Anyone on the list have a laptop for sale that can run Beryl etc?

[Jon Pruente]

On 10/29/07, Michael Schultheiss <schultmc at cinlug.org> wrote:
> Now that I have 2G of RAM, it's not a big deal.  But back when I had
> only 512MB of RAM, using 64-128MB (or whatever the minimum was) as video
> RAM potentially hurt performance.  I know Intel GFX chips don't offer
> dedicated VRAM - I was specifically thinking of a higher end ATI or
> nVidia graphics card.

FWIW, I can run Compiz Fusion and all sorts of Linux 3D games on an
old GF4MX 440.  Even the integrated 915 video (GMA 900) should stomp
all over it.  I think Luke is right that it's about all one really
needs (on a laptop) unless you want some serious video power which (in
a laptop) is then going to help suck out your battery power and put
off heat.  I haven't really put the specs together in a while, but
also powering a bigger and faster LCD to make use of a more powerful
GPU is also going to suck down battery power.  And many LCD panels
don't truly support the speeds and colors a good GPU can put out
anyway, so it's still a bit overkill.

Jon.