> "<Eric Karg>" <harvard...@yahoo.com> > Datum: > Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:37:10 +0000 > > > Dear all, > > Thanks for your suggestions. From what I learned new GPUs from NVIDIA are > using the Optimus technology which does not support Linux, meaning that only > the dedicated graphics on the system will be used in Linux. Does it still > make sense to go for NVIDIA instead of ATI? > > Eric >
Eric, Optimus is a technology for fast switching between the slow internal graphics unit and a fast, but power-hungry, NVidia chip. Unfortunately, it is currently only supported by Windows7. If the notebook's BIOS offers to permanently disable, or permanently enable, the NVidia graphics then, from the Linux view, this would be equivalent to a conventional notebook with slow/fast graphics. If it just defaults to one of those states then, using Linux, you are at the mercy of the decision of the BIOS developers. So I'd say: before you buy investigate what the BIOS offers. HTH, Kay -- Kay Diederichs http://strucbio.biologie.uni-konstanz.de email: kay.diederi...@uni-konstanz.de Tel +49 7531 88 4049 Fax 3183 Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Box M647, D-78457 Konstanz This e-mail is digitally signed. If your e-mail client does not have the necessary capabilities, just ignore the attached signature "smime.p7s".
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