> Nvidia cards work great with OpenGL and Linux. I always use the drivers
> from nvidia.
>
> hth,
> jd
>
>
> On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 21:01 -0600, D. Stimits wrote:
> > I'm seeing a series of Sony VAIO notebooks, VGN-SZ... series, which have
> > their graphics listed as an NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400. It also lists this
> > as having an Intel GMA950 with shared RAM. Does anyone here know if
> > these work with linux? I've never encountered the GMA-950. Frankly, I've
> > never owned a laptop. These laptops are a bit unique, in that they don't
> > have large screens, and they really are portable. I have absolutely no
> > interest in larger 17" laptops. So...can anyone give me their take on
> > how well these might work on linux? Especially using NVIDIA drivers for
> > OpenGL?
> >
> > I also noticed that ASUS has a laptop that isn't a monster, yet has
> > NVIDIA for video, the A8Jm-H009H. Can anyone here tell me anything about
> > how those work with linux...especially OpenGL?
> >
> > There is a Toshiba Tecra series M5-S433 with NVIDIA Quadro, same
> > question on linux/OpenGL. Or any info on any of these NVIDIA based
> > laptops which are under 15 inch.
> >
> > D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net
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