Dave Culp wrote:
> Many people have had this, or similar problems, with both the ATI and nVidia
> cards. There is a patch floating around somewhere that reverts a line in the
> rendering code, and I'm told it improves night frame rates quite a bit,
> without noticeable degradation of quality. Someone here or on IRC can point
> you to it.
>
> On the other hand, getting a simulation application like FlightGear to work
> on
> a laptop is bound to be risky business. I'm surprised it works on any
> laptops.
>
You just have to plan ahead and buy a laptop that is designed to run
applications like FlightGear. If you run out and buy some $495 special
at a place like CompUSA or Best Buy you could very likely run into
problems running graphically intense apps like FlightGear.
For instance:
http://www.widowpc.com/2005/06/gaming_laptops.php
Or if you buy from any other manufacturer, just make sure it comes with
a high end graphics chip in it. Usually if it comes with good graphics
hardware, the manufacturer will make a clear point of it, and probably
charge you a little more. If the graphics chipset and specs are kind of
glossed over in the system description, then that would be a big red
flag to proceed very carefully with that particular system.
Curt.
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HumanFIRST Program http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/
FlightGear Project http://www.flightgear.org
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