OpenGL and Linux Users You Should Avoid the Ati Xpress200 and Xpress1100
OpenGL and Linux users you should avoid the chip xpress200 and xpress1100. I have a xpress1100 on my laptop, and I had disappointment to note that this chip does not manage or very little the OpenGL, the consequences?
Under Windows the games or the applications that are using OpenGL’s 3D functions are performing very badly or not at all, and under Linux you do not have the 3D desktop nor the majority of the 3D applications.
This problem with the xpress200 was to be fixed by the xpress1100 but these two chips use the graphics processor unit X300se which is a X300 cut down by ATI(half pipe and bandwidth, very reduced memory) which on paper is to 1/3 slower than the X300 of origin another problem is that X300 in fact is already not an excellent graphics processor unit, finally the true is that the problem really does not come from the graphics processor unit, the fact is that ATI officially does not support the opengl function of this chip. These chips at low prices equip each days more and more laptop and PC but ATI refuses to support them. Why?
At this time no solution is thus offered if you use Linux or an OpenGL application or games under Windows, do not buy machines equipped with these chips, because the answer which you will receive will be, you have for what you pay…
And if you need information about Linux laptop compatibility visit this site The linux laptop support.
Author: Didier Pradel
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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