On Dec 3, 2007 4:14 AM, Dr. David Kirkby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > None of Intel's cards have thermal sensors, and their > > driver software is very > > basic. NVIDIA is the only company to provide > > accelerated drivers and > > utilities to non-Windows operating systems. You > > don't set the resolution > > with the utlity, that's why the XRandR extension was > > such an important > > milestone to accomplish when X.org 7.x was instituted > > on OpenSolaris. Again, > > the Intel cards lack the functionality. > > > > James > > Thank you James. It looks like I am OK now, as I think both the Nvidia and > the Intel graphics are working correctly. I can live with reduced control on > Intel. > > I see some web page say Sony claim 4.5 hours typical use on the Intel chip > set of this laptop and 3.5 when using the Nvidia. I can't say I've seen that > from Sony, nor can I say I have measured it myself, but it does run > significantly warmer when using the Nvidia, so I can well believe it reduces > the battery life by 20-25%. >
For the record, in the last year or so Intel did start providing *code* and a binary blob for accelerated drives and that work is being adopted for Solaris/OpenSolaris if I'm not mistaken. Plus Intel has reassigned individuals such as Dave Stewart to work on bringing Intel-specific platform optimisations and functionality to Solaris/OpenSolaris. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor..." --Larry Wall _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
