| 1 |
I have been thinking of buying this laptop and was looking at the Gentoo Wiki |
| 2 |
which shows relatively good hardware compatibility, except for the radeon card |
| 3 |
which is now an older offering: |
| 4 |
|
| 5 |
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Dell_Studio_XPS_16 |
| 6 |
|
| 7 |
The current spec on the UK Dell website shows 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 (see |
| 8 |
below). |
| 9 |
================================================================ |
| 10 |
PROCESSOR: Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 720QM (1.60Ghz, 6MB cache) |
| 11 |
LCD: Black Leather back cover : 15.6" (inch) Truelife 1080p Full HD WLED Edge |
| 12 |
to Edge Display |
| 13 |
MEMORY: 4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048] |
| 14 |
HARD DRIVE: 500GB (7,200rpm) Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive |
| 15 |
PRIMARY BATTERY: 9-cell 85Whr Lithium Ion battery |
| 16 |
OPTICAL DRIVE: Internal Blu-Ray ROM (Blu-Ray read, DVD and CD read & Write) |
| 17 |
Optical Drive |
| 18 |
GRAPHICS CARD: 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 graphics card |
| 19 |
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY: Dell Wireless 1397 Mini Card (802.11 b/g) |
| 20 |
BLUETOOTH: Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module |
| 21 |
================================================================ |
| 22 |
|
| 23 |
According to these links the RadeonHD driver is experimental: |
| 24 |
http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeon |
| 25 |
http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeonhd%3Aexperimental_3D |
| 26 |
|
| 27 |
Does anyone have experience with this driver, or better yet, this laptop? |
| 28 |
Shall I buy or shall I shy away from it? |
| 29 |
-- |
| 30 |
Regards, |
| 31 |
Mick |
Archives