[Intel-gfx] Intel QM57/QS57 NB Gfx - Intel UMA HD Discrete supported ?

[Jin, Gordon]

Your hw falls into this line in http://intellinuxgraphics.org/documentation.html:
    HD  Intel(r) HD Graphics (used in Intel(r) 2010 Core(tm) i7/i5/i3 processor family)
The CPU codename is Arrandale.
QM57/QS57 is the PCH (chipset) name.
I guess "Discrete" mentioned in Dell offer means the notebook also includes (or supports) discrete gfx card (non-Intel).

Gordon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: intel-gfx-bounces+gordon.jin=intel.com at lists.freedesktop.org
> [mailto:intel-gfx-bounces+gordon.jin=intel.com at lists.freedesktop.org] On
> Behalf Of Andreas Steffan
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 7:57 PM
> To: Chris Wilson
> Cc: intel-gfx at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: [Intel-gfx] Intel QM57/QS57 NB Gfx - Intel UMA HD Discrete
> supported ?
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> thanks for the quick response.
> 
> Doing some research, I got a little further:
> 
> Their offering an Intel Core i7-640M based system. This processor
> includes
> 
> Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD Graphics aka GMA HD aka Intel HD
> Graphics (formerly known as GMA 5700 MHD) graphics card. :)
> 
> Unfortunately, looking at
> http://intellinuxgraphics.org/documentation.html I'm still not quite
> sure whether this is supported by the intel driver.
> 
> Any help still appreciated
> 
> best regards
> Andreas
> 
> On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 10:50 +0000, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:36:44 +0100, Andreas Steffan
> <a.steffan at contentreich.de> wrote:
> > > Hallo everybody,
> > >
> > > Dell is offering me a notebook with the following chipset:
> > >
> > > Intel QM57/QS57 NB Gfx - Intel UMA HD
> > > Discrete
> >
> > If I understand the nomenclature (does anybody?), that chipset would only
> > be used with discrete GPUs - there being no FDI link from the chip to
> > drive any displays. (At least by applying the desktop naming scheme to the
> > mobile world.)
> >
> > On the other hand, our 2010Q4 release has solid support for SandyBridge
> > including 2D, 3D and video (decode) acceleration. It will be some time
> > before that is available from stable distributions, but there should be
> > a repo for driver updates in the distro of your choice.
> > -Chris
> >
> 
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