Re: [gentoo-user] drivers for INTEL integrated GPU?

[Jorge Almeida]

On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 12:39 PM, J. Roeleveld <joost@××××××××.org> wrote:
> On March 28, 2017 11:19:00 AM GMT+02:00, Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida@×××××.com> wrote:

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>>Maybe someone with a 7th generation can share experience?
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> If you just want 2D, then any GPU should work. Intel has very good support on Linux.
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> For desktop effect, the '3D' capabilities of the GPU are being used. Intel GPUs can handle those without issues. Unless the gen7 version isn't in the kernel yet, expect to have to wait. But I wouldn't expect to have to wait very long. But I wouldn't go for a newer gen7 CPU just for the GPU if not interested in 3D games.
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Well, I suppose gen7 has advantages re power consumption and speed,
for uses other than 3D. For example, it supports faster RAM. I'm not
sure it's worth the price, though.

Thanks for the input.

Jorge