Re: Question about compatibility...
Yeah, there's a couple different bug reports for this chipset
reporting bad video relating to color depth, and they've been around
since 2009 and 2010 :/ I think I might have to go with the 15" after
all, based on this...
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19714
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25968
On 10/6/11, John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/6/11, David Lowe <doctorjlowe@verizon.net> wrote:
>> Also, default video looks pretty
>> horrible on the Go5200 - i think i'm only seeing 256 colors though i
>> haven't
>> investigated further.
> Hmm. I've noticed something like that on my G5, but I hadn't gotten
> around to looking at it; looked like it was only running in 15/16-bit
> color, and the control panels didn't have an option for color depth.
> I'll have to see if I can figure out what the deal is there...poor 3D
> performance I can live with, but if I can't get true color that's a
> deal-breaker.
>
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