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  • johnc
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    Originally posted by deanjo View Post
    Well after owning an intel based i3 system for about a month now, I honestly can't understand how anyone can say the intel drivers are in great shape in linux. I've had more graphic corruption, misdraws, sync and video playback issues with the i3's graphics then I ever had with any nvidia card that I have owned.
    But they're open-source = better.

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  • deanjo
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    Well after owning an intel based i3 system for about a month now, I honestly can't understand how anyone can say the intel drivers are in great shape in linux. I've had more graphic corruption, misdraws, sync and video playback issues with the i3's graphics then I ever had with any nvidia card that I have owned.

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  • bnolsen
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    Originally posted by speculatrix View Post
    GMA500 drivers for kernel 3.x.x are sadly lacking, the opensource driver in the kernel has a small subset of the features of the EMGD and IEGD drivers for 2.6
    These arent' intel parts, they're imageon, very similar to the powervr gpus found in many ARM socs. Avoid all of those like the plague.

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  • DeepDayze
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    Originally posted by speculatrix View Post
    GMA500 drivers for kernel 3.x.x are sadly lacking, the opensource driver in the kernel has a small subset of the features of the EMGD and IEGD drivers for 2.6
    The there should be a petition for PowerVR to provide at least the register and command documentation for their chips so then a proper GMA500 driver be built.

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  • artivision
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    Originally posted by Aleve Sicofante View Post
    Citation needed.

    This is pure nonsense.
    Citation: google it.

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  • DeepDayze
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    Intel should test the market for a discrete high performance GPU that could hold its own quite well against AMD and nvidia

    Originally posted by Darkseider View Post
    Well nVidia will eventually open up their drivers and gain wider acceptance or fade into obscurity in the linux landscape. Ultimately it is their choice.
    All they need to do is support the Nouveau team with documentation along the lines of AMD. They could start by doing a review to determine what documentation that can be *legally* released then providing assistance to the Nouveau team based on that review.

    In addition, more architectures can then be supported without too much fuss as the Nouveau driver can be built on multiple architectures including ARM and MIPS. This arrangement certainly won't overburden the nvidia engineers.

    In the end nVidia can then earn back some respect and maybe get some GPU orders.
    Last edited by DeepDayze; 06 July 2012, 11:02 AM.

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  • speculatrix
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    GMA500 drivers please

    GMA500 drivers for kernel 3.x.x are sadly lacking, the opensource driver in the kernel has a small subset of the features of the EMGD and IEGD drivers for 2.6

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  • Aleve Sicofante
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    Originally posted by artivision View Post
    Windows and most closed-source will extinct in 3-5 years, analysts say.
    Citation needed.

    This is pure nonsense.

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  • Aleve Sicofante
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    Originally posted by disi View Post
    Use either Intel or AMD graphics. With the nVidia binary (the only official driver), I had always problems with external monitors etc. And oh, after ~10 years they finally support xrandr in their blob

    Radeon has better/faster hardware than Intel at the moment, both have open drivers and are well integrated into the system. The limitation on heavy 3D gaming are not so much the drivers but MESA and lack of recent OpenGL support. For desktop usage the open drivers are just great, I can plug whatever I want into the laptop (and soon also USB GPU?!?), it just works... suspend to RAM, hibernation, never a black screen etc.
    AFAIK, AMD open source graphics have serious issues with power, as well as suspend and hibernate (might work for you, might not work on other systems). I wouldn't advice anyone to go that route for a laptop.

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  • disi
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    Originally posted by nbecker View Post
    I've been trying to follow this because I'm looking for a new laptop (desktop replacement). Currently have 17" hp dv9000. I've used nvidia for years (blobs).

    What should I look for in a laptop with Intel graphics that has:

    good linux support
    performance sufficient for desktop effects, perhaps the occasional game (I'm not a gamer).

    I'm not a gamer, but want something future-proof for 4-5 years.
    Use either Intel or AMD graphics. With the nVidia binary (the only official driver), I had always problems with external monitors etc. And oh, after ~10 years they finally support xrandr in their blob

    Radeon has better/faster hardware than Intel at the moment, both have open drivers and are well integrated into the system. The limitation on heavy 3D gaming are not so much the drivers but MESA and lack of recent OpenGL support. For desktop usage the open drivers are just great, I can plug whatever I want into the laptop (and soon also USB GPU?!?), it just works... suspend to RAM, hibernation, never a black screen etc.

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