I would stick to Intel integrated GPUs. Most new nVidia mobile parts are paired with Optimus, which I have first hand, painful experience with. I would put ATI in the second position as a result.
On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Sudhangathan B S <[email protected]>wrote: > > > --------------------------------- > Sudhangathan BS > Ph:(+91) 9731-905-205 > --------------------------------- > > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Jimmy Sjölund <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 3:24 AM, Sudhangathan B S >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Heyy Studios, >>> >>> I am planning to buy a Laptop and have already decided to put Ubuntu >>> Studio as it is my favorite Distribution since the last 4 to 5 years. I am >>> planning to a laptop with extra Graphics card. I have found that (from a >>> short survey) AMD/ATI, NVIDIA have lot of driver problems and they just >>> won't work, and I have experienced it myself while using other laptops. >>> >>> I often video/photo edit after my adventures. >>> If anybody is successfully using a graphics card with Studio, i.e. with >>> a fully working driver and smooth graphics, please let me know the model of >>> the graphics card and the laptop(or even desktop) configurations. >>> >> >> Do you mean to connect an external graphic card? >> > > No.. I want to select a good internal graphics card for the laptop which > suits Ubuntu-Studio..! > >> >> > I run Ubuntu Studio 12.04 64 bit on a Sony Vaio VPCEB1S1E with an "ATI >> Mobility Radeon HD 5650 - 1024 MB, Core: 450 MHz, Memory: 790 MHz, >> 8.14.10.0708". In earlier US versions had some trouble with shadings before >> I installed ATI proprietary drivers, but I haven't seen those issues since >> 12.04. >> In 12.04 I chose Additional Drivers and "ATI/AMD proprietary graphics >> driver", not the experimental beta or post-release but they might function >> well, I just haven't tested them as I want as stable environment as >> possible. My only reason to use the ATI drivers were to connect my external >> monitor through HDMI, which I couldn't get to work properly without >> installing the ATI drivers. For some reason I had to start up AMD Catalyst >> Control Center every time I booted up before the driver would understand >> that the external monitor was connected. Then one day it just stopped and >> remember the settings anyway. >> I have also tried it out on 12.10 64 bit, worked the same as in 12.04. >> Then I installed 13.04 64 bit when it was released and installed the latest >> driver from ATI manually. Same issue there, I had to start the AMD control >> center every boot to redo my settings for the monitors. >> Recently I have found that I might be able to configure the external >> monitor within Xfce without involving the ATI drivers, but I haven't >> investigated further since, well it already works. I don't do any 3D or >> gaming so I have no experience in the behaviour there. >> >> /Jimmy >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >> >> > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > >
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