It's best to have dedicated NVIDIA (don't have much experience with ATI,
but it is my understanding that they may be more difficult to configire
sometimes). However, Intel on-board graphics has gotten much better
recently (in fact, Intel releases drivers as open source (guess because
they are not big players in video cards). I am not sure you'll actually
notice any difference between NVIDIA and Intel integrated, since coot is
not as demanding as the bleeding edge videogames for which high-speed
graphics matters.
I'd recommend to search various linux forums for information about the
laptop you are considering - if it's a fairly new model, there are often
issues you'll need to resolve to get it going.
Ed.
On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 16:45 +0100, wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I wanted to know which type of graphics card is more suitable for a notebook
> which is going to be used for structural biology. Integrated or dedicated?
> ATI or NVIDIA? At the moment I have to choose between an integrated Intel HD
> Graphics or a dedicated NVIDIA NVS 3100M Graphics. Any suggestions are highly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eric
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