Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 23:56:27 +0300 From: Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.dev> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: laptops Message-ID: <80d05318-fe50-ec1b-aa35-a5bd75d24f1b@yuripv.dev> In-Reply-To: <20210216142751.01a2408f@dismail.de> References: <20210216134229.773fde3d@dismail.de> <ce13790c-cc1b-98ef-68ff-0fc18a5c2f6c@nomadlogic.org> <fd491e9a-8d92-95d4-e3a4-b267deb008ab@yuripv.dev> <20210216142751.01a2408f@dismail.de>
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LuMiWa via freebsd-questions wrote: > On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:15:46 +0300 > Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.dev> wrote: > >> Pete Wright wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 2/16/21 10:42 AM, LuMiWa via freebsd-questions wrote: >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> I did search FreeBSD Wiki/laptops but I didn't find the answer. I >>>> like to buy Thinkpad W541 or W550s (prefer W541) but I am not sure >>>> if will work on FreeBSD. I want it to connect external monitor >>>> which going through Nvidia graphics card which Optimus driver >>>> supposed it works on FreeBSD 13. I found that installation works >>>> on W520 and 530. >>> I have a different Thinkpad with Optimus graphics - a P43s. It >>> mostly works, but have been pretty underwhelmed by the hybrid >>> graphics of Optimus systems. Not just with FreeBSD, but from what >>> I gather its suboptimal on Linux as well. >>> >>> To get it working on FreeBSD there is an open PR* that gets things >>> working, and I can drive specific apps with the Nvidia GPU (via the >>> "optirun" binary). But there is a bit of level of effort getting >>> it to work until we can get this PR over the finish line since I >>> maintain a branch of the ports tree to just support the diffs in >>> this PR. >>> >>> One other issue I have is with the overall design of the Optimus >>> design, the GPU is used to offload processing but the display is >>> still driven by the Intel i915 GPU. Depending on your use-case >>> this may lead to reduced performance. All in all I am very happy >>> with this thinkpad, but if I had a choice I would have chosen a >>> system with dedicated Nvidia or i915 GPU's rather than this hybrid >>> approach. >> >> I do not know what exactly "optimus" is, but e.g. in P51 I can select >> either "hybrid graphics" (i915) or "discrete graphics" (nvidia >> quadro). With the latter, I had no issues connecting external display. >> _______________________________________________ > > Thinkpad has Intel and Nvidia. I like to use just Nvidia Quadro if is > possible. I will do more research. Thank you. It's certainly possible with Lenovo Thinkpad P51.
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