[olug] Laptop Options 2

[Dave Rowe]

I think he meant a 'free OS'.  Nvidia's official drivers are still 
closed source.

Craig Wolf wrote:
> Luke, I beg to differ.  I have run 3d on my Nvidia cards, you just have
> to download the driver from Nvidia just like the ATI.
> 
>>>> Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org> 2/19/2008 >>>
> On Monday 18 February 2008, Rob Townley wrote:
>> Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 [subtract $100]
>> 128MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce™ 8400M GS [Included in Price]
>>
>> However, have no idea how the nVidia 8400M GS plays with compiz.
> 
> If you want to run a free OS (eg, most people who use Linux?), nVidia
> cards 
> are 2D only. No 3D accel at all.
> 
> The Intel gfx should be good though :)
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