[Tfug] video card recommendations

[Robert Hunter]

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On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 10:42:14PM -0700, Ryan Cresawn wrote:
> I specifically selected the Intel integrated graphics chip when I
> bought my Dell Vostro laptop.  Dell refers to the chip as Intel X3100.
>  All the Xorg drivers for this chip know it as Intel 965GM.  I had
> high hopes that it would be a great card because of Intel's
> reputation; however, my experience hasn't been perfect.  I never got
> the graphics working in the correct resolution in Ubuntu 7.04.  In
> Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04 the resolution is fine but the card enters a very
> strange crash loop if you attempt to render any scene in Blender.
> That means Blender is unusable.  The card also has problems with
> Desktop Effects (Compiz/Beryl) which cause the computer to freeze in
> every way except for the mouse pointer.

Ryan, my T61 has the 965GM.  Like you, I was not able to get the Intel
driver to work with Gutsy, but after upgrading to Hardy, it works like
a charm.  Occasionally, when I tinker around with my xorg.conf (such
as this weekend, when I was setting up a Wacom tablet), the display
will drop back to vesa "compatibility" mode, at which point I just
restore my xorg.conf from backup, and restart X.  I'm running on a
WSXGA+ display at full resolution ( i.e. 1680x1050 ).

- --Rob
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