From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 25 19:04:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28D9716A403 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:04:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eculp@encontacto.net) Received: from farris.bafirst.com (adsl-065-081-102-002.sip.jan.bellsouth.net [65.81.102.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9060613C46C for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:04:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eculp@encontacto.net) Received: from HOME.encontacto.net ([189.129.2.135]) by farris.bafirst.com with esmtp; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:54:00 -0500 id 0006D44C.462FA3C9.00017DE9 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 80) by HOME.encontacto.net with local; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:53:59 -0500 id 0004AC2E.462FA3C7.0000BF86 Received: from dsl-189-129-2-135.prod-infinitum.com.mx (dsl-189-129-2-135.prod-infinitum.com.mx [189.129.2.135]) by intranet.encontacto.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:53:58 -0500 Message-ID: <20070425135358.somp4zk4ggcoksgs@intranet.encontacto.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:53:58 -0500 From: eculp@encontacto.net To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org References: <20070425115307.svl8npkpsg8kg4o4@intranet.encontacto.net> <20070425130437.4ff9e172@vixen42> <20070425130954.cs3k1itfwog4kkk0@intranet.encontacto.net> <20070425142348.567ac9f9@vixen42> In-Reply-To: <20070425142348.567ac9f9@vixen42> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.2-cvs) X-Originating-IP: 189.129.2.135 Subject: Re: Anyone had bad experiences with a Dell Precision M65 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:04:18 -0000 Quoting Vulpes Velox : > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:09:54 -0500 > eculp@encontacto.net wrote: > >> Quoting Vulpes Velox : >> >> > 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