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On Wednesday, December 17, 2014 12:53:10 PM behrouz khosravi wrote: |
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> > What would you consider better support? |
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> > The way it works currently is how it's working with MS Windows (as |
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> > provided by |
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> > NVidia). |
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> What I mean by better support is easy install and configuration. In the |
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> Windows |
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> I just install the driver and the driver is responsible for offloading or |
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> switching the chips. |
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> I spent a couple of hours to configure it and gave up, because it is not |
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> easy to configure or |
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> even easy to troubleshoot. |
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It is still easy: |
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emerge bumblebee |
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rc-update add bumblebee default |
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That's all I did and it works. |
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With Linux, I just add "optirun " in front of the command in the program-menu |
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item. |
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On MS Windows, I need to: |
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1) Start the program |
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2) Stop the program |
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3) Configure the driver to use the NVidia chipset for the program (It doesn't |
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show in the list before I start it once) |
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And for a lot of these, I need to redo it every time I update the drivers. |
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> > A single GPU makes things simpler, but being able to have the best of both |
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> > options: |
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> > 1) Intel = low power = long battery life |
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> > 2) Nvidia = good quality 3D, but shorter battery life |
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> > The NVidia chip is actually switched off when not being used. (Or if not, |
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> > I |
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> > wouldn't notice as the battery life is significantly better after |
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> > installing |
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> > bumblebee and running the bumblebee service.) |
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> Thats right for the current setup, but it is possible to have a laptop with |
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> a powerful Intel GPU, right? |
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If there is a powerful Intel GPU. But those don't come close to the specs |
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NVidia and ATI put into the real GPUs. |
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Joost |