On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Steve Hill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:steve@nexusuk.org">steve@nexusuk.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Sun, 8 Nov 2009, Andrew Herron wrote:<br>
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I think we can all applaud Intel for its openness and driver support in<br>
Linux...however their drivers still do not extract all of the performance<br>
possible from their GPU's.<br>
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Absolutely, I'm fully aware that I'll be getting more performance from the nVidia kit than from Intel. But ATM I am facing a tossup between an Atom + nVidia GPU or Core2 + Intel GPU - the former requires proprietary drivers which have a completely opaque development and bug reporting process, the latter requires more power and cooling. I'm not sure which to go for ATM, so I'll need to look at the hardware closer.<div class="im">
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- Steve<br>
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<br></div></blockquote><div><br>You will never match the SD picture quality from your Intel GPU I'm afraid and no hope whatsoever in HD at all. The current nVidia drivers are really way better than your historical experience with older nVidia drivers.<br>
<br>All the best<br><br><br>Andrew<br></div></div>