[Tfug] Most stable laptop video drivers

[Bexley Hall]

Hi Adrian,

On 1/14/2013 11:50 AM, Adrian wrote:
> So, after filtering stuff out I'm basically left with laptops that have the
> following video GPUs:
> ATI FirePro M5950
> nVidia Quadro 1000M
> AMD/ATI Radeon HD 7570M
>
> My current/dying laptop has a ATI Radeon x1100 in it, which always worked
> alright when setup, but was a pain in the butt to initially get working
> correctly or upgrading the driver. Do any of the above just work
> out-of-the-box with X? From what I can gather searching around, it looks like
> the nVidia probably has the best support, the 7570M the least... Anyone with
> personal experience?

Do you have any other (e.g., performance!) criteria besides "robustness
of driver"?  Or, do you want to squeeze the balloon at *both* ends?

--don