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Liliputing: Quake III, HD video demoed on netbooks with GMA 500 graphics, Moblin Linux
Crave: The gadget blog: How to run Quake III and HD videos on a Netbook
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RT @sascha_p: RT @sascha_p Video: Quake III in Full HD mit GMA500 Grafik & Intel Atom Z-Series unter Moblin Linux... http://bit.ly/1tIXKm 11/2/2009 |
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RT @sascha_p Video: Quake III in Full HD mit GMA500 Grafik & Intel Atom Z-Series unter Moblin Linux | Netbooknews.de... http://bit.ly/1tIXKm 11/1/2009 |
Quake III, HD video demoed on netbooks with GMA 500 graphics, Moblin Linux
Liliputing —
... including Quake III. Probably the most impressive demo showed an MSI Wind U115 with an Atom Z530 processor and GMA 500 graphics running Quake III in HD resolutions on an external display at about 35 frames per second.
For the demo, the netbook was running Moblin Linux. As far as I know, the Windows drivers for this chipset won’t allow this kind of performance.
You can check out a few videos from the event after the break, courtesy of UMPC Portal and Netbook News.de. ...
How to run Quake III and HD videos on a Netbook
Crave: The gadget blog —
... showed an MSI Wind U115 with an Atom Z530 1.6GHz/Intel GMA 500 combo not only playing an HD video clip, but also running Quake III at about 35fps. The secret? This Netbook is using Moblin Linux, which has optimized drivers to push the graphics performance to another level.
If this gets you all excited, you can download a copy of Moblin Linux here and let us know your experience. But while waiting for the download, check out some videos posted by UMPC Portal and Netbook News.de after the jump.
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