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On Fri, 2009-11-06 at 17:18 +0000, James wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I'm looking at a Dell Vostro 1720 Laptop with this Intel video |
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> chip: Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD |
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> Anyone with any experience or comments as to Intel's video |
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> offerings, as far as it related to (X)/Gentoo on the laptop |
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> are most welcome. |
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> Here's an old review, best I could find. |
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> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_x4500hd&num=1 |
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> Maybe some can point me to a forum where the Intel video chip |
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> issues are discussed by folks on the front line of those |
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> support issues for X. The aforementioned review seemed |
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> to dissuade me from the Intel video chip, but those issue |
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> may be overcome with video chip comparison, used in Laptops |
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> if anyone has a url for that sort of thing, or experience. |
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The software support for Intel graphics itself is pretty good. They |
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have in-tree DRI drivers and X drivers and support for GEM and XRANDR |
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1.3. IIRC Keith Packard works both on X11 development and the Intel |
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drivers so you get a lot of support software-wise. |
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As some have reported Intel Graphics cards don't perform as well as |
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other competitors in 3D graphics. It's fine though for people like me |
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who aren't gamers and need powerful graphics hardware. I use |
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GNOME/Compiz and things work pretty exceptional (except for the Blur |
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plugin in Compiz; there's no hardware rendering support; you'll want to |
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disable that). |
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