<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Assuming full effects are on... Would battery life benefit from intel over nvidia? I bought a dell 1330 with nvidia (amd love it) but also wondered if Having Intel graphics card and a 5500 intel cpu instead of 7500 would give noticable increase in battery life<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Feb 9, 2009, at 10:34 AM, "Kenneth Downs" <<a href="mailto:ken@secdat.com">ken@secdat.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
Brett Viren wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 1:26 PM, Kenneth Downs <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ken@secdat.com"><<a href="mailto:ken@secdat.com">ken@secdat.com</a>></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">i'm looking for the cheapest nvidia card that will be very happy with Ubuntu
and the fancy desktop nonsense^H^H^H^H^H effects.
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Does anyone continue to use compiz fusion after the initial play time
is over? I worked so hard to get that working the first time and
played with it for about 10 minutes before I just lost the point and
went back to the beloved sawfish.
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Actually I enjoy it with a minimum of effects. Some of them like
wiggly windows are good for giggles, but i find the fade-ins and
shadowing very nice.<br>
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<pre wrap="">Any recommendations?
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Intel video card. Cheaper and don't need proprietary drivers. My
laptop has one and the free drivers allow full support for wobbly
windows and the other funky effects.
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AHA! The world keeps changing around me. I will look into the Intel
solution.<br>
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<pre wrap="">-Brett.
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