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Tereva
08-04-2010, 01:13 AM
Hi there,

I'm looking to buy a Lenovo G550 who use for a video card an :

"Chipset Intel GL40 Express
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M"

How Intel chipset are supported on BSD ?


Thx for any info

Tereva
Fatmice
08-04-2010, 03:28 AM
Look here to see if there is known usage.

http://laptop.bsdgroup.de/freebsd/
Tereva
08-04-2010, 06:50 AM
Hi Fatmice

Thx for your answer.
I had checked the list before posting but the G550 isn't there (the G530 is if I remember correctly).

But generaly speaking what about BSD and intel graphic chipset

There is a lot of laptop with intel graphic shipset.
If I understand correctly only nVidia provide BSD drivers.
Does that mean that no 3D acceleration will be possible with other brand ?
Is there any more downside not using a nVidia graphic card ?

Thx for any info

Tereva
Fatmice
08-04-2010, 11:44 PM
I can tell you that support for graphics is generally nvidia>ati>intel gmas'

Why is this the case? Because Nvidia is smart and at least attempts to give freebsd binaries of their drivers. The Ati's and Intel's has their head stuck up you know where.

That said, there is little support for your G550, which belongs to GMA4500s. Indeed, all support comes from the xf86-video-intel port. You might want to take a look at that.

3D acceleration is possible with other brand, but if you like to use the most recent ones, you're using the wrong OS. Just the way it is since support is left wholly to non-paid volunteers that we call open source.
Tereva
08-09-2010, 11:04 PM
I can tell you that support for graphics is generally nvidia>ati>intel gmas'
...



Thx for this, that was exactly the kind of answer I was looking for

Tereva
kmoore134
08-10-2010, 01:56 PM
That's correct, with ati / intel driver support we are at the mercy of
the xorg drivers, which often are buggy and cause tons of regressions,
along with being linux centric, which means it takes longer to port over
each new release. Nvidia by far provides the best support, and when we
run into problems it is at the very minimum easy to report a bug to them
and get it fixed.