[ltp] How do you like your W500 or W700?

[Philipp Kern]

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On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 07:30:03AM +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> > I therefore want to avoid the ATI trap on my next ThinkPad.
> Avoid fglrx driver (binary driver). radeon/radeonhd work fine

It depends on the chip you have.  If you have an "older" not brand new
you should be "safe".

> If you want the best support, use intel graphics. It works pretty fine
> and is even powerful enough for ~some~ 3D stuff. If you badly need 3D
> stuff, then: radeon/radeonhd > nvidia > fglrx

Right, radeon supports xrandr (which is nice, especially when you need to
connect the laptop to a projector) and also basic 3D.  (Although I did
not get compiz running personally and 3D is much slower than with fglrx.
It is accelerated, though.)

Kind regards,
Philipp Kern
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