On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Mick <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been thinking of buying this laptop and was looking at the Gentoo Wiki > which shows relatively good hardware compatibility, except for the radeon card > which is now an older offering: > > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Dell_Studio_XPS_16 > > The current spec on the UK Dell website shows 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 (see > below). > ================================================================ > PROCESSOR: Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 720QM (1.60Ghz, 6MB cache) > LCD: Black Leather back cover : 15.6" (inch) Truelife 1080p Full HD WLED > Edge > to Edge Display > MEMORY: 4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048] > HARD DRIVE: 500GB (7,200rpm) Free Fall Sensor Hard Drive > PRIMARY BATTERY: 9-cell 85Whr Lithium Ion battery > OPTICAL DRIVE: Internal Blu-Ray ROM (Blu-Ray read, DVD and CD read & Write) > Optical Drive > GRAPHICS CARD: 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 graphics card > WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY: Dell Wireless 1397 Mini Card (802.11 b/g) > BLUETOOTH: Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth Module > ================================================================ > > According to these links the RadeonHD driver is experimental: > http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeon > http://wiki.x.org/wiki/radeonhd%3Aexperimental_3D > > Does anyone have experience with this driver, or better yet, this laptop? > Shall I buy or shall I shy away from it?
I don't have one (I wish!) but after a quick googling it looks like ATI Catalyst drivers support the graphics chip and the wireless is a BCM4312 chipset. I think the rest of it should be pretty standard stuff.
