From: Brian Furtaw (brian++at++sgi.com)
Date: 09/04/2003 04:34:51
I got a Dell Latitude C840 which has an Nvidia GeForce4 Go chip with
64MB of memory and a 1394 interface. I am running Performer and Redhat
7.3 with the latest Nvidia drivers without a problem. It performs well
but only supports two textures under the multi-texture extension.
Brian
William R Sherman wrote:
> The discussion about nVidia vs. ATI got me to thinking that I should
> ask the list for advice on which laptop one should purchase if they
> want good graphics performance, and want to be able to run Performer.
> And since that no longer implies that I want a good Linux box, I must
> state that I want to be able to run Linux and get all/most of the
> features of the laptop (I can live without the built-in modem).
>
> If possible, I'd also like a laptop with integrated (and Linux compatible)
> IEEE-1394 for video capture.
>
> Performance is more important than cost, within reason.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>
> --
> Bill Sherman
> VR Impresario & co-author of "Understanding Virtual Reality"
> NCSA Virtual Environments Group
> wsherman++at++ncsa.uiuc.edu
>
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