Re: New laptops with hybrid graphics

2016-04-28 Thread Nicholas Leippe
I can't comment on the laptop hybrid support issues nor recent amd drivers, but a little over a year ago I tried the amd binary drivers again for the first time in years and within the first week hit slowdowns and even complete system lockups with them. The opensource drivers worked w/o fault--but

Re: New laptops with hybrid graphics

2016-04-28 Thread Barry Roberts
On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 10:14 AM, John Shaver wrote: > Thanks for the advice! > > One last question. I have never tried AMD/ATI graphics in linux. > Does anyone know if the FirePRo discrete card would be easier to get > working than the Quadro in a laptop? > > My options are: > AMD FirePro™ W5170

Re: New laptops with hybrid graphics

2016-04-28 Thread John Shaver
Thanks for the advice! One last question. I have never tried AMD/ATI graphics in linux. Does anyone know if the FirePRo discrete card would be easier to get working than the Quadro in a laptop? My options are: AMD FirePro™ W5170M Nvidia® Quadro® M1000M Either way, if I'm paying for the card, it