Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-08-02 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Wed, Aug 01 2012, Michael Mol wrote: > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 01 2012, Daniel Troeder wrote: >> >>> On 31.07.2012 16:30, Allan Gottlieb wrote: latitudes E6430 6430s >>> nvidia through optimus :( >>> latitudes E6330 >>> No nvidia. >> >>

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-08-01 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > On Wed, Aug 01 2012, Daniel Troeder wrote: > >> On 31.07.2012 16:30, Allan Gottlieb wrote: >>> latitudes E6430 6430s >> nvidia through optimus :( >> >>> latitudes E6330 >> No nvidia. > > I see. (Actually I think the 6430s is no nvidia, but

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-08-01 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Wed, Aug 01 2012, Daniel Troeder wrote: > On 31.07.2012 16:30, Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> latitudes E6430 6430s > nvidia through optimus :( > >> latitudes E6330 > No nvidia. I see. (Actually I think the 6430s is no nvidia, but you point is well understood). I am hopeful of getting intel 4000

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-08-01 Thread Daniel Troeder
On 31.07.2012 16:30, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > latitudes E6430 6430s nvidia through optimus :( > latitudes E6330 No nvidia.

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-07-31 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Fri, Jul 27 2012, Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 26 2012, Mark Knecht wrote: >> >>> Check the nvidia site. It will tell you the exact driver Rev that >>> supports this GPU. >> >> Thanks. I see that 295.53 supports the NVS 5200M. Am

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-07-31 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Sat, Jul 28 2012, Daniel Troeder wrote: > On 26.07.2012 22:50, Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> I am buying a new laptop, most likely a dell 6340. >> My choices for video are intel 4000 and nvidia nvs 5200M. > Just make sure, that you don't get a "optimus" notebook. Thanks. I am considering latitude

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-07-28 Thread Daniel Troeder
On 26.07.2012 22:50, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I am buying a new laptop, most likely a dell 6340. > My choices for video are intel 4000 and nvidia nvs 5200M. Just make sure, that you don't get a "optimus" notebook.

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-07-27 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Fri, Jul 27 2012, thana...@asyr.hopto.org wrote: > on 07/27/2012 10:12 PM Allan Gottlieb wrote the following: >> >> This is a std dell product (it is nvidia mobile device) so I am not >> worried about the heat. It will doubtless shorten battery time, but I >> mostly am plugged in. >> >> alla

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-07-27 Thread Mark Knecht
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > On Thu, Jul 26 2012, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> Check the nvidia site. It will tell you the exact driver Rev that >> supports this GPU. > > Thanks. I see that 295.53 supports the NVS 5200M. Am I right in > believing that this means all drive

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-07-27 Thread Michael Mol
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > On Thu, Jul 26 2012, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> Check the nvidia site. It will tell you the exact driver Rev that >> supports this GPU. > > Thanks. I see that 295.53 supports the NVS 5200M. Am I right in > believing that this means all driver

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-07-27 Thread Thanasis
on 07/27/2012 10:12 PM Allan Gottlieb wrote the following: > > This is a std dell product (it is nvidia mobile device) so I am not > worried about the heat. It will doubtless shorten battery time, but I > mostly am plugged in. > > allan > > I wouldn't be so sure about it, after I had a bad exp

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-07-27 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Thu, Jul 26 2012, Mark Knecht wrote: > Check the nvidia site. It will tell you the exact driver Rev that > supports this GPU. Thanks. I see that 295.53 supports the NVS 5200M. Am I right in believing that this means all drivers >= 295.53 support it. This would be good as there are a few such

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-07-27 Thread Allan Gottlieb
On Fri, Jul 27 2012, thana...@asyr.hopto.org wrote: > on 07/26/2012 11:50 PM Allan Gottlieb wrote the following: >> I am buying a new laptop, most likely a dell 6340. >> My choices for video are intel 4000 and nvidia nvs 5200M. >> >> An important consideration is that I use (via an E-port replica

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-07-26 Thread Thanasis
I would try to find out how much heat the nvidia card or any other card would generate under load or even without load ... You would not want a laptop to suffer from overheating ... on 07/26/2012 11:50 PM Allan Gottlieb wrote the following: > I am buying a new laptop, most likely a dell 6340. > M

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-07-26 Thread Mark Knecht
Check the nvidia site. It will tell you the exact driver Rev that supports this GPU. Mark

[gentoo-user] nvidia NVS 5200M

2012-07-26 Thread Allan Gottlieb
I am buying a new laptop, most likely a dell 6340. My choices for video are intel 4000 and nvidia nvs 5200M. An important consideration is that I use (via an E-port replicator) a 30" 2560x1600 monitor Dell (not surprisingly) recommends the nvidia saying they are not sure the 4000 will be good eno