Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:23:48 -0400 From: Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net> To: eculp@encontacto.net Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone had bad experiences with a Dell Precision M65 Message-ID: <20070425142348.567ac9f9@vixen42> In-Reply-To: <20070425130954.cs3k1itfwog4kkk0@intranet.encontacto.net> References: <20070425115307.svl8npkpsg8kg4o4@intranet.encontacto.net> <20070425130437.4ff9e172@vixen42> <20070425130954.cs3k1itfwog4kkk0@intranet.encontacto.net>
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:09:54 -0500 eculp@encontacto.net wrote: > Quoting Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net>: > > > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:53:07 -0500 > > eculp@encontacto.net wrote: > > > >> I am seriously considering one, more than anything else for the > >> 15.4 inch screen with a resolution of 1920 X 1200, assuming that > >> I can get that out of XOrg. I want the resolution but don't > >> want a monster laptop. Apart from that the price seems ok with > >> 2G of memory, and a Intel® 3945 802.11a/g Dual-band Mini-Card > >> (DW1390) that should work someday ;) I assume that the > >> bluetooth will probably work and if not, no big deal. > >> > >> Thanks in advance for any information or suggestions, > > > > From my experience getting that resolution out of Xorg will not > > be a issue at all. My suggestion is to go with a Nvidia chipset > > if you want decent graphics support. The ATI ones that are common > > lack 3d support. I am not sure how the generic Intel ones are for > > that, but been less than impressed with them under windows from > > what I have seen. > > > Thanks, Vulpes. Here I can't screw up dell doesn't give me an > option to change. It is the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350M 512MB > Turbocache, OpenGL (FX350M) which AFAICT is a 256M card and 256M > can be shared from RAM. No clue how well those work. When I got my Toshiba I made sure it was not turbocache since I wanted it for gaming as well. AFAIK it is supported, but you will most likely want to double check with the Nvidia driver docs. They include a list of supported chipsets in it.
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