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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: Ashkan Rahmani <ashkan82r@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Optimus VGA support in new release 9.1
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On Mon, 31 Dec 2012, Ashkan Rahmani wrote:

> hi,
> I really want to migrate to FreeBSD for daily usages, Bu my main issue is
> my
> vga card on my notebook, this is optimus.
>
> any body knows is it supported in this new release?

If the BIOS allows turning off the NVidia graphics, FreeBSD 9.1 has a 
KMS driver that will support the Intel graphics.