Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:53:58 -0500 From: eculp@encontacto.net To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone had bad experiences with a Dell Precision M65 Message-ID: <20070425135358.somp4zk4ggcoksgs@intranet.encontacto.net> In-Reply-To: <20070425142348.567ac9f9@vixen42> References: <20070425115307.svl8npkpsg8kg4o4@intranet.encontacto.net> <20070425130437.4ff9e172@vixen42> <20070425130954.cs3k1itfwog4kkk0@intranet.encontacto.net> <20070425142348.567ac9f9@vixen42>
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Quoting Vulpes Velox <v.velox@vvelox.net>: > 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=AE 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. > Thanks, I found it in the nvidia port. Appendix A. Supported NVIDIA =20 Graphics Chips, as supported. Plus, I've never had a nvidia card not =20 work that I can remember. Thanks again, ed
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