How much impact does the card/driver have on text rendering? I ask because I have seen two identical laptops Inspiron 6400 with Intel and ATI cards and the one with the ATI card renders text extremely well (with proprietary/open source drivers). The text is crisper as against the Intel card. I've played with all the settings of subpixel hinting.
I'm planning on buying the E6400 which I can get with either NVS 160M or X4500HD and since I mostly do development work I need excellent text rendering. I'd prefer Intel due to the open source drivers but am wondering if NVidia will do a better job. I've been through hell while ATI fixed AIGLX/Composite issues and I'm not sure if there are any problems with NVidia.
Thanks in advance!
I'm planning on buying the E6400 which I can get with either NVS 160M or X4500HD and since I mostly do development work I need excellent text rendering. I'd prefer Intel due to the open source drivers but am wondering if NVidia will do a better job. I've been through hell while ATI fixed AIGLX/Composite issues and I'm not sure if there are any problems with NVidia.
Thanks in advance!
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