On Fri, Jul 27 2012, thana...@asyr.hopto.org wrote: > on 07/26/2012 11:50 PM Allan Gottlieb wrote the following: >> I am buying a new laptop, most likely a dell 6340. >> My choices for video are intel 4000 and nvidia nvs 5200M. >> >> An important consideration is that I use (via an E-port replicator) a >> 30" 2560x1600 monitor >> >> Dell (not surprisingly) recommends the nvidia saying they are not sure >> the 4000 will be good enough for watching DVDs. >> >> Assuming that is right, I want to be sure there is *some* driver for it. >> >> I would prefer nouveau as it has been trouble free for me with my >> current laptop, but I don't see the nvs 5200M listed. >> >> For the nvidia driver I see that the "quadro nvs series" is supported >> (for 290.10.00 and newer). Am I right that this includes the nvs 5200M. >> >> Has anyone experience with these graphics cards? >> >> Also how bad would it be with the intel 4000 and my hi-res display? >> > I would try to find out how much heat the nvidia card or any other card > would generate under load or even without load ... > You would not want a laptop to suffer from overheating ...
(please do not top post to this list) This is a std dell product (it is nvidia mobile device) so I am not worried about the heat. It will doubtless shorten battery time, but I mostly am plugged in. allan
