Not sure if I should post here, under general slackware or hardware.
Planning on buying a budget notebook.
(Medion MD98250 / P6622 )
It's got the new i3 cpu, with internal graphics and an extra Nvidia Geforce 310M card, with 512MB of it's own dedicated ram.
Under Win7 it will use the CPU's graphics part on normal 2D work, and save powerconsumption,,. and will boost performance on 3D stuff (games, movies, HD? ) with a switch to the Nvidia card, when needed, giving up on batterylife, favouring performance.
Not planning to use the Win7 bit though. Like to know IF it will run Slackware ( 13.x 64 ) with KDE. I would like to know IF Slackware can handle this new Core i3 processor, the internal GPUthingy inside the CPU to have good battery life, and if KDE/Slackware will switch to the Nvidia card when performance is asked.
Or, if it can't: is that a 'can't' yet, or never will support the double GPU's?
PS: 15,6" 1366x786 -> a non multiple of 8 resolution, that will work won't it?
I found an lspci from a german user of the laptop (ubuntu user)..
Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Arrandale DRAM Controller (rev 12)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Arrandale PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 12)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Arrandale Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 12)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset HECI Controller (rev 06)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 06)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Device 0a72 (rev a2)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Device 1063 (rev c0)
04:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8172 (rev 10)
2.6.33.x has support for the Arrandale/Clarkdale platform - Slackware 13.1 appears to be shipping with 2.6.33.4
