[lug] Core i7 / Linux / graphics

[Steven A Hart]

  Thanks Zan,

That is exactly what I needed to know.  This won't be a gaming system 
but it will require high end graphics for mathematical modeling.  In 
this case I should still go with a pci-express video card then....

cheers

On 01/10/2012 11:46 AM, Zan Lynx wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-01-10 at 10:59 -0700, Steven A Hart wrote:
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> I'm trying to put together a new system for a client using a Core i7
>> sandybridge processor and I've got myself all confused about the built
>> in graphics that are included.  With the core 2 quads I'd just get a
>> pci express video card which was NVIDIA based and the job was done.
>> Now I'm seeing some sort of built in graphics on the processor and the
>> motherboards come with an HDMI port but say they do not have an
>> onboard video chipset.  Hence my confusion.
>>
>> So if I buy the i7, with no pci express video card, and no onboard
>> graphics on the MB, will Linux still run with accelerated  graphics?
>> I just don't want to shell out the money and then have the thing not
>> work as I expect.
>>
>> Any advice for this idiot (i.e. me) would be appreciated!
> Some versions of the i7 CPU come with an Intel GPU included on the CPU.
> Not all of them, though. You need to double-check which kind you are
> getting.
>
> If you get the CPU with the included graphics, then the motherboard will
> route the pins to the HDMI or DVI port included on the motherboard.
>
> These included GPUs are pretty adequate and work well with Linux.
> They're not up to doing OpenCL GPU computing or playing the newest video
> games.
>
>
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