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  • (Score: 2) by dublet on Thursday July 24 2014, @10:51AM

    by dublet (2994) on Thursday July 24 2014, @10:51AM (#73201)

    You are also right in that I should've done a bit more research into the integrated Intel GPU. If the NVidia solution is bad, imagine how much worse the AMD variant is!

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  • (Score: 2) by nightsky30 on Thursday July 24 2014, @11:29AM

    by nightsky30 (1818) on Thursday July 24 2014, @11:29AM (#73209)

    They started supporting Optimus on their Linux drivers a little over a year ago. Perhaps the Linux drivers function better than the Windows equivalent. I've not used or needed Optimus, but I can say their plain drivers have worked really well for me gaming under Linux. Although in your case, perhaps you require Windows for the games you play. YMMV. Sorry to hear you've had such a rough time with the thinkpads. My employer bought a bunch of thinkpad E545 for events we host. They're ok, but I don't like the keyboard and trackpad. They feel cheap.

    • (Score: 2) by dublet on Thursday July 24 2014, @04:26PM

      by dublet (2994) on Thursday July 24 2014, @04:26PM (#73336)

      There are no proper Linux drivers for the dual Intel/AMD setup. The only Linux option is to disable the Intel GPU and run the AMD one all of the time.

      While it's my work laptop and at the moment runs Windows, ironically games are very hard to play due to graphical glitches with the AMD GPU. It leaves a large rectangle at some point on the screen that doesn't update. Running OpenTTD for instance, leaves a large black rect right in the middle of the screen. Similarly with other games and even with some desktop applications that use hardware acceleration like Visual Studio.

      The keyboard on the S540 is ok, feels nice to type on with large keys and enough feedback, the new style track pad does feel cheap and nasty, unlike the one of old IBM ThinkPads.

  • (Score: 2) by nightsky30 on Thursday July 24 2014, @11:53AM

    by nightsky30 (1818) on Thursday July 24 2014, @11:53AM (#73218)

    Sorry, meant to link this:

    http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/nvidia-releases-linux-graphics-drivers.html [webupd8.org]