2009-01-09, 06:04
I can only assume the discrete 8600 GS graphics card has it's advantages over the integrated 8200, even in linux. The dual channel ram may also account for the differences. I did some tests a few weeks ago on the 5050e system overclocked to 3.0Ghz and was still getting dropped frames on clips that ran fine on the 2.88Ghz system. I going to try again this weekend because I think the frequency scaling was enabled in intrepid at the time. I have since disabled that feature on the intrepid box.