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Varreon

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Registered: 2008-07-03

Posts: 95

Intel Graphics

Maybe this isn't in the right forum, feel free to move it.

So I've been hearing that the intel graphics are working really well under linux. I've had experience with intel integrated graphics in a vaio in the past. It was a horrible card, even within windows. I'f I were to get a notebook with recent intel gfx card, would it be able to handle some lighter games (like tremulous, openarena, etc)

Or would I be better off going with one of the RadeonHD cards?

Ranguvar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

Posts: 2,563

Re: Intel Graphics

Google. Go Intel if they offer something in your price/performance range. Their drivers are good, their dedication great. Expect super 2.6.29 drivers. AMD has had a whole slew of driver issues, but there is hope for it. Check recent forum posts.

www.phoronix.com has info on all of this.

Ronin-Sage

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Registered: 2008-10-24

Posts: 153

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Re: Intel Graphics

Personally, I dislike Intel gfx in general a *lot*. Currently, I have an Acer Aspire 5610(w/ Intel 945GM/950GMA), and graphics in general is a very weak thing. Not to mention there's the recent xorg upgrade issue a lot of Intel-users have(though I believe that's only for 945GM and below users).

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b9anders

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Registered: 2007-11-07

Posts: 691

Re: Intel Graphics

current intel is going through a transition phase as we're transitioning to the GEM structure but support is not yet properly enabled in xorg. using an older version or development packages will give you good performance though. A few months from now you can expect very good performance on intel cards when xorg server 1.6, kernel 2.6.29 and Intel 2.6.x drivers are all out.

Last edited by b9anders (2009-01-28 11:05:20)