[ltp] Workarounds and tips for thinkpads running 2.6.23/2.6.24

[Alex Deucher]

On Feb 1, 2008 12:40 PM, Ashok Leyland <a_06357@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 07:24:00PM +0200, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 04:43:14PM +0000, Ashok Leyland wrote:
> > > > Besides, AFAIK ATIs are better at power
> > > > conservation than nVidia anyway (wtf Lenovo switched to nVidia?!), and
> > > > nobody can beat the slower Intel GPUs at power conservation, so if you don't
> > > > require 3D speed that much, get Intel.
> > >
> > > FWIW, WRT 3D accel, the X3100/Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 is quite capable of
> > > running compiz and stellarium at 1024x768, the only opengl things I run here.
> >
> > FWIW even the ancient ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 was quite capable of
> > running compiz at 1024x768 (or even 1280x1024, if you used 16 bit depth
> > instead of 32 bit).
>
> yes, it's a great card for compiz, apart from the lack of support for
> GL_ARB_fragment_program, which is only used by the more frivolous
> plugins in any case.

Not much we can do there as the HW doesn't support it.

Alex