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ryanvade
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If you intend to run Linux and play games, be carful what hardware you get. On a desktop machine, graphics cards and drivers are all fine, but on some laptops that have dual graphics cards, one integrated and one discreet chip for gaming, Linux struggles. Chipset manufacturers have not released specs for to handle the chipset switching technology, and haven't released drivers themselves to handle it. There are workarounds but they are clumsy and time consuming to set up. If you have to play games on a laptop, I would suggest finding one that has discreet graphics only. There are some around.
Nvidia Optimus cards are working fine on Linux. I have written a couple of tutorials on how to set them up on Debian based systems. Ati discrete graphics can be a problem still, but not Nvidia. Just install Bumblebee, the Bumblebee indicator, and the latest Nvidia drivers and you should be good.